Comments by vaiyanen
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Posted on July 10 at 12:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ellis Island stopped functioning as an immigration center in 1954. It's a museum now.
Brush up on some American history.
Posted on December 6 at 4:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I've stated this before and I'll say it again.
Nothing will change unless you contact your local representatives and demands these laws be changed.
It's sad that by selecting perfect victims these women will do little time, if any at all.
This is hardly a new occurrance. Sex crimes are routinely treated less seriously than other offenses. We read about these cases all the time and get angry, but fail to take action, then we wonder why these sexual psychopaths keep preying upon the vulnerable.
BECAUSE WE DO NOT PROPERLY PUNISH THEM!
It's too late in this case. But, it's not too late to protect vulnerable adults in the future.
Get your representative's contact information. Call them. Write them. E-mail them.
If you're truly that angry...DO SOMETHING!
Posted on December 6 at 4:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What I find sad about the outpouring of disgust and rage is that I doubt anything productive will truly come of this.
This case highlights the fact that our society does not take sex crimes seriously. Sure, we get angry, and we post comments on websites, write letters to editors, etc.
But, how many have actually taken a moment to write to their respresentatives? That is the only way to get these laws changed.
Something deplorable like this happens and people get mad. We fume and bellow our rage...and then we get over it. Time passes, we find something new to get angry about, and nothing changes.
These women will benefit from the fact that they preyed upon ailing, elderly men and women. Their victims' unable to fight back, unable to testify against them, and in the last stages of their lives. Perfect victims for predators like these.
Enough is enough!
It's pathetic charges like these that allow these sociopaths to remain in society and continue preying upon the vulnerable.
I have already contacted my local representatives.
Will you?
Posted on December 4 at 7:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
taxpayer - Perhaps.
When I saw this story along with the abuses that occurred at Good Samaritan I couldn't help but notice the lack of severity in the pentalties those women are facing.
Shocking and infuriating.
We need to let our representatives know that sex crimes need to be punished severely and that the sooner these laws are changed, the better.
Posted on December 4 at 12:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I can can speak with some authority on this as years ago I failed an alcohol compliance check at a previous job.
I was initially charged with a FELONY and a misdemeanor and faced a year and three months jail time along with over $10,000 in fines.
In pleading guilty to the misdemeanor, the felony charge was dropped. I was given the minimum fine of $545 along with a year of unsupervised probation. Not bad compared to what I was facing.
A felony charge for neglecting to ask for identification for beer.
A gross misdemeanor charge for sexual predators abusing vulnerable adults.
I shudder to think what sort of sweetheart deal these women will be able to obtain in a plea bargain.
Our tax dollars and the judicial system at work, folks!
Posted on December 4 at 12:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Gross misdemeanor charges? For sexual abuse? Are you kidding me?
These people using trivial language, such a "poor judgement" and "made a mistake" to excuse these predators need to exercise a better grip on the reality of this situation.
They knowingly and willingly committed acts of predation and cruelty against vulnerable adults. They callously bragged about their actions and even documented some of the abuse with cell phone cameras.
Nothing in the realm of sexual abuse can be quantified as a mistake. There is no "oopsie" in this situation. These were conscious acts by young women who were more than old enough to know what they were doing was immoral.
The woefully inadequate pentalties these women will face highlights the fact that sex based offenses are still not taken seriously enough in our society.
A gross misdemeanor is classified as more serious than a misdemeanor but still a minor crime.
In reading the report of these abuses I failed to find anything within those documents that I would consider minor.
Look for these women to make plea agreements and see those pentalties shrink from the slap on the wrist they are now, to a virtual pat on the back with a, "Promise not to do it again?"
Absolutely deplorable.
Start writing your representatives in the legislature. These laws need to change!
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Posted on August 8 at 2:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Honestly, it never ceases to amaze me the aboslutely trivial things epople will get riled up about.
All over the world, thousands of hungry children die of starvation every hour, and there are still epople out there who are crusading against rock and roll.
Really?
They're called priorities.
Get some.
On Racy rock concert is reason for concern