The World Around You

We really are getting into the Scarlet Letter territory with this one. As for Rep. Keahey statement that there has to be something “totally different” going through the mind of a sex offender who vicitimizes anyone under the age of 12…(a) how would he know? (b) NOOOO, it’s the same thing that goes through the mind of anyone who wants to take advantage of someone else sexually…it’s about power not about the sex act.

How is victimizing someone under the age of 12 any different than victimizing anyone of any other age. The crime is terrible no matter who is perpetrating it or who it is being perpetrated on…and I’m not sure adding something to the license plate to brand offenders does anything but make them targets for additional crimes.

The Birmingham News continues to dig deeper and deeper into the scandal involving legislators who used their positions to gain employment with the two-year college system and some of whom proceeded to do nothing to earn their paycheck. If some legislators don’t start having to resign over this…well, that would be Alabama.