In article >,
"J. Clarke" > wrote:

> On 4/27/2010 11:53 AM, gloria.p wrote:

> > Do you read the newspaper? It was very safe in my children's day.
> > Not today. There are too many people out there searching for kids
> > to molest and feeling entitled to do so.
>
> What makes you think that those same people weren't "out there" in "your
> children's day"? What has changed is sex offender registries and
> newspapers with flagging sales sensationalizing the issue--"did you know
> that a sex offender was living near XYZ school" the reporter says in
> dramatic tones. Never mind that the "sex offense" was indecent exposure
> while peeing by the side of the road at 2AM and having the misfortune to
> get caught at it by an overzealous cop--she's out to get your kids.
>
> Every "sex offender" is not a child molester.

But most child molesters are relatives or friends of the family. It's
terrible what strangers can do to a child, scarring them mentally, maybe
for life. But that's nothing compared to a little girl being repeatedly
raped by her father. Those scars will last until she dies.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA