PC and Do-Gooders out of control

[notyoubob]

Va. Targets Adults Who French Kiss Kids
By DENA POTTER (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
March 09, 2008 1:48 AM EST

RICHMOND, Va. - State legislators passed a law Saturday that would require adults who French kiss a child younger than 13 to register as a sex offender.

Those convicted of tongue-kissing a child would be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. The House of Delegates passed the legislation 96-1 and the Senate 39-0.

The bill now heads to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, who said he supports the legislation.

Delagate Riley Ingram, R-Hopewell, introduced the bill on behalf of a woman whose 10-year-old daughter was French-kissed by the 62-year-old husband of her babysitter.

The only crime prosecutors could charge the man with was contributing to the delinquency of a minor, which did not require that he register as a sex offender.

Ingram and other members of the House fought to make the crime a felony, but in the final day of the 2008 General Assembly session gave in to senators who thought that classifying it as a felony was too harsh.

Delegate Phillip Hamilton, R-Newport News, cast the lone nay vote, refusing to back down from his belief that the crime should be a felony.

"I think that type of behavior is so egregious it warrants a felony," Hamilton said.

Ingram said he was satisfied that a conviction would land someone on the sex offender registry.

[Bubba]

I don't quite understand your title of the thread. Is it implying that you think it is alright for a 62 year old to French Kiss a 10 year old?

[Tee]

Kneejerk reaction: a reaction to one incident and a revamping of a system that governs trillions of people for thousands of years.

[notyoubob]

Do YOU think the government has a right to put someone in prison for a felony for that?

[Bubba]

Originally Posted by notyoubob

...Those convicted of tongue-kissing a child would be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine...

It isn't a felony. I don't even have kids, but I can tell you that it would upset me very much if somebody that is an adult French kissed a child. The government is sending you to jail for doing that. They increased the crime from a "slap on the wrist offense" and gave the judge/jury the ability to send them to jail if they were found guilty after hearing all the facts in the case.

If it was me on the jury, I would have no problem sending a 62 year old pervert that gets off frenching 10 year olds to jail and them making him register as a sex offender when he got out of prison.

[Bubba]

Originally Posted by Tee

Kneejerk reaction: a reaction to one incident and a revamping of a system that governs trillions of people for thousands of years.

Huh? It was the State legislature in VA that passed this law. When did the population of VA grow into the trillions?

[jackknife]

If an adult is french kissing a child then you can bet there is something else going on somewhere. If someone was french kissing my nieces or nephews then I would certainly want them to be in a lot of trouble.

[Flying Dutchman]

This is just another way to target the French is all.

[jackknife]

Originally Posted by Bubba

I don't quite understand your title of the thread. Is it implying that you think it is alright for a 62 year old to French Kiss a 10 year old?

Bubba! You are such a PC do-gooder!

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by Flying Dutchman

This is just another way to target the French is all.

Two things I can't stand:

The French and anyone who harms a child.

I'd say bomb the French but they'd just surrender anyway but child molesters should receive madatory castration with no anestesia on any first offence and then execution on any second.