Oct.11.2007 Hey sex offenders, get your crafts out
Baltimore has a great idea on how to solve conflicts with sex offenders and kids going door to door on Halloween: Have them hang signs up saying “No Candy!”
“We actually print out the signs for the offenders and hand them to them,” said Elizabeth Bartholomew, a spokeswoman for the Division of Parole and Probation. “We expect them to post the signs.”
Offenders can arrange with their parole or probation officers to be elsewhere that night, and accommodations can be made for offenders who abide by the restrictions but do not want to post the signs, Bartholomew said.
“There will be some houses where it’s a sex offender’s house and there’s not a ‘No Candy’ sign posted, but in all those instances, someone will be going to the house to make sure the right thing is happening at that house,” Bartholomew said.
Several states, including Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois, Virginia and Texas, ban registered sex offenders from handing out candy on Halloween, going to kids’ parties, or being on the streets.
What a Bugs Bunny-ish solution. I hope that, to turn the entire situation on its head, the sex offenders put up a sign that says “Child Molestation Season”. Not only would it be fun for the children to play the exciting new game of Child Molestors and Children (it’s like Cowboys and Indians for a new era), but they’d be able to get the work-out they so sorely need after stuffing their fat faces with free candy. Win-win!
Unless the kids get caught, I guess. Then it’s win-painful sodomy.
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