Would you attend a peaceful protest if a convicted paedophile moved into your street?

[thefourgp]

I’ve never attended anything similar before and I’m in two minds about going. He was convicted (I’ve read the newspaper articles which show his photo) and has been released after serving half his sentence. I don’t know if he owns the property but he’s moved in with his wife who stood by him. There’s a peaceful protest being arranged. Would you go?

@ImaSababa

No - I'm not daft enough to do anything that would require a prison sentence.

So what did you mean when you said you would do something "a lot worse" than what OP is considering then?

Some offenders will never ever rehabilitate it's wastibg tax payers money keeping them alive. Even when they get out of prison they are still bleeding the tax payer through welfare. Death penalty and directing all that money wasted in keeping them locked to the survives of their crimes.
If a few innocent people get mistakenly hurt then im sorry but thats just a small sacrifice and casualties of a greater moral and societal good which is to get rid of individuals beyond hope. We would still be civilised enough that their death or execution will never be as painful ad the pain they inflicted on their victims so i dont accept that death penalty means wr are just as bad or being 'tit for tat' or have gone backwards. The current system is fucked up and broken. Its not working and haemorraging money on foul waste fit only for flushing out. But weak though majority liberals would never allow it.

I dont buy it will never happen. Trumo got elected. Farage wanker got his brexit. Fucking corona happebed. Israel and middle east making deals. It can fucking happen. And we need people talking about it so that it does happen.

No, I can't see what that would achieve.

" .......and has been released after serving half his sentence...."

After raping a 5 year old.

This makes my blood boil.

Lol at trumo

@Mysterian

No. Rather know where they are.

This would be my feeling too.

If a few innocent people get mistakenly hurt then im sorry but thats just a small sacrifice and casualties of a greater moral and societal good

What the actual fuck have I just read?

Who gives a fuck if a few innocent people die.

I daresay you would if it was your innocent kid, or family member.

Capital punishment also means a lower conviction rate anyway, but don't let facts stand in the way here

If a few innocent people get mistakenly hurt then im sorry but thats just a small sacrifice and casualties of a greater moral and societal good which is to get rid of individuals beyond hope.

What the fuck.
I’m sure you’d feel the same if your son/brother/father/husband was the innocent person mistakenly attacked. I’m sure you’d be really understanding if you were told they died “for the greater good”.

If a few innocent people get mistakenly hurt then im sorry but thats just a small sacrifice and casualties of a greater moral and societal good which is to get rid of individuals beyond hope.

You absolutely can't be serious, surely? That must be a windup. I mean, if a mob beat your innocent son or husband to death and intimidated you out of your house (because guilty by association) you'd be ok with that because it's for the greater good? No hard feelings mate, anyone can make a mistake?

Or, as I suspect, do you mean it's ok as long as it's other people's husbands and sons?

I don’t think there’s any point engaging with a poster who thinks a few dead innocent people is a price worth paying to satisfy their bloodlust.

If a few innocent people get mistakenly hurt then im sorry but thats just a small sacrifice and casualties of a greater moral and societal good which is to get rid of individuals beyond hope.

Are you volunteering? How about your son/ daughter/ dad? Just a small sacrifice, no?

A protest against a man who has either raped or sexually abused a child - yes I would!! He should not even be free to live a normal life!! He will do it again or even murder next time.

@FamilyOfAliens

I don’t think there’s any point engaging with a poster who thinks a few dead innocent people is a price worth paying to satisfy their bloodlust.

This. She's only trying to wind people up.

f a few innocent people get mistakenly hurt then im sorry but thats just a small sacrifice and casualties of a greater moral and societal good which is to get rid of individuals beyond hope

So just because someone resembles a peado their murder is an acceptable casualty and fuck their loved ones?
What about the original victims, knowing this murder had happened in their name?
Where is the good in senseless violence?

If we are going to resort to vigilante action then why not just get rid of the legal system? How would you define a justifiable murderer?

No I wouldn’t attend.

It’s not that I don’t sympathise with his immediate neighbours and not that I am not truly revolted by his crimes. I’m not sure if he does deserve to live but that is the criminal justice system our society has chosen.
If he moves and is then unknown/ wife throws him out. He is more of a risk. This didn’t stop him before but at least it is now known. If he moved, was unknown and hurt other children that would be the worst outcome. I think I could protect my children from him if was on my street.

Not sure if I would attend or not but I would feel frightened and repulsed living near someone who has raped a 5 year old. How awful. 2.5 years is nothing. How is that possible. Makes me feel sick.
Agree that people who commit these crimes should stay locked up.
In general I don't agree with capital punishment but if there was to be an exception then this would be it.

Hmm in on the fence on one hand ide want him to know I dont want him there and he will never go anywhere near my dc so by going to a protest I would feel I was telling him that. Otoh I dont see what it would achieve, he wouldn't just come out and say "ok give me 20 minutes to grab some stuff"
Dont get me wrong I would be fuming if I KNEW there was a paedophile living near me but I dont know of any. Doesnt mean their isnt.

I actually think there is an issue with people NOT knowing where they are.
I'm sure in the usa paedophiles have to tell their neighbours or something similar. Maybe we should be campaigning to know where they are? Be interested to see if the community knowing who the paedophiles lowers reoffending rates.

I wouldn't protest and will keep dc away but wouldn't the protest encourage him to move away? But then again, he will someone else's problem and that someone else in another neighbourhood might not have any idea as to who he is which might be even more of a danger. This is so hard, I wish they could just live somewhere designated away from schools and families.

Nope, it won’t achieve anything and it’s simply a witch hunt. Don’t leave your kids with him and get on with your lives. There’s no point tormenting yourself over it. We don’t know who we live around...you could have been living near a convicted criminal all your life and be blissfully ignorant. I’d rather live beside a paedophile than a murderer!

I’ll be honest. Even the word ‘paedo’ is one I judge you for. I’ve never heard it used by anyone with an ounce of intelligence.

The correct term is paedophile, someone sexually attracted to children. Just as you can’t be convicted for thinking about strangling your MIL, that’s not a crime. So the correct term is child sex offender.

A protest happened near .me last summer he moved back to his wife after prison, protest group sat outside the house in shifts banners shouting etc etc the police were involved windows/car damaged the then "paedo" is a. Victim moved house was found same hoha again he is now nowhere in the area as far as I'm aware protestors happy cos not near their kids just somebody else's it makes no sense to.me what has happened just moved on.

I would much rather (and have) lived by a murderer, than a nonce.

It's pointless saying "so you would drive him out to live next to another family that's selfish" when this thread shows that some people are ok with it, or believe because they served the time they are ok now. I'm sure they'll eventually find a place where neighbours would accept them for the vile human they are.

Nonce, another word used by the thick. Do you even know what it means and where it comes from?

holly how sad you have to insult posters.