2008-06-02

Dark ages all over again

Take the article linked to in the topic, and replace "paedophiles" with "witches":



Victorians rally for more public info on witches

Posted 5 hours 28 minutes ago



More transparency: hundreds rallied in Melbourne today. (AAP Image: Simon Mossman)



Hundreds of people rallied in Melbourne today, calling for the Victorian government to give the public more details about witches who have been released from jail.



The Crime Victims Support Association wants the government to set up a public register, that will show how many convicted witches live in a particular suburb or town.



Spokesman Noel McNamara says similar systems work well overseas.



And he says under the current Victorian system, children may be in danger.



"This way, just let them go out, they can be living next door to kindergartens they can be living next door to you," he said.



"We just think it's wrong the way it's doing."



He says he wants the Government to come up with a map that shows where witches live.



"We don't want to know their names, we just want to know where they are, what areas, to give the people a fighting chance to look after their children down around the swings and schools and mainly to protect the children," he said.



Its the god damn dark ages all over again. Please people, think of the consequences! It is very easy to be convicted of "kiddy fiddling", very hard to prove yourself innocent - it should not be a death sentence. While they are not asking for names, it would be very easy to deduce who is in fact the person being mapped. Such a map will also sow distrust into communities everywhere. Do we really want witch hunts and vigilante justice group active in our society?



If you believe pedophiles can not redeem themselves and can never be trusted, then push for life sentence for the crime. Otherwise allow them the chance to better themselves and become a useful member of society.



Cheers,

Steve