Don2 (Don1 Revised)
Contributor
I think Derec's point about length of time, though wrong, ought to be addressed. I do believe in general we ought to take length of time since criminal acts into account when considering legal jail time as policy. People are capable of rehabilitation or other changes in their lives. Victims are also capable of resilience over a long period most of the time.
In the specific, narrow case of Roy Moore, I have some problems with these general rules as they apply to his public office. So first there is no evidence of rehabilitation or life-changing events. There are some stories of him being a continued risk to society...and this risk appears to be present in not just his thinking but also that crazy other guy who talked about Virgin Mary being a teen which could be true and makes it dangerous rhetoric by a major political party. Back to Roy, his dangerous thinking might be evidenced by his interpretation/dissent in the ruling regarding appeal against a man who raped a 4 year old. His biases against gays, lesbians, and others is also worse than hypocrisy. I suspect he has actually turned to religion as some warped source of defense of his thoughts and allowance to project worse demons onto others to pretend they are the bad people.
So overall I think Roy is bad for a job in public policy or judgment of others as that thinking will have undue negative consequences to sexual minorities and maybe sometimes undue lack of consequences to those with whom he identifies. I do, however, think he should be called out on such hypocrisy and acts. I do think he should have a different job that does not involve young females and maybe either therapy or something else rehabilitative.
Since Roy recently made public statements about his victims he probably should also publicly apologize. There is no statute of limitations either on how he may try to make restitution...especially right now. I think this is another area where Derec is wrong because his victim though resilient can be retraumatized by his false public statements and news rehashes about the events. His being a public figure may reopen old wounds and his warped commentaries may add more salt.
In the specific, narrow case of Roy Moore, I have some problems with these general rules as they apply to his public office. So first there is no evidence of rehabilitation or life-changing events. There are some stories of him being a continued risk to society...and this risk appears to be present in not just his thinking but also that crazy other guy who talked about Virgin Mary being a teen which could be true and makes it dangerous rhetoric by a major political party. Back to Roy, his dangerous thinking might be evidenced by his interpretation/dissent in the ruling regarding appeal against a man who raped a 4 year old. His biases against gays, lesbians, and others is also worse than hypocrisy. I suspect he has actually turned to religion as some warped source of defense of his thoughts and allowance to project worse demons onto others to pretend they are the bad people.
So overall I think Roy is bad for a job in public policy or judgment of others as that thinking will have undue negative consequences to sexual minorities and maybe sometimes undue lack of consequences to those with whom he identifies. I do, however, think he should be called out on such hypocrisy and acts. I do think he should have a different job that does not involve young females and maybe either therapy or something else rehabilitative.
Since Roy recently made public statements about his victims he probably should also publicly apologize. There is no statute of limitations either on how he may try to make restitution...especially right now. I think this is another area where Derec is wrong because his victim though resilient can be retraumatized by his false public statements and news rehashes about the events. His being a public figure may reopen old wounds and his warped commentaries may add more salt.
