The press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security was arrested today for attempting to solicit a 14 year old girl and for attempting to transmit pornographic material to a minor.  People wonder why our world is so screwed up but this is the kind of example that our leaders set?  Do you think that people in high profile positions should be held to a higher standard and subject to harsher sentences so that the world can see that these are NOT acceptable behaviors?  Do you think that would begin to turn the trend at all?
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The law should apply to everyone equally. \n\nThe press can have a hay day with high profile cases though.
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I'm not at all shocked. In fact, I've seen it happening in my area for many years. Illegal hispanic men 'dating' and impregnating girls from the age of ten on up. Not to mention that I've heard many of them say that any unescorted female going about her business was 'asking for it'.  But things are changing a little around here. Every pregnant girl under the age of sixteen is referred to the DA as a rape victim and perpetrators are getting an average of five years in prison. I'm glad something is being done to stop this.\n\nSome of the ones going to prison did not impregnate the girl. Many of the idiots freely admit to having sex with underage girls because they think nothing will be done.\n\nCrazybird's answer reminded me of something my ex-husband told me. He is from a small village in Mexico. He said that when a man wanted to find a wife (if he couldn't find one at home) he and his friends would go to a neighboring village and take a woman. They would bring her back and force the 'marriage' on her. Her family would not object because they considered it to be too late to do anything about it.
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Too many innocent people would be killed, and most of us (though NOT the eminent-domain-using New York Times!) still care about human life.  No, they should be prosecuted as traitors and made to serve their debt to society--in prison.  Perhaps Gitmo.  And I have no problem if Momo Dowd has to wear underwear on her head, lol...
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I like to go online as a woman from time to time and can't believe all the whacked out guys who come on to me like I am a piece of meat for their pleasure.  It's really disgusting.  I am thinking of lowering my age down to 14 and trying that for a while.  I'd like to get two guys to come and meet me at the same place at the same time and see what happens, or to give them my address and tell them my mommy and daddy are not home and to please come to my house and play nasty with me... only my house would turn out to be the local police department. Moral: you never know to whom you are talking in a chat room or on instant messenger. Pedophiles get what they deserve.
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It's always interesting that people who have been fact-raped by the media establishment think it should be so easy to find one man in a world of billions.\n\nNEWSFLASH:  It's not really easy to find people that are wanted. That's just the way it is. It's too easy for people to hide, especially when they have a support system to help them stay hidden. Think of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted ... those people are right here in the United States and they can't find any of them.\n\nEver lost you car keys right in your own house?
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People are basically paranoid.  And I say that from the amount of people who are complaining that they're being watched.  They are not being watched, unless they are doing something really interesting.  If they are sparking the interest of the Federal Government, they needed to be watched in the first place.  Somehow I am inclined to believe that the people who do the most complaining about anything are the ones who are the most spoiled by other peoples sacrafices.  And making a small sacrafice like this to avoid another bombing is fine with me.  And if they happen to catch a few pedophilic perverts along the way that's even better.
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I know what you mean, and I don't think the first idiot to respond is one hundred percent correct.  I report the ones that I find menacing, harrassing, threatening, or totally obscene.  I'll keep a watchful eye.  Watch out for a guy by the name of Hagh or something like that.  He just threatened to nuke the USA.
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by any means necessary !... these are terrorist  , not an army engaged in warfare with us.. they  do not deserve or are entitled to the  Geneva convention rights that are extended in war time. how do they interrogate the ones that they capture ???   BY CUTTING OFF THEIR HEADS !..   I don't recall that method of being part of the Geneva convention ... do you ??... so here we are  treating them  with   respect  and getting  no information  while they use any cruel means they choose  and does the media   focus on that?? no..these are criminals ,  not soldiers, and  these crimes  do not come under are justice system, they are not entitled to a lawyer or legal procedures  that  exist in our country..  these crimes are not taking place in our country.. if they were  then  they would be entitled   to and   fall under our legal system. its easy to judge   our soldiers based on  what the media chooses to report, with out actually being there ,  and experiencing what they go thru on a daily basis   while they are  attacked  by  these terrorists living in a country they are  there to help.Im not saying we should be as sick or as cruel as they are to us, because we are above that... but  we should have more freedom  to interrogate them  with out the media sitting on their shoulders and making judgements they have no right to do ( back seat driving ! )....that being said...  we should send hilary clinton over there and make them listen to her  presidential campaign speeches   she  is most likely writing..... that would  be cruel and unusual punishment for me ! lol....
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There are some people in this world who are just poluting our society and spreading dirty things as much as dirty they are. I really think people should stop using bad words in their questions and answers and most of all we should report about those people who are doing this.
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Lahiru you have been reported. soliciting a minor is illegal and immoral ....pervert. 11yrs old  is sick!!!!
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Why, it's almost impossible to actually prosecute the offenders that way.  It's a waste of time, it's not going to save anyone.  I would dedicate my life to that cause if I felt it would do any good.  So you get someone's face in the paper when they get caught... most sex offenders do jail time and that does not stop them.  The charges brought against them in civilian stings can almost never be brought to fruition...
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I have actually thought about this sort of thing.  I always wondered why people were so ready to excuse Bill Clinton when he had an affair and lied under oath.  People said, "Oh, it's just sex."  Or, "It's his personal life."  Well, we wouldn't want that happening to us in our own homes, so I don't know why we would accept it from the leader of our country.  I think we need to hold people in power to an even higher expectation.
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Silly me-I failed to click the link. Good thing you provided that link too as I would never believe anyone who told me that someone would be callous enough or stupid enough to think or say that privately let alone in public. Added to the fact that one of the victims was the MOTHER OF HIS TWO CHILDREN !! I must be missing something but I think those kids should get a free pass to off him. Then again, that's just my humble opinion.
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I think that we obviously need better screening of police officers and some training to help them to deal with megalomaniac issues. but not all officers are like this but I agree too many are.The same can be said of many government officials.
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Abusing a child for reporting sexual abuse.\n\nWhat kind of message does that send?\n\nHe should have to at least do supervised community service.  Something positive for the community and a learning experience for him.  \n\nFace it, the molester probably won't get much jail time.  It's infuriating, but true.\n\nHe definitely doesn't need to counsel anymore!\n\nIf he is sincere, but horribly misguided, maybe he could be rehabilitated in some way.  Sadly some people are in the ministry who just have no business being there and it's a cover for their maladjustment.\n\n\nThat poor girl!  Personally, I don't think her mother is without fault in this, either.  She probably gave him permission.
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Just to play the devil's advocate...doesn't it depend on the circumstances?  What if the abuser was 15 years old and it was a one time thing?  Are we really going to say that this person will always be attacted to children and never change?  Are we really going to just throw our hands up in the air and tell that person there is no hope and - as one person put it - he should be shot on the spot?  I think the people that cannot be rehabilitated are the most serious offenders, those are the ones to be concerned about.  My experience in psychology tells me that people can change.  Not everyone, of course, but some can.  It's ignorant to think that all sex offenders are exactly the same.
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I was working a shift as a producer at a News/Talk radio station when it happened.  I remember the news-wire machines all going crazy printing out information.  We had to break into regular programing to make the announcement.  I remember our phone ringing off the hook with people wanting to know why we were playing such a sick joke.  Sadly... we had to explain, it was no joke.  It is amazing how tragic events affix themselves to your memory.  It is pretty much the same thing in regards to 9-11.  I still remember where I was, what I was doing, and everything about that day.\n\nIt is terribly sad that Princess Di had to run from paparazzi.  If you ask me, there should be a law limiting how close these people can get to celebs, or people of prominence.  No picture is worth putting someones life in danger.