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Tiredoffear (anonymous) says...
Here we go again! A community lives calmly, going about their everyday lives, coping with the challenges of raising kids, rising prices, health concerns, you know, all the daily ups and downs of life, but managing to do as well as they can. THEN, out comes the neighborhood Do-Gooder. In this case, the Interviewer. Oh, Mercy me, mom and dad! Did you know you have a sex offender in your neighborhood? Right near your child's school? Oh, wring your hands in panic! Proper response!!!
Oh, what will he do? Oh, my poor child! That monster may carry my child off to never-never land and do horrible things to her! OH, I'm terrified! Please, Government, protect my child!!!
Never mind that for the entire time these "monsters" lived right in their same locations, without your awareness, you did NOT live in fear at any time, nor was your child ever harmed.
But, the mission was accomplished. Your new-found fear will disrupt your mind to the point that you will pay any price to make it go away. This fear, that previously didn't invade your daily life until the do-gooder interviewer cried, BOO! Or, until the TV "Experts" with their "opinions" plunged that fear right into your livingrooms. These well-paid fearmongers, using the same tactics as
this interviewer, who did no research into how slight the offenses were among these "monsters", nor how long they had lived there without being a threat to anyone, now have you living in fear and dread.
For as long as I've been alive, I've heard it said, Sex sells! It sure does!
Many people have gotten fabulously wealthy because they know how true this is. But, fear, combined with horrendous sex images sells even better. Did it ever occur to you what price you are paying for the privelege of living in fear? Has your county ever told you what it costs to purchase and maintain the massive data bases, the surveillance, the increased work load of your police departments, parole officers. lawmakers, and other county officials who are necessary to alleviate your fears? States all over this country are throwing their hands up in the air trying to keep up with the millions of dollars it is costing. And folks, the money is NOT there. You will have to give them more...and more...and more. So will the next generation.
From this, there is NO protection for your children.
You have a choice. You can choose to live in fear with a very heavy price tag, or you can do some research and learn the facts and statistics for yourself. www.sosen.us is a great place to start. You;ll soon find others.
Learn the truth and it will set you free from fear.
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