Letters to the Editor
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You have a funny understanding of "outrage"
Some are outraged and say that McClellan's constitutional right to freedom of expression has been violated. For instance, UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh said, "Without showing a person has committed a crime against a child, I don't see how this can stand."
So it's not clear from what you wrote that Constitutional Law Professor Volokh is outraged as opposed to just providing his informed opinion.
Where is the outrage?
Is this your outrage creepily creeping in again?
Do you favor all of these sexual reporting laws? The ones that have had kids that took pictures of each other sexual offenders? The ones that make people publically known for crimes they presumedly served their time for? The ones that place names, addresses, and pictures of people on the Internet?
The ones that say, "you can't live here, you must move" and then fail to provide anyplace for them to move to resulting in sexual offender camps located under freeway overpasses?
Is that your idea of America?
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So many men are touch deprived in this society
Unfortunately, some of them habituate it into inappropriate touching with vulnerable people, someone they feel will not judge or criticize them, hence probably the young girl thing. Too bad this falsely channelled behavior leads to some men doing illegal or borderline acts.
But if society was more accepting of the need for human touch among men who are not socially skilled players or who are not naturally great looking (thus able to attract females without effort), there would be other more socially acceptable outlets for them to work off this deep need than this desperate behavior.
Touch is a need as deep as hunger for food or the need for sleep. Women do not generally have this problem of touch deprivation since, when they need to be touched, they spread their legs for the next clown who walks by.
It is too bad men are not considered part of the human species too and their needs are summarily ignored by women and by the powerful few men who make the laws.
Another reason feminism is collapsing so dramatically.
Can you imagine if the world punished less good looking women by condeming them to NEVER be touched or touch anyone? Women would never stand for it. But somehow men are supposed to be above it all.
Very sad, really.
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Brightstar
You just defended a pedophile as "touch-deprived" and blamed it on feminism. This has to be a new low.
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Sort of like Doctor Kevorkian
Why would this UCLA professor decide to defend this particular guy? Obviously, this child-loving guy is cuckoo.
Holy Batman, Batman! Nobody ever would want this guy within thirty miles of a daughter. Maybe he has a point, but it ain't nobody's duty to jump in and help him.
This UCLA guy can pick a different issue. We have plenty of crucial issues. Plenty of opportunities to help which do not involve old cuckoos who want to fondle our little daughters.
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Speaking of creepy....
Women do not generally have this problem of touch deprivation since, when they need to be touched, they spread their legs for the next clown who walks by.
"Women" do this? All women? Wow, dude, you're both creepy AND a moron.
Women are not "touch-deprived" because they can touch other women without fear of being labelled as "gay" or "effeminate", two slurs that seem to be the ultimate insult for many straight men.
Here's a tip, brightstar. The women you meet don't hate men. They just hate you. It's not hard to see why.
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@ Anonymous 3:03
"Do you favor all of these sexual reporting laws?"
I surely do. They should detail what sex crime the person committed. What age he was and what the age(s) of his victim(s) were.
"The ones that have had kids that took pictures of each other sexual offenders?"
Sexual pictures? You betcha! If people run across sexually explicit photos of obviously underage people on the net, they should report them to the FBI.
"The ones that make people publically known for crimes they presumedly served their time for?"
Absolutely.
"The ones that place names, addresses, and pictures of people on the Internet?"
Yes,so that their neighbors, schools, and other people who have care of children will know who to be on the lookout for.
"The ones that say, "you can't live here, you must move" and then fail to provide anyplace for them to move to resulting in sexual offender camps located under freeway overpasses?"
Communities should have a right to have reasonable standards that protect children, since children cannot protect themselves.
"Is that your idea of America?"
My idea of America is one in which the weakest members of society can feel safe and cared for. I am willing to sacrifice the "freedom" of pedophiles to that purpose.
The surest predictor of future behavior is past behavior.
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Free speech in the age of the Internet
This is a really fascinating case, and I expect we'll see more along these lines.
This guy McClellan is a creep, no doubt about it, but has he broken the law (other than that restraining order)?
Before the Internet and the ability of anyone to put up a website, this guy would never have been noticed. Maybe he would have made some cheap pamphlets and left them around town, but I'm guessing probably not. The Internet, though, gave him a world-class venue in which to further pursue his abhorrent desires, and so we all are now talking about him, and the Government is after him.
There's a similar case of a creep in Florida whose Internet cite celebrates cockfighting, which is thankfully illegal in this country. He posts videos of cockfights made where they are legal, such as the Phillipines. He is promoting a crime in this country, not to mention a morally repugnant activity. Should he be stopped?
I hope McClellan is represented by a superb First Amendment rights attorney. I hope he is prosecuted by an equally superb prosecutor. I hope his case goes all the way to the Supreme Court, because legally, we are all in unchartered territory. The legal opinons in this case will be fascinating.
Personally, I'm torn between seeing him banned from running his disgusting website, and from seeing his First Amendment rights protected. Valid conviction for promotion of a crime, or unconstitutional persecution for mere expression? In the end, I'll settle for him getting run over by a bus.