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#1 Jan 16 2006 at 1:53 PM Rating: Decent
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The gutter press broke a story over the weekend that has caused a huge fuss and may very well cost a couple of well meaning people thier jobs and probably careers.

Headline

PEADO ALLOWED TO TEACH IN SCHOOL.

The Story
The British Education minister gave a convicted sex offender full backing to teach in a school when his background was uncovered.

Horrified yet? nice headline huh? strikes fear into the heart of evry parent.

The truth
Said sex offender was never convicted of child abuse, he was fined for indecent assualt of a 15 year old that he married when she turn 16 and they spent 19 years married and had 3 children together.

The "indecent assault" was kissing her it seams, The Minister judged that he ws no threat to children and given his exemplary teaching record other than this 1 offence let him carry on working.

Sure this guy was no angel, but he did everything possible to make up for a mistake he made because of love.

Sometimes i think free speech is just not worth it.
#2 Jan 16 2006 at 2:07 PM Rating: Excellent
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Sometimes i think free speech is just not worth it.
It is, but only because the alternative is worse.

Not really related, but winning my Poorly Written Headline For The Day award is CNN's Police: Tips led to beating suspects which is actually about tips leading police to suspects in a beating.
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#5 Jan 16 2006 at 10:40 PM Rating: Excellent
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Yeah, there ought ta be limits on freedom. /em sniffs a line of coke and chokes on a pretzel.
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#6 Jan 18 2006 at 6:21 PM Rating: Decent
*sigh*

The media will step on anyone to get a ******* story...
#7 Jan 18 2006 at 6:26 PM Rating: Good
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Mehh. Fu[/i]cking tabloids need to paint everything black and white.

No of course we don't want skeeterphiles teaching our kids, but what about the 'grey area'?

There are people on the sex offender's register (and thereby barred from teaching on List 99) whose crime is dubious.

2 examples.
  • Guy who was 16 yrs and 2 months who shagged his girlfriend a couple of months before her 16th birthday. Convicted of under-age sex. Is he automatically a Paedo?
  • A teacher 29 years ago had a relationsip with a 15 year old pupil (she was almost 16). They have since married and raised a family. Is he automatically a risk?

  • Like I said, Fu[i]
    cking tabloids
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    #8 Jan 18 2006 at 6:39 PM Rating: Default
    Nobby wrote:
    Mehh. Fu[/i]cking tabloids need to paint everything black and white.

    No of course we don't want skeeterphiles teaching our kids, but what about the 'grey area'?

    There are people on the sex offender's register (and thereby barred from teaching on List 99) whose crime is dubious.

    2 examples.
  • Guy who was 16 yrs and 2 months who shagged his girlfriend a couple of months before her 16th birthday. Convicted of under-age sex. Is he automatically a Paedo?
  • A teacher 29 years ago had a relationsip with a 15 year old pupil (she was almost 16). They have since married and raised a family. Is he automatically a risk?

  • Like I said, Fu[i]
    cking tabloids


    to add to this list, here in los angeles, if two consenting adults over the age of 18 get caught having sex in a public place, for example a car on lookout point, and they get arrested an convicted, then they have to register as sex offenders. Pretty weak if you ask me.
    #9 Jan 18 2006 at 9:06 PM Rating: Decent
    tarv of the Seven Seas wrote:
    The gutter press broke a story over the weekend that has caused a huge fuss and may very well cost a couple of well meaning people thier jobs and probably careers.

    Headline

    PEADO ALLOWED TO TEACH IN SCHOOL.

    The Story
    The British Education minister gave a convicted sex offender full backing to teach in a school when his background was uncovered.

    Horrified yet? nice headline huh? strikes fear into the heart of evry parent.

    The truth
    Said sex offender was never convicted of child abuse, he was fined for indecent assualt of a 15 year old that he married when she turn 16 and they spent 19 years married and had 3 children together.

    The "indecent assault" was kissing her it seams, The Minister judged that he ws no threat to children and given his exemplary teaching record other than this 1 offence let him carry on working.

    Sure this guy was no angel, but he did everything possible to make up for a mistake he made because of love.

    Sometimes i think free speech is just not worth it.


    the problem was not free speach in that case, but the bastardization of the truth to scare people into reading or watching the story/paper.

    sounds to me like that teacher has a liable case against who ever ran that story in that way.
    #10 Jan 18 2006 at 9:08 PM Rating: Decent
    Banter wrote:


    to add to this list, here in los angeles, if two consenting adults over the age of 18 get caught having sex in a public place, for example a car on lookout point, and they get arrested an convicted, then they have to register as sex offenders. Pretty weak if you ask me.


    thats ok, in FL if you get caught streaking, you are registerd as a sex offender for indecient exposure... bah, its a colledge kid having fun, get off his *******

    oh well, that is what happens when people get over rightious and scared.
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