New York purges another 2,100 sex offender-held game accounts

I would agree if attacking children was what landed them the title of "Sex Offender". Lets not forget that some were children themselves when they received the title. People do grow up and some learn their lesson on the first offense. I'm not gonna sit here and condemn someone for a one time incident, when I know not whether they have reformed. And its not right for the gaming industry to pass this judgment either.

Cliff
I can in one aspect agree that those offenders who were children when they commited thier act, MAY, grow out of it. However there are WAY too many articles and papers specificly in the psychology field that argue otherwise. More often then not the child offenders just grow up to be adult offenders. As for the the gaming industry getting involved, how is it not thier right to pass judgment on ppl who use thier product to molest children? I would think that they should be the first group to act or speak out on the subject. Doing so shows that they understand that children use thier product and they really dont want the lawsuit from angry parents if that parents child gets molested because they played a video game. Its a harsh reality when you note that these ppl who have sexually molested children lose thier rights. But it is what it is. They have harmed children in a way a child should never be harmed. The lose of personal freedoms is a very small price to pay for them.

Wow. This is some bullshit. I'm not a sex offender in any way or in any way sympathetic to them, but this degree of control is NOT OKAY. Who's to stop these companies from labeling whomever they want as a "sex offender"? Or from expanding their inventory to different types of criminals? This system also assumes that no one is wrongly accused of being a sex offender. Please tell me that other people see how dangerous this is/can be.

Thats just it, they don't so they are targeting everyone labeled as a sex offender. And that is not fair to those who don't intend on repeating the same offense. Honestly you should be happy these people are at home playing video games instead of prowling the streets. I have a better idea, why don't we all go home and teach our kids about the dangers involved in meeting new people and quit trying to control things from the wrong end.

One thing you should know about a predator, they usually find their prey. Limiting their access will not stop them.

Is it? Lets start with taking your freedom, because you never know who will act out when they do.

Cliff
It is very obvious to me that you have never had to deal with molestation. So im going to say this. Until its happends to you or someone you love, you prolly wont understand the damage that these predators do.
As for taking my freedoms, how exactly does that pan out? I have never molested a child nor commited a crime where my personal freedoms would be in danger. When someone goes on parole or probation, they lose a lot of thier personal freedoms. Its the price that a convict has to pay to be let out of prison and back into the general population.
Your argument is for a very very very minor section of sex offenders. The list of offenders may, and I preface may, have a few ppl on it wrongly convicted. But that still doesnt negate the fact that the rest of the list is prolly filled with ppl who have done awful awful things. Yes it is unfair to those who have the title of sex offender IF they havent commited a crime. But the rest of them deserve ANY controls that is put on them.

Thats where you would be wrong. As a kid I was coerced into sucking one. During the time I was angry but decided to move on and try to forget it happened. It's been so long since, I hardly remember any of the details. The Bible teaches to forgive our neighbors and thats what I did. I honestly don't know what came of this person and I really don't care. One thing is for certain, I wouldn't want them restricted to never playing on-line games because of something that happened over 30 years ago.

Now that I have publicly announced something I never talk about, I would ask that you forget you heard this out of respect for myself.

Cliff
Im sorry you had to deal with that as a child. I had to as well. So did my little sister. However she was killed by her molester. So where as your argument for those falsly acussed is admirable. My argument is against those sex offenders who have harmed children.

I'm sorry you had to deal with it as well. I must say I feel somewhat relieved, to finally speak to another that dealt with the same issue.

First off, my condolences for your loss, I've not experienced a loss that close, regardless of circumstance.

I have a different punishment in mind for people that commit that offense. If I was to say what was on my mind, it would most certainly stir up controversy.

Like I said, if all they (the offenders) lose is some personal freedoms, then they need to consider themselves lucky. Those of us that have had that level of darkness fall upon them, would tell you there is no punishment strong enough. There is no amount of prison time that can ever make up for what they have done. Personally I feel they should have to go through some "Hellraiser" scenes. Specifically the ones with fish hooks and chains. So they lose thier ability to play some specific games, minor in comparison.

Thats real close to what I had in mind, in fact close enough that I will settle with that description.

I fear that would only fuel a fire not put it out.

Oh, I'm on board with that big guy! Kill them all a let God sort them out! Now all you need to do is pray that no one ever falsely accuses YOU......

This is dumb. its not going to accomplish anything. maybe the kids parents shouldn't have let him on xbox live or have a mic.