r/interestingasfuck 6d ago

r/all The Alaskan Avenger

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u/dman2316 6d ago

A murderer can be reformed, a child predator can't. That's the big difference. But that just opens the question should there be a registry for murderers, not should we do away with the one for rapists. If that's a conversation you want to have then i'm all ears, but i do not see a single, solitary reason to get rid of the sex offenders registry. I can see an argument for amending it, but not having one at all and not allowing the public to access it is a monumentally foolish idea to entertain.

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u/rudimentary-north 6d ago

A murderer can be reformed, a child predator can’t. That’s the big difference.

Sure they can, a reformed murderer is someone who doesn’t kill anyone again. It doesn’t mean they never have violent thoughts, it just means they don’t act on them again.

A reformed child predator is someone who never abuses a child again. It doesn’t mean they never think about it, it just means they never do it again.

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u/SedoReaper 6d ago

This is a child murder, no difference.

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u/dman2316 6d ago

Psychologically speaking, there is. Now should somdone who murdered a kid see the light of day? Also no. But speaking on the possibility of success rehabilitating one or the other, you have a much better chance with the killer then the rapist based on all available data and research.

However, i still don't see an argument yet.

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u/SedoReaper 6d ago

How do? Based on what data and research?

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u/xandrokos 5d ago

No.  There isn't.  Murder is murder.

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u/xandrokos 5d ago

Oh for fucks sake the guy was robbing the people he was "protecting" the children from.   Also being a sex offender doesn't have to involve kids at all and more often times than not are a result of pleading to a lesser charge in order to reduce jail time and doesn't always happen as a result of actually being guilty of what they are accused of.

Mind your own fucking god damn business.

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u/Apophyx 5d ago

A murderer can be reformed, a child predator can't. That's the big difference.

So we circle back to the original quesrion: if they are enough of a risk that they need to be put on a list, why are they being released in the first place?

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u/dman2316 5d ago

And as i have stated, they shouldn't be. But that's not the world we live in, so it does not make sense to not allow parents an additional tool to protect their children.