http://www.familywatchdog.us/
When you visit this site you can enter your address and a map will pop
up with a small icon of a house where you live.
Surrounding your house you will see red, blue, and green dots covering
your entire neighborhood.
When you click on one of these dots, a picture of a person will appear
with an address and the description of the crime he or she has committed.
The site was developed by John Walsh from Americas Most Wanted.
Consider this just another tool to help us keep ourselves and our
families safe.
Family Watchdog
Comments ... #
You seem to celebrate Walsh's loss. You half ass compliment him on helping others, but then taint it by saying he got rich and famous in the process. Im taking it you have access to his finances to determine that he's keeping every cent he makes and not giving it out to do more good.
I posted a tool that I thought might help other people. Im guessing you feel people should curl up in a ball and pray the gub'ment save us all?
Your stats about murder might be valid, but here's a stat about pedophiles:
"A 1994 National Institute of Health survey of 453 pedophiles, conducted by Dr. Gene Abel, showed these criminals were collectively responsible for the molestation of over 67,000 children. That's an average of 148 children per individual pedophile." (http://www.cpiu.us/statistics.php)
148 each?? You think those are all friends, family or co-workers?? Sorry, but the neighborhood perv bears watching and that was the intent of my post. Im sorry that the guy who put together this tool is not to your liking. I hope it helps others who dont share your prejudices.
There's a commonly held story than there are facts that sort of don't add up. Reve Walsh acted like a typical negligent parent, but it was extraordinary circumstances that took her son.
The question is who would be comfortable leaving a child alone anywhere in public?
As long as Walsh is going after legitimate criminals and not looking to instill fear and hysteria in people, great. Why doesn't he come out and tell everyone statistically who does what to whom? Break it down for us.
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According to Dr. Herbert Wagemaker, a renowned psychiatrist and author, pedophilia appears to run in families. In fact, statistics show that boys who suffered molestation often grow up and commit the same type of crime. The following statistics might surpise some readers:
- Four percent of today's population suffers from a sexual orientation focused on children
- In 1999, there were 93,000 children who were sexually abused.
- Of those 93,000 cases, half of them were committed by the parents of the abused children, and another 18% were relatives.
So 68 percent of pedos prey on their kids and family. And if you factor in family friends (insert Catholic priest reference here), that might bring the total up a bit.
Statistically, it's the people you know who will commit crimes against you.
I just want the info to reflect a certain bit of accuracy and focus. That's the best line of defense, not socialized policing mixed with hysterical inaccuracies.
"As long as Walsh is going after legitimate criminals and not looking to instill fear and hysteria in people, great. Why doesn't he come out and tell everyone statistically who does what to whom? Break it down for us."
Again, cutting down the person who put together the tool is not the intent of this post.
Question for you tho - how many criminals have you helped to put behind bars?
I cited stats that most crime is done by people you know intimately...not necessarily your neighbors. It's probably very unlikely they're your neighbors.
Walsh's "tool" is essentially useless for addressing crime. It's more a tool for gossip and innuendo.John Walsh and others should be honest about crime. Complete and accurate information is necessary to make a valid decision. You silly liberals are all the same. How hard is that to figure out? Shall I hold your hand?
The answer is 3. 1 each for drunk driving, assault, and receiving stolen property. I also decided it was a bright idea to stop a guy getting jumped by a bunch of kids. I have recovered stolen property 3 times. I've spent 2 full days on jury duty. Does this satisfy your irrelevant curiosity?
"It's more a tool for gossip and innuendo."
What about mapping Lucas County's registered sex offenders?
Are you really afraid of them? What proportion of your total worrying capacity are you going to allow them to occupy?
Sex offenders also implies a lot of people who might not really be a risk to anyone.
Check the stats, it might be misplaced fear.
I recommend this book to all:
http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Afraid-Things/dp/0465014909
And I also recommend looking into everything at more than a cursory level. In the legal world it might be called due diligence. It almost never ceases to amaze how people with scientific backgrounds or decision-making based jobs half-ass major life decisions.
It's all to typical that people make an emotional decision when a rational one will do and cause much less short and long-term discomfort. I plead the fifth.
"Are you really afraid of [sex offenders]?"
Afraid for me personally? What an idiotic question. What about afraid for family members? Yes. I live in Toledo. Where do you think the bulk of this county's sex pervs live?
By brother's wife with two little girls is concerned enough to check a database and base their decision on where they buy their new home in an Illinois town on how many sex offenders live in the area.
charlatan, just a wild guess, but I doubt I'm a target of sex perverts. But my little nieces might be. And maybe my 17-year-old stepdaughter.
The rational decision is to put sex offenders away for a long time. But instead, asswipes like John McNut create absurd legislation to control the Internet in an attempt at doing something.
"it might be misplaced fear."
Yeah, tell that to the family members of a victim of a sex offender who had a record of sex crimes yet the cretin remained free for some reason.
Registered sex offenders living in Toledo based upon data that needs updated.
Speaking of fear, charlatan, I guess you would also agree that if an individual has no reason to be concerned at the personal level about unemployment, health care coverage, home foreclosure, and energy prices, then the politicians and media continuously talking about those subjects are engaging in fear mongering. Do you believe you could be homeless next week or next month? If not, then it's misplaced fear to be worried about jobs, health care, etc.
According to DoJ only 14% of murder is committed by a stranger.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict_c.htm
So you're better off checking your friends, family, and coworkers records.
And I believe the most common violence is parent on child violence or domestic violence. So maybe kids should do a check on their parents and husbands on their mistresses.
And Adam Walsh, was killed because he mom left him (a 6 year old) alone to go shopping for a lamp. A babysitter or guardian doing the same thing would be tried for negligence. It's also alleged Jeffrey Dahmer may have killed Adam since he was placed in the store and murdered boys in the same way Adam was murdered. But I applaud John Walsh for forgiving his wife, using public airways for public good, and getting rich and famous in the process. I don't know if Mrs. Walsh got the lamp.
posted by charlatan on Feb 29, 2008 at 06:16:11 pm #