Should Sex Offenders be able to Decorate for Halloween?
Published: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Updated: Friday, December 2, 2011 13:12
Supervisor Jeff Stone of Riverside County introduced an ordinance that would ban sex offenders from putting up Halloween decorations and passing out candy to children.
This is unjust to many of the registered sex offenders, taking away more of their constitutional rights.
According to the article in the Los Angeles Times, "the measure would bar registered sex offenders from answering the door to trick-or-treating children or decorating their homes with Halloween decorations between 12 A.M. and 11:59 P.M. on October 31 each year.
Beyond that, they would be prohibited from leaving any external lights on between 5 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. on Halloween night."When the term sex offender is first heard, one usually thinks that the person must have molested a child or shown off their genitals to a child, but this is not necessarily true.
The dictionary definition of a sex offender is a person who has committed a crime involving a sexual act.
Nowhere does it say that the person committed a sex crime against a child, just a sex crime.
Sex offenses come in many different types.
In order for a person to be registered in the federal system as a sex offender, one must have committed rape or other forms of sexual assault and sexual abuse, obscenity, human trafficking, incest, inappropriate phone calls/sexting, sex with animals, and public order crimes (i.e. public urination, streaking, stealing underwear, etc.).
Of course, what was afore mentioned crimes all can be committed with or against children.
Like any other crime, there are serious and minor differentiations between the many committed.
It is unjust to punish and treat all registered sex offenders the same, when not all of their crimes are the same.
A more serious offense that deserves a more serious punishment is child molestation.
Streaking, or public urination, is a minor offense that does not need a serious course of action.
The registering of sex offenders provides a sense of security and protection for parents in all neighborhoods.
Parents can look up the locations and names of sex offenders in their neighborhoods, which help to prevent and avoid such houses.
Sex offenders should have the right to actively participate in the traditions of Halloween.
Parents should especially be cautious on such a night, taking extra precautions to make sure that nothing happens.
Just because sex offenders decorate their houses or purchase candy to pass out, doesn't mean that their houses will be visited.
Sex offenders are people too, people with sexual deviant behavior, but people nonetheless.
Crimes committed by the offenders are already taken care of and regulated by the government, as unjustly as it is.
It's unnecessary and cruel for more rules and regulations to be implemented.
Although sex offenders are definitely to blame for their actions, it's not right for even more rules to be added.
Halloween has been celebrated for many, many years.
The government has no place in regulating who gets to celebrate a famous and treasured holiday and who doesn't.
Everyone should be wary of sex offenders in their neighborhoods (and those nearby) and should take precautionary measure, but sex offenders don't need any more punishments added on either.
Halloween is a time of tricks, treats, and costumes, not a time of limitation and punishment.
From: http://www.fchornet.com/opinion/should-sex-offenders-be-able-to-decorate-for-halloween-1.2722434
This is unjust to many of the registered sex offenders, taking away more of their constitutional rights.
According to the article in the Los Angeles Times, "the measure would bar registered sex offenders from answering the door to trick-or-treating children or decorating their homes with Halloween decorations between 12 A.M. and 11:59 P.M. on October 31 each year.
Beyond that, they would be prohibited from leaving any external lights on between 5 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. on Halloween night."When the term sex offender is first heard, one usually thinks that the person must have molested a child or shown off their genitals to a child, but this is not necessarily true.
The dictionary definition of a sex offender is a person who has committed a crime involving a sexual act.
Nowhere does it say that the person committed a sex crime against a child, just a sex crime.
Sex offenses come in many different types.
In order for a person to be registered in the federal system as a sex offender, one must have committed rape or other forms of sexual assault and sexual abuse, obscenity, human trafficking, incest, inappropriate phone calls/sexting, sex with animals, and public order crimes (i.e. public urination, streaking, stealing underwear, etc.).
Of course, what was afore mentioned crimes all can be committed with or against children.
Like any other crime, there are serious and minor differentiations between the many committed.
It is unjust to punish and treat all registered sex offenders the same, when not all of their crimes are the same.
A more serious offense that deserves a more serious punishment is child molestation.
Streaking, or public urination, is a minor offense that does not need a serious course of action.
The registering of sex offenders provides a sense of security and protection for parents in all neighborhoods.
Parents can look up the locations and names of sex offenders in their neighborhoods, which help to prevent and avoid such houses.
Sex offenders should have the right to actively participate in the traditions of Halloween.
Parents should especially be cautious on such a night, taking extra precautions to make sure that nothing happens.
Just because sex offenders decorate their houses or purchase candy to pass out, doesn't mean that their houses will be visited.
Sex offenders are people too, people with sexual deviant behavior, but people nonetheless.
Crimes committed by the offenders are already taken care of and regulated by the government, as unjustly as it is.
It's unnecessary and cruel for more rules and regulations to be implemented.
Although sex offenders are definitely to blame for their actions, it's not right for even more rules to be added.
Halloween has been celebrated for many, many years.
The government has no place in regulating who gets to celebrate a famous and treasured holiday and who doesn't.
Everyone should be wary of sex offenders in their neighborhoods (and those nearby) and should take precautionary measure, but sex offenders don't need any more punishments added on either.
Halloween is a time of tricks, treats, and costumes, not a time of limitation and punishment.
From: http://www.fchornet.com/opinion/should-sex-offenders-be-able-to-decorate-for-halloween-1.2722434
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