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Originally Posted by Stormster
Well to each his own. I just know that I don't want to worry about being PC if GOD FORBID Ethan goes missing. I'm doing what Gavin De Becker suggests. I actually wrote to him once after 9/11 when I had severe PTSD and he personally helped me. This guy is brilliant.
I can't even think about it!!!!!!!
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I'm with you Storm. I know my BILs, my hub, my dad and uncles would be awesome, but I've seen the faces of the predators in my area on that M.L. List and I've seen them in my local food store...yup.
Wanna know what prompted us to look at this list every couple of months? True story here. We had to have work done in our house. The adjuster recommends a contractor they use all the time (the contractor we would normally use was busy with another client). We take the reference and this man is in my house with me alone for days. This is the same time the Megan Law List starts circulating in emails, goes live. Well...the contractor that was in my house, with me alone is on the list!!
My husband FREAKED OUT. (Now could the guy have gotten a bum deal...sure, but would you care if you were in your home with this stranger??! OR if your child went to him for help?!)
Hub would even tell a child to find a "mommy or daddy with kids" FIRST and then a woman. It's not about the PC warm n fuzzies here...it's about what's easy for a child to remember and follow through with, in line with plain old facts.
Again, can women do harm, sure...but statistically, historically and factually (no mater how great "our" individual male role models are) men are more likely to either not assist to the fullest or to harm. The idea of this being discrimination...well, not to be snarky here but make a sign and hold a protest I guess. I mean is it REALLY that big of a deal to tell your kids to find a "mommy or daddy" and if there are none a "woman first" ???? Really, it's just supposed to be simple for the kid's sake, not a Political statement
It use to be "a policeman"...you think the postal workers, firemen and uniformed milkmen of the day were put off by this? I mean, come on...it's just a simple and easy way to help a kid out.