Petition to Declare Public Sex Offender Registration in the United States a Violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Today, approximately one-million people in the United States are forced to register as “sex offenders”. The label leads to stigmatization, separation from society, loss of employment, loss of housing and even exposure to violence at the hands of vigilantes. The stigmatization extends to the spouses, children, family, friends, employer and anyone that associates with the registrant. The isolation, shame, stress, fear of violence, loss of income and other psychological effects are experienced by the entire household.
I think this will be a good opportunity to push for a DUI registry. For the safety of the public and all of course. If someone gets arrested for DUI and is convicted they can have a marker put on their license. I was thinking they could put a “DUI OFFENDER” designation on their license and then they can pass a law requiring all waiters/waitresses to check everyone’s ID regardless of age if they order a drink at a restaurant. If they have that designation then they can limit them to 1 drink or deny service altogether. Unfortunately, right now you could have 4 or 5 pints of beer at a restaurant and a server wouldn’t even question it. This way there is “some” chance the person drinking won’t be so drunk that they cause a serious accident when trying to make it home.
Has Ms. L. Book made a comment yet? I need another priceless laugh!
Another thought on how alcoholism harms children…my stepfather terrorized our family for years through his violence in the home. All of my siblings and I have had to live with the lifelong effects from his physical abuse of us and our mother.
How many other children have had to live with those scars? Mr. Book should perhaps reflect on that before he casts another stone at others.
I sincerely hope that Mr. Books’ experience will remind him (and us all) that in some way, everyone is broken, though our scars may be different from one another. Colin Powell wisely commented recently on the culture of the times when he said, “Let’s stop screaming at each other. Let’s just take care of each other.” A sobering insight indeed, and his prescription is spot on. Has our society moved beyond the point of no return in this regard? Time will tell.
My mother struggled with alcoholism her whole life. She abandoned me at age 14 in a hotel room and I became a foster child. Mother was arrested multiple times for DUI. At the time, her county of residence made her write a letter of apology to print in the newspaper.
Mother spent the last of years of her life trying to make up for what she did to me. I forgave her long ago. She died with us on good terms. I still love my mother. However, she made poor choices in life thanks to alcohol, and she should be alive today, and her poor choices led to an early passing. I won’t argue she did not deserve her time in jail. She needed rehab too but never got it.
I have absolutely zero f words rhyming with duck for Ron. He has an entire region acting as enablers to his bad choices, and there are lots of them. He is going to go back to the drinking parties and the bars and drink with his enablers, just as my mom sobered up for a time but hung around her old drinking buddies and eventually did it again.
Ron will do it again and again until the day he dies. Alcoholism is one hell of a disease. I suffered for the actions of one drunk and Miami suffers for the actions of another.
When I saw the Robert Kraft massage parlor story, I hoped that Ron Book was apart of it.
It must be nice to go out, get wasted and drive around in a Lamborghini.
Ironically, he has that luxury because the staff he hired long ago was not on a registry. Maybe he was out drinking and driving then?
Derek, I’m glad you and your mother eventually reconciled. I also made peace with my stepfather before he died from brain cancer decades ago.
I hope better for Ron than what will likely happen, as you have surmised. Perhaps he may have his Ebenezer Scrooge moment one day and see the light before it is too late. Hatred for a group or individual is a cancer of the soul, and Ron Book is reaping the repercussions from it.
Hey thats Ron Book, He walks on water. He’ll be of off in no time, his goons of bureaucrat buddy’s are gonna make it go away, wash it down, forgetta about it! maybe get a fine, a slap on the wrist and a free detailing on the lambo….. It must be nice to come from dirty filthy money. Dirty!!!!!
I am sorry for Mr. Books ill fortune. However, perhaps he will open his heart and mind to the fact that everyone makes a mistake and is entitled to redemption not a life of punishment. I don’t believe in an eye for an eye. Perhaps we can get him to advocate against the laws he created and help all the people he has harmed with his money.
Poor guy, I thought perpetual greed, fame seeking on his daughters back and bitterness would have brought him peace and contentment by now? NOPE!! Maybe he needs to go back to New York City and strut around in his fur coat again and multiple cell phones? Time to go to some AA meetings Ronnie boy and that pull that head out of your ass. But watch out before you do. You might shake the hand of a Sex Offender!
I do feel sorry for the Lamborghini though.