[LAF] Unjust and ineffective

[VolodyA! V Anarhist]

Ian Gregory wrote:
> The subject of this post is the title of a good article in the Economist
> about America's harsh and unjust punishment of so called "sex 
> offenders", like the woman who's life was ruined because when she was 17 
> she made the "mistake" of agreeing to give a blow job to a boy in her 
> class who was three weeks under the age of consent. She was found guilty 
> of sodomy and put on the sex offenders register for life, something 
> which has since resulting in her being forced out of her home and her 
> husband loosing his job. The article is here:
> 
> http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14164614
> 
> It also says that in some states you can be put on the register for 
> urinating in public or visiting a prostitute.
> 
> Ian
> 

Thanks a lot, this is quite an interesting article, even though there is a lot 
which is disagree with in there. I really do hope that they would be a little 
more ... "gutsy" (for the lack of another word) and actually attack the system 
rather than writing a collection of the stories.

Also i found it interesting how the article opens with the in-depth description 
of the story about the female who has gotten on sex affender list, and then it 
skims though a lot of males. That's probably because Joe General Public will 
find it much easier to see how a female is not a "dangerous predator", where it 
would be very difficult for the author to actually attempt to smash the 
prejudicial attitude towards male sexuality.

However, even with that criticism, it's a good article. Thanks for forwarding.

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