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Thousands of sex offenders on parole in California are now being tracked by GPS devices, at a high price to taxpayers.
Outfitting nearly 7,000 sex offender parolees cost the state nearly $10 million, and the 24 hours a day, seven days a week tracking is costing another $14.5 million per year – that comes out to $6 per parolee, per day. Compare that to prisoners, each of whom costs taxpayers $96 a day behind bars.
Originally posted by kawz1
This is an interesting article. I personally feel that sex offenders are scum, but does this violate their right to privacy?
Convicted felons have no rights, nor should they.
Originally posted by logician magician
ATS' imagination running wild again.
Mention something about sex offenders being tracked, and you end up with people professing that newborns will be next.
With ATS, it always ends up with newborns NO MATTER WHAT is being tracked.
Start a thread about cardboard boxes being tracked on the way to the grocery store, and you'll get reply after reply from people saying that "this is just the beginning! I'll fight to the death for my liberty!"
I bet this type of slippery-slope attitude dominates some members lives here:
Wife: "Honey, do you want to watch a movie tonight?"
ATS: "Whats next?! YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOVIE!?? YOU WANT TO BUY A MOVIE STUDIO!? YOU WHORE, GET OUT OF MY LIFE!!! I NEVER TRUSTED YOU!"
Originally posted by logician magician
ATS' imagination running wild again.
Originally posted by EyesWideShut
Originally posted by logician magician
Are you really that dense?... why do you think "sex offenders" are the test for it?... because they are universally hated , even in prison. I don't know but maybe MURDERERS would be the 1st logical choice... But You're the Logician Magician so maybe YOU can fill me in.
People don't care about sex offenders and people like yourself can't see where this is going so they say YEAH!!! tag em. Then It goes to Murderers , and then Drug offenders and then the guy that got the DUI and then the guy that smoked under the no smoking sign.
Things such as this are instituted in steps. (to test the water) and then eventually... and it will happen (under the guise of public safety no doubt) It will trickle down to you and I. Well maybe you...
What you don't understand is once a right is given up... IT'S GONE!!! there is no going back.
I simply don't believe the government has a right to track its citizens by gps (does that make me crazy?). Take the label "sex offender" off and thats what you have. The government tracking it's people by gps.
Originally posted by tezzajw
Originally posted by logician magician
ATS' imagination running wild again.
If only it was in our imaginations...
But, as you can see, in two breaking news threads, tracking people by GPS is happening before our eyes.
It will increase. They will expand the pool of people who need to be tracked.
The only imaginations that run wild, are those who think that this GPS tracking is being introduced for our 'safety'.
Originally posted by logician magician
Sounds like the government is really trying to take away our freedom and privacy!
Originally posted by logician magician
It matters what the voters of California think who voted to have this implemented.
waiting for, "Oh! The voters never voted on it! It was all a fake vote! None of it was real! just like every other law and election is this country!"