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

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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?

@ImFree2doasiwant the public will not have an offenders licence conditions divulged to them in 99% of cases.

This thread makes me deeply uncomfortable. You may not agree with the law (I certainly don't) but the way to stop paedos being on your street is not to threaten violence against them, but to petition MPs and campaign for life sentences. Taking the law into your own hands makes you no different than the Muslim men carrying out 'honour killings' because their female relative has gone against their values and done something that disgusts them.

Think about what you have already taught your child about staying safe. Now think about what you'd say to them (other than 'avoid that paedo Davey, he's a right dirty bastard') if you knew there was a paedo on your street. Then go and have those difficult conversations educating your child and opening up that communication; because the risk to them from Paedo Davey that you know about in #23 or paedo John that you don't know about in #37 is still way less than the risk from your darling brother, husband or father. Teach your kids about paedos as if there is one on your street and you just might protect them from the one in their home.

A protest is a ridiculous idea.

There's some seriously screwed up people on this thread, some of you sound like you need help. I wouldn't want Mrs Dog Shit Smearing living next door to me or the people saying they'd be violent.

I can understand no one wants a paedophile living near them, neither do I! But most of us have them as neighbours or friends and don't even know. I'd rather know Paedo Pete lives at number 21 than have him leave and go underground where no one knows what he's done and then go on to hurt more children. If you know where he is, you can stay away and keep children away.

The attitude of some posters on this thread is disgusting. As long as he's not living near you, you don't care where he goes? You don't care that he'll just move to a different town where no one knows him and abuse other kids? As long as your kids are alright, you don't give a shiny shit about anyone else's?

This thread encapsulates what is wrong with society.

I wouldn’t want him in my street but realistically there’s probably a paedophile living in my street or the next street over. At least the one on the OP’s street has been charged, convicted and is known as a risk to children.

@BananaPop2020 with some of the cases I have worked on, the details have been released to certain people - such as the neighbour with grandchildren, in fact that disclosure was part ofvthe conditions. It's been a while now but it may be that they were classed as high risk. I was a housing officer dealing with Mappa cases.

@ImFree2doasiwant that’s not the general public though is it, that is people deemed to have a legitimate involvement.

You just sum up mob mentality.

Agreed.

@BananaPop2020 I don't know that the OP hasn't. It's a more productive exercise than a peaceful protest.

Definitely not.

However, there was a similar peaceful protest by the same group relating to a paedophile at the other side of town last year and he moved away.....very reluctantly.

Great, where did he go? Whose children is he a risk to now?

@ImFree2doasiwant I do agree with that, it is interesting isn’t it that the proximity of her involvement is unclear...

MrsJunglelow It’s you that is a sympathiser when you minimise abuse as “fiddle”.

The rest of us are outraged by the rape of children but don’t the majority don’t agree with mob rule or minimising.

[quote BananaPop2020]@MrsSpringfield I truly hope you are no longer working in the field if that is your attitude.[/quote]
I truly hope you are still working in that field

I understand this situation plays on our emotions. But the protest will not accomplish anything useful. It will probably turn violent, and when it does, by being involved you legitimise that. Yes, this man is definitely guilty, but next week or month or year the mob will attack an innocent person.

Your aim is probably to disrupt this criminal's life to punish them beyond what the law has done. Because you hate him and rightly so. But that doesn't make children safe. Quite the opposite, it makes it more likely that he'll "disappear" and go on to reoffend.

If you want to protest, protest the laws that let such a criminal be released from prison in the first place.

There should be a town built where all of these monsters can live together.

No innocent person should have to live next to a paedophile. I don't care if he's served his time or not.

Great idea. House them together. What could possibly go wrong?

What an excellent idea. He will look at all his cross neighbours and suddenly all his disgusting urges will miraculously disappear. Hurrah.

I wonder how people would feel if the paedophile that OP is talking about was driven out of the area and changed his name and moved in next door to one of the delightful people on this thread?

They wouldn't know who he was so they'd probably knock on his door introducing themselves and send one of the kids round with his parcel delivery they'd taken in for him!

We need to know where these dangerous people are, even if it's not where we'd like them to be.

how about protest the crap justice system we have of even letting him out in the first place

You will be surprised how many are already in your street ....
Just watch your kids as normal