• village604@adultswim.fan
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    17 hours ago

    One big issue is that not everyone on the registry is actually a sex offender. There are plenty of people who end up on it for shit like pissing in an alley across the street from a playground on their way back from the bar at 2am.

    I was close to ending up on it for taking a piss on the side of the road because every gas station was closed. I even walked a bit into the woods, but the cop didn’t care. Luckily he was called away to an actual emergency before arresting me.

    This is also why the death penalty is so problematic.

    • tourist@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      pissing my jorts in walmart so I don’t end up on the sex offender registry because the bathroom had a queue

  • Sanctus@anarchist.nexus
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    16 hours ago

    I know someone who is on there for peeing in a Vegas fountain while absolutely sloshed. So not everyone on the sex offenders list is the same. I dont think Mr Pee Fountain deserves to be shot.

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    18 hours ago

    I don’t have much time for pedos, But if you wanna try vigilanteeism, the only thing that’s gonna happen realistically if you’re going to wind up in prison. Yeah, you might get a few good hits on them or they’ll even kill them. But the end of the day you’re still in jail or prison. So if they’re alive and you beat the shit out of them, now you get stalking charge harassment charge, assault and battery charge. And once you have those charges on your record, good luck on getting a decent paying job. You won’t even get the interviews. Might make feel good, but good luck on paying your bills.

    If you killed them now, you’re in jail for murder. Or manslaughter depending on.

    Exactly how was that successful? how is that a good thing in any way shape or form? Your life is fucked.

    By the way to the original poster, I know you weren’t saying you were going to go do it. This message is really to those who are thinking about doing it. It’s just a stupid idea.

    • Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldOP
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      16 hours ago

      The old stuff the new stuff meh. Just kind of seems like pigeon holing and why not a murderer or a meth cook at risk to reoffend?

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    14 hours ago

    The vast majority of premeditated murders are not done by someone who just wants to kill, and so looks for someone to kill that will be more morally defensible. They are done by people who really want to kill a particular person or group who they hate, or view as a threat. Serial killers are also generally not doing the Dexter thing. They have their own targetting preferences that aren’t usually aligned with social morality.

    So, no. Probably no one ever has done that.