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Canuckistan Bans Internet Use For Sex Offendors

Mindmaster

Mindmaster

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Revoltingest said:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/canada-enacts-internet-ban-sex-offenders-015012734.html?ref=gs


Too oppressive a measure?
I think so.
I couldn't conduct ordinary business without the internet.
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Yea, too much. You can't do anything without Internet, not even apply for a job. All I could see it doing is driving one time offenders to lives of crime because they cannot reintegrate with society after a conviction. Is the point to punish them their entire lives? Seems like that is what the net of this is, something like being persecuted twice for the same crime.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Mindmaster said:
Yea, too much. You can't do anything without Internet, not even apply for a job. All I could see it doing is driving one time offenders to lives of crime because they cannot reintegrate with society after a conviction. Is the point to punish them their entire lives? Seems like that is what the net of this is, something like being persecuted twice for the same crime.
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If government were serious about protecting children rather than just endless punishment,
they could require that convicts use an internet venue which they can monitor.
 
Mindmaster

Mindmaster

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Revoltingest said:
If government were serious about protecting children rather than just endless punishment,
they could require that convicts use an internet venue which they can monitor.
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Or drastically up the funding of treatment programs to help these people get treatment for their obvious mental health issues...

It's costlier to jail someone than it is to buy them a years worth of therapy and medication. I think we need to think about longer term solutions, if we had good treatment options the need to create the Orwellian nightmare situation decreases notably. :D
 
Ouroboros

Ouroboros

Coincidentia oppositorum
Revoltingest said:
If government were serious about protecting children rather than just endless punishment,
they could require that convicts use an internet venue which they can monitor.
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Or... Ban internet use for children under 18. Treat Internet as an addictive and dangerous drug.
 
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suncowiam

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Revoltingest said:
If government were serious about protecting children rather than just endless punishment,
they could require that convicts use an internet venue which they can monitor.
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Gotta agree with this.

These individuals can severely be impacted in other things like jobs and education.

Yikes!
 
C

columbus

yawn <ignore> yawn
Revoltingest said:
If government were serious about protecting children rather than just endless punishment,
they could require that convicts use an internet venue which they can monitor.
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How could this be done?
My town is littered with WiFi and the library features an enormous bank of public computers. Even their tough netnanny won't stop a reasonably adept user from accessing hardcore porn.
At least, so I've been told.:oops:

I think the human race is conducting an experiment on itself with the internet and, as is common, it's what you don't expect that gets you.
Tom
 
YmirGF

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
My guess is that this law will be struck down. It would be much better to simply put a trace on all internet activity of the preditor.
It's really the problem with having people with little technical expertise making decisions of this kind.
I smell a charter challenge in the offing.
 
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Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
suncowiam said:
Gotta agree with this.

These individuals can severely be impacted in other things like jobs and education.

Yikes!
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Aye, it's setting them up to commit other illegalities by imposing dysfunctional & needless restrictions.
It reminds me of laws here which prevent them from finding legal housing.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
fantome profane said:
It is an extreme measure. But putting people in jail is an extreme measure. I don't necessarily object to this as long as it is applied properly, with due process and appeals.
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From the article, it appears to be applicable to an entire class of offenders,
without taking into account individual needs & circumstances.
 
AnnaCzereda

AnnaCzereda

Active Member
A stupid and totally useless law. Disconnecting a pedophile from the internet is no guarantee that he will never again rape a child. He can still travel and prey on kids he meets on his way. And he can still take photos and record his Don Juan acts with the minors on camera, right? Sexual offenses against minors is quite a broad term. I think this law targets more the types that fap to the kid porn. The guys who actually rape kids should never leave a prison in my humble opinion. There are plenty of cases, also in my country, when the pedophiles after serving their sentence start abusing children again. And a therapy for pedophiles? Hilarious. I suggest an obligatory castration.
 
Aquitaine

Aquitaine

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AnnaCzereda said:
I suggest an obligatory castration.
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One doesn't need a penis to sexually abuse someone else.
I honestly don't know how to approach this situation: my gut emotional response is "death penalty" but I am actually against it. Sometimes I just think life imprisonment is the solution, no matter how expensive.
I mean seriously, who wants a child rapist out on the streets anyway?
 
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