Sex offender clearance, was "vetted by the CRB"

[Richard Brekne]

Hi.
Comments interspersed below


    Fenton,

    The local school districts in Pennsylvania require their staff to
    have FBI and State Police background checks.  The Boy Scouts and
    many churches are requiring anyone with direct contact with
    vulnerable individuals (children, or handicapped adults) to have the
    same FBI and State Police clearances. 

This whole scheme has completely different rational for being brought 
into law and it goes along the same lines of much of the rest of whats 
been going on over there these past 8 years. The <<official>> rational 
of protecting both kids and the adults who work around them is just 
balderdash.... and plays on this fear thing thats been generated (with 
enormous success) over there and in Brittan.


    The only problem with all the clearance stuff is that it only shows
    that you are not a KNOWN offender YET.  It is a half measure. 

The real problem is that it gives the FBI and State Police an excuse to 
register non-criminals. They gather more and more information about your 
private lives and all that can be used.... perhaps not today....but.... 
well the short of it is you all are walking right into an Orwellian 
existence and seemingly just oblivious to that fact and not willing to 
put your collective foot down and and say no... and NO you should say... 
because in the end that path can only lead in one self destructive 
direction.


    The flip side of this is protecting yourself.  Never allow yourself
    to be alone with a child.  Always have another adult with you when
    children are in the room.  You will have someone to verify your side
    of the story if the child cries "Witch!".  (Had it happen to me as a
    scout leader, and having two other unbiased adults in the room at
    the moment in question quickly ended what would otherwise have been
    a disaster.) 

Its a false fear. The only thing societies need to do is be rational and 
fair minded in dealing with such cases when they occur. <<You, The 
People>> simply have to handle such cases in a rational manner.


    I used to keep on tuning without a thought, but now I want to run
    for my life!  Beware, brother, beware!
    Greg Graham

Yes...  America in 2008.  The 60's are long gone.... Fear rules in now 
in so many ways over there. I've been back regularly over the years and 
boy am I glad I ended up over here. Beautiful country the US. Some of 
the finest natural wonders anywhere.... and the people ... at their 
heart of hearts really want only the best for the rest of the world... 
more so then any other people I've run into.  Admirable more then 
perhaps you know.  All the more tragic that it has in reality become <<a 
nice place to visit......>>

Skål
RicB