Saturday, June 24, 2006

The politics of a paedophile panic Why supporters and opponents of 'Sarah's Law' are as bad as one another / Spiked, 21 June 2006

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/420/
Mick Hume
"It used to be said that patriotism was the last refuge of a scoundrel. In politics today, their last resort is more likely to be a paedophile panic. John Reid, the New Labour home secretary, has launched yet another ‘crackdown’ on child sex offenders – berating judges for handing down lenient sentences; ordering that such offenders be barred from hostels near schools after their release from prison; and indicating that the government might be willing to introduce a version of ‘Megan’s law’, the American legislation that is supposed to give the public access to information on the whereabouts of people on a sex offenders’ register."