Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war? Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war. Harken: And your husband? Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too.

'Bushwhacked'


Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Jessica - Feb 19, 2008 3:54:34 am PST #6988 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The incidents where sex offenders kidnap, rape or murder children are the cases that stick in our memories and frighten us the most but aren't most of the victims found in much more opportunistic circumstances? (i.e. kids of girlfriends, family members, churches, etc.)

Yes, and not surprisingly so, given that the same is true of ALL rape cases. Strangers lurking in dark alleys waiting to pounce are pretty rare.


Emily - Feb 19, 2008 4:03:10 am PST #6989 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

On the one hand, I see the benefits (at least to the system) of clustering. On the other, it seems like it sort of encourages recidivism! Maybe if there were designated "no-child" neighborhood. Then it'd be all noisy college students, grumpy singles, and sex offenders. There's a fun idea.


Stephanie - Feb 19, 2008 4:06:19 am PST #6990 of 10001
Trust my rage

I seem to remember from writing my paper that there are certain categories of sex offenders who are essentially guaranteed to offend again, but that they are the minority of all registered sex offenders. Also, that they registries generally include a much broader range of offenders that those with high recidivism rates.

Still, in this case, clustering sex offenders seems like a really bad idea, especially if it's in the same apartment building.


Ginger - Feb 19, 2008 4:40:01 am PST #6991 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

One problem is that many people are classed as sex offenders because they had consensual sex with someone under 14 when they were teenagers themselves. The law doesn't differentiate between them and a 40-year-old who had sex with a 10-year-old. That's why a number of states are passing "Romeo and Juliet" laws that decriminalize sex between, say, a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old. Georgia passed a law a couple of years ago that banned sex offenders from living within X feet of any place children might congregate, including proposed bus stops. This often mean that elderly sex offenders had to move out of homes their families had owned for years. There was almost no place in the state a convicted sex offender could live.


Cashmere - Feb 19, 2008 4:40:30 am PST #6992 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Susan's kid breaks tech, my kids break antiques. Grrrrr. Owen has broken the wood desk piece on my great-grandmother's side-by-side bookcase secretary that dates from the 1890s. It's fixable--they piece just needs to be glued but he's chipped the finish on it and I don't know if it will require refinishing the entire piece or if they can just do the pull-down desk.

I'm going to have to get a professional in here to take a look at it.

With all the toys in this house he wants to climb into the bookcase and "play astronaut" because it has a glass door (an irreplacable curved glass door, I might add) because he can stand up in it and pretend it's a spaceship.

Someone shoot me.


Ginger - Feb 19, 2008 4:44:44 am PST #6993 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Better to spot refinish if they can, Cash. If you could magically transport me there, I could fix it for you. MM, where the hell's that transporter?

Does the piece have a lock? The keys from that era are pretty standard.


SuziQ - Feb 19, 2008 4:46:06 am PST #6994 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Someone shoot me.

With a ray gun?

Ducks and runs.


sj - Feb 19, 2008 4:46:53 am PST #6995 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

{{{Cashmere}}}


Cashmere - Feb 19, 2008 4:49:28 am PST #6996 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

It does have a lock, Ginger on the bookcase, the desk part and even the individual drawers. The key was lost after the thing survived a house fire at my parents' house. Where can I obtain another one? Ebay? Antique shop?

I've tried to do my best to reinforce the idea that the antiques are not toys but they can't seem to resist the secretary or my 1920s Hoosier cabinet.


Aims - Feb 19, 2008 4:52:42 am PST #6997 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

One problem is that many people are classed as sex offenders because they had consensual sex with someone under 14 when they were teenagers themselves. The law doesn't differentiate between them and a 40-year-old who had sex with a 10-year-old.

I would venture to say that this a huge part of the problem.