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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:00 AM

Mall Santas: Nice or naughty?

California legislator supports increased employment restrictions for convicted sex offenders.

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  • Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:25 PM

    This is the most important problem in the world right now.

    I'm tempted to suggest this is the silliest blog post ever in a blog that tries harder than anyone to be important and earnest. As I'm in a generous temper, however, I observe the following:

    Pedophiles are naturally going to look for opportunities to molest children. That means they're going to explore places and employment that will afford them greater opportunities in that area. Since the parent[s] of a child sitting on "Santa's" lap are normally only a few feet away, I'm not sure what these alleged pervs hope to accomplish.

    What we really need is Bill O'Reilly's advice on how this whole thing fits into the War on Christmas.

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