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This is the last time I will read this site. It has done nothing but depress me. My life before all this was adventurous. Full of travel and challenges. My job was fullfilling. I was able to help people and make their lives more comfortable and complete. My personal life was great. I had a wonderful wife, and we were planning a family.
That is all gone. The restrictions and oppression by my government has made any travel either impossible, or so burdensome and shameful that it isn’t worth the effort. My proffession has been taken away from my and I am left scraping for society’s scraps. A degree that I was proud of now is good for toilet paper. My wife died of cancer and I am left alone. An occasional “hello” by my neighbor ( in an appartment that is full of meth heads and other criminals ), is the extent of my interaction with others.
Others here have said I am angry.You are right, very angry.
And this site is part of that anger. I read these “victories” over pathetic laws that amount to allowing a homeless to sleep in a doorway, and I want to kill myself. The government is not going to allow us any future. At least the only future I care about. So hug each other, praise those that get you a scrap of life to cling to. For me, I prefer to finish my life on my terms, not theirs.
In a today news article …the article states…the assessment to determine if an offender is sexually violent is incredibly important in attempting to prevent repeat offenses, Storm said. “These are offenders have a higher risk for re-offending. When I say offending, I mean raping children. These are the most egregious sex offenders, people with predatory sex offenses,” Storm said. << Can you believe the fear mongering that woman created on a news outlet. She's basically saying we have a high recidivism rate and worst stating we recidivism on raping children.
http://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/appellate-court-finds-predator-process-unconstitutional/article_cbe7f720-57c6-5fb1-9969-3cb361e7c3e1.html
Wasn’t there a resource page of countries we could visit and couldn’t?
Does anyone know if it still exists?
I’d like to take my kids on a cruise and am wondering about Bahamas, Cuba and Panama and their restrictions. Mexico is out if cruising , yes?
Thanks!
(Let’s assume I can squeeze this in before I get a marked passport)
“A traffic stop in the French Quarter Halloween night resulted in the arrest of a sex offender covered with face paint to the point that he was not recognizable – a violation of his compliance restrictions. ”
http://www.fox8live.com/story/36773365/operation-boo-dat-netted-area-sex-offenders-on-halloween
“Bars For Life: LGBTQs and sex offender registries” Windy City Times Special Investigative Series: LGBTQs and the Criminal Legal System by Yasmin Nair, Windy City Times
This is a really refreshingly honest piece about the awfulness and futility of the Registries.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Bars-For-Life-LGBTQs-and-sex-offender-registries/42714.html
It appears there is a chance that former Alabama Supreme Court Justice and current US Senate hopeful Roy Moore may soon join us on the registry.
https://boingboing.net/2017/11/09/roy-moore.html
I know it’s been posted on here before,but I always passed over it, because I had no plans to go to Disneyland, now my family wants to go in a couple of weeks. Am I going to have any problems getting in? Also we booked a spot at a RV resort in Orange Co. I’ve heard nothing but bad shit about OC, I know they no friends of ours. Any problems there as well.
Mike Tyson sent back to the US after Chile denies entry
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/mike-tyson-sent-back-to-the-us-after-chile-denies-entry/ar-BBEM5VN?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp
RC history keeps him out of Chile as well as England. Someone is not checking the travel matrix while doing their homework.
Thanks for the info, AlexO
If my house were on fire, I wouldn’t care if you’re a homophobic neo-Nazi, your assistance in saving my home would be appreciated!!
http://abc27.com/2017/11/09/registered-sex-offenders-resign-from-fire-departments-after-abc27-investigation/
AirBnB Freakout
“The situation points to a frightening idea: that Airbnb may not always be aware of all the people living in the homes rented out on its platform, or the people who have access to them, and wouldn’t have done its typical safety checks on them.”
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/How-a-registered-sex-offender-wound-up-living-in-12333259.php
Poetic justice is hearing a federal judge call Dennis Hastert a “serial child molestor”; watching Anthony Weiner surrender himself to federal prison (and then live life on the registry once released); and now witness Roy Moore fall from grace on the heels of 5 child molestation accusations.
Welcome to the Price Club, gentlemen! You helped to create this exclusive club! Hope you enjoy it here!
Regarding Disney land: I’ve been searching the net all afternoon and can’t find anything either! It looks like they they have bumped up their security due to the mass shootings that have happened over the past few years, but it seems they are concerned more about people trying to sneak weapons, like guns ,knives, and bombs, in I guess! We are going to go for it,I am just a little gun shy, after not being allowed into Lucille Packard Hospital in Palo Alto a several years back, to see my sick niece! That was wrong! It was not only humiliating to me, but my whole family was hurt by it! Don’t forget it ‘s regulatory not punitive, Anyway thanks for your input AlexO and Lake Co. I’ll definitely let you know how it went when we get back.
@AJ: I already planned on wearing shades, the broken nose thing would be a good idea but it’s already be broken a couple of times,( kind of leans toward left a little), but thanks for the tips anyway!
Like I mentioned above, I recently went to Disneyland. No problems getting into the park whatsoever, but I did experience a little anxiety when going to the restroom. On every occasion that I did have to go to the restroom there was at least one little girl with her father also in the restroom. Obviously there were little boys too, but I felt most of my anxiety when the little girls were present. To avoid any complications, I always ended up using a stall.
