To cut to the chase and keep it short, we will keep our children safe at any cost. If this does not say it all I don't know what will. Children can't defend themselves so some of us will step up to the plate. I put it very mildly believe me.

thank you, Blondie61...definitely.

my rural hometown passed a law about no smoking in the downtown park, with people being patted down if caught smoking----amazing how a pat down law got rid of the homeless in the park.

And this park is right opposite a building for the elderly. The buses also park there, and I worried of getting on a bus for the day when everybody knew where I live.

Enough of the homeless in my hometown have prison muscles.

Decades ago, I was told of one of the homeless hanging a cat they killed from a railroad trestle as a joke----another memory I forgot about, after being told on this thread what a terrible person..i...am.

"Thankfully"...I met some of these now-homeless back around 1980, and have followed their ever-worsening behavior in the local paper; it's the new homeless I make the mistake of droping my guard around.

thank you, eyesalve,

I don't want to beat a dead horse, but traumatized me took the short (public transportation) bus to walmart today, partly to calm down....where I not only saw another convicted molester, he even helped me carry my heavy walmart merchandize onto the bus!

That 40-something man lives 8 miles away, in a building for the elderly, probably where he can be kept a watch on, and he does have the excuse of a low i.q.----but the old article I was reading about him just hours prior had him telling the judge he CANT stay away from kids!

My deliverance / penntucky / banjo-vania state really is notorious about such hillbilly redneck criminal behavior being way too common.

Penn: your friends here understand this is upsetting for you. While we come to your defense, we also want to comfort you. It is best to keep your guard up. I have warned other parents about molesters in neighborhoods I lived in, but, you can not post flyers or anything, defamation of their character or something. You can watch and alert the police if you see any of the registered molesters approaching children in your area.

While thieves, and other criminals can be rehabilitated and not everyone who is homeless is a criminal, people who want to turn their lives around go to Goodwill, Salvation Army, Catholic Charities for help. They are in programs, as Chris pointed out. The ones people are worried about are the ones on the street, no coat in the cold etc. There is help everywhere. Why don't they get help? Maybe they have something to hide.More people like Penn should stand up and be outraged. Everyone is afraid and intimidated.

I had an acquaintance years ago, her son was molested by her brother when he babysat him. She didn't turn him in. He eventually was caught molesting another child years later. He went to prison. He was murdered there. Even criminals do not stand for anyone molesting children. that says something for our society.

Penn: Don't get into disputes with these guys...but keep an eye out and maybe get a neighborhood watch going. Parents will see you for the hero that you are....brave and caring. (((angel hugs))) to keep you safe and strong.

thanks again, for the kind words, Blondie61,

I'm definitely no hero, having briefly known some of these people back around 1980, when I thought everybody was going through some teen phase to grow out of.

scary and comical at same time: maybe 6 years ago, the bunch living next door stole stuff out of cars at a professional garage a few buildings up the street----and then they sold the stuff to a second hand shop a few buildings down the same street! Of course they got caught, with their sheer stupidity being scary.

A trip to walmart, eating a one dollar corn dog there, and posting some of my memories that I cant bring up in my hometown, has calmed me down.

a 2nd thanks, for the kind words.

On a lighter note, as Dr. Phil would say "ya gotta tell em how ya feel"

eyesalve,

the couple who lived in this building since 1980s still don't like me, for crazy reason that I pay my rent on time..? they used to go to bars every night till midnight, on weekdays, and till 2 in morning on weekends, like clockwork, waking me up as they came in. But, they wouldn't have money for rent, and one time their electricity was cut off.

I bought a book at walmart, "how to deal with difficult people", but it had 1960s "leave it to beaver" type advice of going to some neutral place to tell the difficult person how you feel.

I wound up throwing the book away, and just plain slamming my door with two hands the next time the woman gave me a hard time---she didn't talk to me for over a year, till the homeless bunch moved in;)

Oh no Christ, you are right. People who RAPE adults are ALSO put on the sex offenders list.

And yes, there is need for foul language. Because I don't like getting raped by fucking creeps like you who support sex offenders weather they are child molesters or not.

Chris*

God it's people like you who make me want to kill myself. You don't fucking care that there are innocent people being raped you just care about protecting the rapists. You just love protecting rapists because you think they are the same as other criminals. Well, you are fucking wrong. You think that a fucking sex offender is the same as someone who steals to provide for their starving family. You are a sick mother fucker.

Wow pen I guess Ward let you down lol, at least you remembered the door had hinges hehe

Alice: It breaks my heart that this thread is so upsetting for you. I feel your pain, as do many here. We also realize that some people do not understand how hurtful it is for you, that someone would make excuses for anyone that committed crimes against another person.

Society knows nothing is as horrendous as crimes against innocent children. Many of us stand behind you and understand your anger.

((((Angel hugs))) to protect you from insensitive people.

D#*n, just D#n.

Who cares if the other tenants do not like you? Your duty is to be good to yourself, and: As a tenant, your only responsibility is pay the rent on time, do not bother others, and if possible, add some law, order and prosperity onto the community.

I live in an apartment building, never see any of the others, do not care if they never know my name. They're just tenants.

Take care.

JG

I'm sorry, and certainly understand, how this can bother you, LoveAlice.

I stay off this site now and then cause I'm afraid of being banned, cause there are liberal types who are offended when...convicted criminals...are criticized.

Penn, I believe the DS moderators are trained to understand that people who have been abused sometimes have outburst. I think they are smart enough to consider the who situation and hopefully make the right decision. I think they know you were just venting your pain.