[Rhodes22-list] Robert Skinner - Leering Alert

[Brad Haslett]

Robert,

Dragging those who deserve being drug through the chaparral is so 90's,
1890's that is.  I fixed the door on my Bonanza so it no longer pops open on
takeoff, and it only opens about two inches into the slipstream anyway, but,
with the right carelessness in latching and a combination of slow flight and
side slip it will open much farther.  Some experimentation may be in order
to avoid having objects that are "sucked" out of the cockpit hit the tail.
Perhaps just being a passenger for one of the test flights would be enough
to 'cure' most evil doers.  Ask me in a few years when my daughter starts
dating.

Brad

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
wrote:

> Maine is a hotbed of sexual repression.  We inherited
> it from Massachusetts.  They are getting over it.  We
> are still a bit hyper as many of the pederastic Catholic
> priests seem to have been shipped up here as punishment.
>
> Frankly, I don't think this piece of "feel-good" (no
> pun intended) legislation will survive the more
> sagacious scrutiny of the Maine senate.  If they lack
> the testicular fortitude to kill this legislation, the
> state supreme court will almost certainly reveal (and
> revile) the uninforceability of the measure.
>
> It would be an embarrassment to the fine state of Maine
> if it had to go to the US Supreme Court before being
> consigned to the graveyard of inane laws.
>
> I prefer the good old fashioned way of dealing with
> child molesters.  The police have nothing to do with it.
> See my prior comments about keeping your old pickup.
>
> /Robert
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Brad Haslett wrote:
> >
> >  Robert,
> >
> > Are you guys in a competition with California for silliness? Am I going
> to
> > lose my career because I was waiting outside a public restroom waiting
> for
> > my daughter and some mother thinks I leered at her 14 year old? This
> should
> > be good for the sunglass industry. How about we pass a law that all
> women
> > have to wear a burka until they're of legal leering age?
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > By Dave Choate
> > dchoate at seacoastonline.com
> >  April 06, 2008 6:00 AM
> >
> > Those who peer at children in public could find themselves on the wrong
> side
> > of the law in Maine soon.
> >
> > A bill that passed the House last month aims to strengthen the crime of
> > visual sexual aggression against children, according to state Rep. Dawn
> > Hill, D-York.
> >
> > Her involvement started when Ogunquit Police Lt. David Alexander was
> called
> > to a local beach to deal with a man who appeared to be observing
> children
> > entering the community bathrooms. Because the state statute prevents
> arrests
> > for visual sexual aggression of a child in a public place, Alexander
> said he
> > and his fellow officer could only ask the man to move along.
> >
> > "There was no violation of law that we could enforce. There was nothing
> we
> > could charge him with," Alexander said.
> >
> > He attended a talk with Hill a week later and brought the case to her
> > attention. Hill pledged to do what she could, Alexander said, and the
> result
> > was a change through the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee in
> the
> > House, which made the law applicable in both private and public places.
> >
> > Alexander said he's grateful Hill was willing to take up the cause, and
> is
> > hopeful the measure will clear the Senate.
> >
> > "I'll be pleased that we were able to identify this flaw and take steps
> to
> > rectify it," he said.
> >
> > Under the bill, if someone is arrested for viewing children in a public
> > place, it would be a Class D felony if the child is between 12 to 14
> years
> > old and a Class C felony if the child is under 12, according to
> Alexander.
> >
> > Hill said she believes the move was necessary to correct what she called
> a
> > "loophole" in the state's criminal law statutes.
> >
> > "I told Lt. Alexander that I would be happy to work with him and sponsor
> a
> > bill that would correct this in the 2008 session," Hill said. "And so we
> > did."
> >
> > In arguing for the bill, Alexander said she cited public rest rooms as
> > places where the people using them should have a reasonable expectation
> of
> > privacy. She said the committee determined that there would not be any
> major
> > side effects from expanding the statute to include public places.
> >
> > The bill recently cleared a fiscal review, done because of the state's
> major
> > prison budget crunch, and Hill said it should be heading to the Senate
> > before long.
> >
> > York Police Chief Doug Bracy said the statute would represent a fairly
> minor
> > change that would help keep the public safer, especially children. He
> noted
> > that York police respond fairly regularly to reports of public peepers
> on
> > the town's beaches.
> >
> > With ever-growing concern over sexual predators, Bracy said the arrests
> will
> > also allow police to check backgrounds and determine if there is a
> criminal
> > history involved.
> >
> > "There is a growing outcry by the public to protect our children," Bracy
> > said, noting that tourists from all over the country visit York.
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> Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
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