Suburban Goddess

I am overjoyed that this law passed. There are a few things I am absolutely adamant about, and knowing that a convicted child molester is in the vicinity of my daughter is one of them. Sure, I believe as a human, you have rights. And as a human, the right to privacy is one of them. But when you violate my rights, or worse yet, the rights of a helpless child, well, screw your right to privacy. That child had a right to a normal childhood, and you destroyed that. That child will never, NEVER recover fully. So why should I allow you to walk away after you serve time and hope you’ll never do it again? Oops, I screwed up, sorry.

Statistics show that many pedophiles are repeat offenders. Does anybody hear that? They WILL do it again. How can you defend the right to privacy of someone who has willingly and purposefully hurt a child? If your right to privacy is so important to you, then DON’T TOUCH THE CHILDREN. I think it’s pretty much a no-brainer. You gave up that right when you took away the rights of another human.

As a parent, I’m faced with issues everyday. This is one instance where I feel my tax money is being put to good use. The reality of life is that there are bad people out there. Whether they’re still bad or not, that’s something for everyone else to hash out. But if they did it once, and they live near me, I want to know where they are. And while I normally don’t make it a habit to judge people, this is my exception. I don’t believe pedophiles ever “recover.” I think they just fight the urge ’till they either work through it, give into it, or die. And that’s not a gamble I want to risk when my daughter is playing outside.

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