AMEN! Extra-judicial punishment by some unelected dumbasses has got to stop.
Posted on 06/21/2012 12:33:50 PM PDT by Islander7
(CNN) -- A new Louisiana law requires sex offenders and child predators to state their criminal status on their Facebook or other social networking page, with the law's author saying the bill is the first of its kind in the nation.
State Rep. Jeff Thompson, a Republican from Bossier City, Louisiana, says his new law, effective August 1, will stand up to constitutional challenge because it expands sex offender registration requirements, common in many states, to include a disclosure on the convicted criminal's social networking sites as well.
Thompson, an attorney and a father of a 13-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son, said he hopes other states will follow Louisiana.
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"It provides the same notice to persons in whose home you are injecting yourself via the Internet," Thompson said. "I challenge you today to walk down the street to see how many people and children are checking Pinterest, Instagram and other social networking sites. If you look at how common it is, that's 24 hour a day, seven days a week for somebody to interact with your children and your grandchildren."
LOL!! If you forced all FB users to portray their true selves they’d be out of business in no time.
A bunch o’ stupid asses. They’ve never heard of using an alias on a social networking site?
I have an idea. If a person commits a crime, put them in prison. Once they have served their time, leave them the hell alone.
Yes, but “Scarlet Letter” laws are such easy and popular fodder in election years. Civil procedure and the Bill of Rights be damned. So easy to pit neighbor against neighbor that way to keep the masses distracted from the wholesale erosion of liberty. After all, it’s for the safety and security of the children.
But most of these predators will have accounts under other names than their own.
Pedophile reoffend at top high a rate....they must be branded for life.....or incarserated for life....
5.3% is high?
Omg, freakin idiots. This is the dumbest law ever. Republicans are opening the door for govt to dictate our social networking
Omg, freakin idiots. This is the dumbest law ever. Republicans are opening the door for govt to dictate our social networking
Can we get full disclosure from Marxists, Communists, and Anarchists too?
Pinterest? Really? Holy crap, these people are stupid.
AMEN! Extra-judicial punishment by some unelected dumbasses has got to stop.
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