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Originally Posted by kennyc
... If we lose site of that it's all over.
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Methinks you meant
sight,
but I agree, innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law, otherwise it's akin to a witch hunt, lynch mob or like being accused of heresy.
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Originally Posted by ebookrights1
... As far as child molestors and rapists are concerned, their inability to separate thought from action voids any protection they currently possess under Freedom of Speech.
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I find that statement very disturbing. Who is qualified to determine that someone is incapable of separating their thoughts from their actions? Surely someone would need to be able to read the minds of the alleged "child molestors and rapists" in order to prove that they were incapable of separating their thoughts from their actions, otherwise it would be a baseless accusation. Perhaps a psychiatrist would be able to give an expert diagnosis of a mental disorder, but surely not a layman. If someone breaks the law then they can be prosecuted and if found guilty they should be punished. However, they must remain innocent unless found guilty, in a court of law - not a
kangaroo court. Accusations based on assumptions and imagined mind-reading sounds like dangerous gibberish to me.