I just wanted to share my experience. I remember before my conviction seeing a little girl and her father in a public restroom never set off any mental alarms, but now it’s different. We all have to be aware and take precautions because as registrants we know firsthand that a harmless and natural act like going to the restroom can result in a criminal charge.
@DoubleA: Thanks for the post, glad you guys had a good time! After reading this I’m sure we’ll be doing the same.
Hi everyone
I am re-watching the 2nd re-argument of the Temelkoski case and the AG or assistant AG keeps talking about how Michigan is NO longer allowed to apply the 2006 and 2011 amendments and they have to divert back to the 2005 amendments, now I am from Michigan and I just looked at the basic information of Michigan’s SOR, here is the problem there is NO 2005 amendment however there is a 2004 ,a 2002 a 1999, and 1994 amendments, so when the AG speaks about the 2005 amendments at about 53 minutes in or so did I miss something, because there is NO 2005 amendment, I would appreciate it if anyone could help me out and see if I am missing something, or he just keeps misspeaking about which amendment he is talking about any clarification on this would be helpful, Thank you.
@Bobby, I have no idea, really, but is it possible he is just referring to whatever was in effect prior to the 2006 amendments?
Being father with little ones in tow in the john, I don’t expereince that kind of bathroom anxiety.
On a related note, however, about 6 years ago I do recall a weirdo in a public bathroom at the Santa Monica pier who, from a stall, was waving at my little girl as I took her to her in to do her business. Man, I was pissed and, had I not been a low-profile-maintaining RC, I’d have brought his sick ass to the attention of the sheriff deputies just outside the restrooms.
I have another kind of anxiety that I know many men have, RC or not, when it comes to being helpful to women or children in public places. Just today at one of my daughter’s functions there was a 4 year old little girl standing among a crowd of adults and other kids. She looked petrified and lost. My heart breaks for kids in trouble and, while my better judgment tells me to mind my own business, I asked her if she’d lost her mommy and she nodded yes and started balling. Without holding her hand or anything, I helped her find her mother who had stepped outside to use her cell phone. The mom was oblivious to the help I’d just provided her terrified kid. By that time my daughter was done with her lesson and we took off for her next activity where that teacher asked ME for advice on how to delicately tall to another parent about controlling her unruly kid. She was worried about offending this parent and causing a sh1t storm. I feel her pain and together we worked out an approach.
I’m worried a parent will accuse me of trying to do something inappropriate when simply trying to be helpful, but this fear is not limited to us as RCs. Trust me. All educators, like the teacher I mentioned above, are hypersensitive to these hypersensitive parents and are afraid of offending them somehow to the point of losing their jobs. We RCs fear going back to jail when the simple act of using the bathroom, or being helpful is misinterpreted and taken out of context.
Anyway, know that you’re not alone here and do what you need to do to enjoy as normal a life as possible.
“Jim Walker’s Cruise Line News” rants on-and-on about the threat of sex offenders on cruise lines.
http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2017/11/articles/crime/do-cruise-lines-permit-registered-sexual-offenders-to-cruise
Hey everyone in California,
Check out AB 1008- It takes the conviction questions off conviction questions on applications and forces the employer to pretty much review you fully for the job and not just the conviction. It also may force the employee to assess the conviction in a questionnaire typesetting to see if it affects your ability to work for that company. I think this has gone unnoticed by a lot but I just came across it today.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1008
With all the sexual misconduct allegations appearing daily in recent weeks …… and the destruction of people’s careers a dozen or more years after their transgression …… at what point will society eventually begin addressing foregiveness and redemptions? Is it fair …. or is it excessive …. for someone to lose his job/career because he inappropriately tried kissing a co-worker 20 years ago?
The “court of public opinion” is ruthless and obviously has no statute of limitations whatsoever.
Will this ever change? A small light in the tunnel appears in the Omaha, Nebraska news article on this website, in which the term “former sex offender” is used several times. How rarely we are ever referred to as “former”!!
” A small light in the tunnel appears in the Omaha, Nebraska news article on this website, in which the term “former sex offender” is used several times. How rarely we are ever referred to as “former”!!”
Makes you wonder if, perhaps, some of these journalists are doing some actual research. Maybe even reading ACSOL and NARSOL and Lenore Skenazy.
An interesting article …… followed by interesting comments:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/france-may-set-minimum-legal-age-for-sexual-consent
I would hope that this “sex panic” that is currently overtaking the U.S. and Europe might lead to further consideration of this issue in America. But America’s discussion goes in only one direction: harsher penalties, more years of incarveration, and Registration for everyone forever. Oh, and unique Passport identifiers, Angel Watch, and green notices. 😡
Okay, so I have a copy if the decision that was made prior to the Doe v O’Donnell in which the RC was allowed off of the registry after he had moved out of State. With some irony of recent events the RC and original charges were from PA where he had been relieved from the registry.
Reading this decision give me hope though as a contributing factor for his removal were that the case didn’t originate in NY (like me) and he had no plans of going back(like me) Although the finding was that keeping him on the registry was “irrational and contrary to law” they determined that they didn’t have to say that SORA was unconstitutional.
It still gives me hope as current studies actually show the quoted “the alarming recidivism rate by convicted sex offenders” turned out to all be made up. If they try to claim “reasonable expectations” of me coming back, the only way they will have me back there is against my will. I have nothing there waiting for me if I do come back. So I’d love to see them try.