The Pedophile Register
August 31st 2006 07:02
photograph by Kevin Connors, from www.morguefile.com
NSW Police Minister Carl Scully, today ruled out the possibility of instituting a public register of pedophiles and I’m not happy about it.
All I want is a trial and if it doesn’t work, then so be it.
You see, everyday hundreds, maybe even thousands of children around the world are sexually abused and assaulted by older men and women. These children often experience depression, grief, eating-disorders, self-mutilation and sometimes even commit suicide. They suffer physically and emotionally for the rest of their lives.
What’s worse, there is even a pedophilia movement out there attempting to make relationships with pre-pubescent children socially acceptable.
When such information is available to us, is it not logical to do all that we can to protect our children from pedophilic activity? If we can’t lock all these bastards away for life, then at the least, should we not notify the community when the danger is nearby?
A public register would not only allow police to monitor every move of the convicted child sex offender but also, police would be given authority to inform parents and others who may inquire of the pedophile’s whereabouts.
Hell, I’d wanna know if I was living next door to a pedophile, and I don’t even have children.
In the US, there is a mechanism in place known colloquially as "Megan’s Law”. All parents are informed when there is a pedophile living in their area. The law was first passed in 1994 when young Megan Nicole Kanka was raped and murdered by a convicted pedophile who lived across the road from her.
Today all states in the US have instituted Megan’s Law in some form and the UK is considering doing the same thing but calling it "Sarah’s Law", in memory of 8-year-old Sarah Payne who was murdered in July, 2000 by a child sex offender.
I realize that a register is not going to put a miraculous stop to pedophilia in Australia. I realize that there may be problems of vigilante behaviour and stereotyping of sex offenders. But I also realize that we need to give the public register a try, because if we don’t, we will never know how effective it may be.
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