morgan_dhu | And they quoted me! (Reply)

Of course, I'm in the last paragraph, which hardly anyone will read, but I'm one of two residents of the area quoted, and the article does report a bit of my argument.

The bit about me:

Some area residents say "hounding" those who are trying to rehabilitate themselves causes stress, and that may increase the chances of them re-offending.

"(Goodwin) being here doesn't bother me," said Morgan. "It's the guy we don't know about who I worry about." Goodwin is getting help for his deviant behaviour, she added.

There's my five minutes of not-quite fame for the year - defending a convicted paedophile to serve the supervised time he was given without facing a medieval witchhunt that's almost certain to make it impossible for him to change his behaviour.

By the way, for anyone who is interested in precisely this issue, I highly recommend watching the movie The Woodsman, with Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgewick.