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from BBC news, Police to monitor net chat rooms - which I rather thought they did already ..

but what caught my eye was this:

"He says the police are also stepping up efforts to persuade banks to withdraw credit cards from people who use them to pay for child pornography on websites."

is it just me who thinks this is just *wrong* ?

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I think it's wrong.

You should either get a conviction, and put the person in jail, or they are innocent and therefore you have no right to persecute them.

Another thing I object to is the "Sex Offenders Register", and here is why... If that person is still a threat to society, then they should still be locked up. If they are not, then I don't think there is a basis for continuing to persecute them.

What are we going to have next? A "burglars register" where anyone who has ever been convicted of a burglary has their mugshot and details of the offences so that potential employers and neighbours can check?

It's the same principle:

"I have a small child, so I need to know if there are any people in the area who might be a threat to that child even if the government deems that they need not be locked up"

... or ...

"I have a nice house with nice things in it, so I need to know if there are any people in the area who might be a threat to those items even if the government deems that they need not be locked up"