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" To : Where do we draw the line; Your observations are worth consideration and important. These ethical issues are a hot topic in science. The future is exciting, and scary! "

" My Comment consisted of rhetorical questions. The responder assumed I was not for incarceration. Obviously this man should have limited contact with society, ala some sort of confinement. I have taken many courses in psychology and it seems that there is a lot of general information that the public is not privy to, unless you are educated(or educate yourselves.) I do not know the actual facts in this case, but it(article) said that he had "low intellectual functioning abilities." If that is the case that is very differant from a psychiatric disorder that could be treated with meds. There is no "cure" for that. Research has shown that lots of crimes are commited by people with both psychiatric problems and low intellectual capabilities. My question is about the sticky business of genetics and genetic identification, manipulation and engineering. What does the future hold for us when we will soon be able to determine(before birth) if people are prone to these mental limitations. Mandatory gene tamporing (or abortion) come to mind. THINK ABOUT IT! The future is upon us! "

" Scotty has never learned his lesson about anything! He is not going to get better by being in prison! He really does need psychiatric help and I hope he gets it! He has had a very trouble youth and I think it all stems from his psychiatric problems. Yeah the girl may have been in her teens but it is still wrong! He does not understand that at all! He thought get a DUI just a few years ago was cool! He bragged to everyone! He has too many problems to count and I just don't understand it! He also has a cousin who has been in prison for pedophilia of little girls around age 5 and I don't understand how they can get such short sentences! I agree that people are getting sentences that are way too long for drugs while those who committ sexual crimes and murders are getting way too short of terms! Scotty, you are my cousin and I love you! But get some help!! Please!!! "

" realtive to Scott, by marriage. I AM SOOO GLAD THIS CREEP IS BEHIND BARS!!!!! But I also think that he needs to be in a mental hospital rather than prision. He needs help that is beyond prision. Prision will only make him worse. I really dont think he know what he did was wrong. I am younger than Scott. He would "Hit" on me at family functions. He is a very "spooky" and is very messed up in the head! "

" My suggestion for a 30 year old man who has repeated sexual contact with an 8 year old victim be locked away from society forever. Who knows when he gets out how old the next victim will be? That is the age of this victim, 8 years old. The worse part is that it was not an isolated incident, it was an ongoing thing. Then insult to injury was this convicted sexual offender attempted to the little 8 year olds playmates involved by offering them money for a back rub. If you don't think people like this need to be locked away from children forever, you have a serious problem. "

" I don't know where you got your degree, but many pedophiles do have gender preferences in their victim. Moreover, the diagnosis of a pedophile is one who is attracted to pre-pubescent minors as opposed to an ephebophile who is attracted to pubescent minors. Moreoever, the story did not state the exact age of the victim, only that they were under 15, so your opinion is speculative at best... "

" Where is the informaiton that the victim was 16? "

" My friend just got 17 years for drug conspiracy. Not condoning it, but you molest my daughter, you had better get more then 16 years!!!!! More sentence for drugs......PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!! "

" Stop asking a prosecutor to spend time looking up terms like "pedophile." They have lots of other things to do. "

" Whether you accept it or not, there will always be people with limited mental capacity. Incarceration will not cure this problem. What do you suggest should be done??? Gene manipulation??? Or elimination??? An intelligent answer would be helpful. "

" I'm certainly not condoning what the defendent did but I am criticizing the attorney and judge. A man that goes after a 16 year would not be considered a pedophile. Pedophiles go after children only and don't care what the sex of the child is. They are attracted to the child only and not so much on gender. A 16 year old would be above the age of interest for a pedophile. Once a child starts taking on adult characteristics a pedophile will have no interest in them. Typically pedophiles only go after children 12 and under. A judge and attorney should really no the official diagnosis of a pedophile before they use it on someone. "

" I guess asking legit questions are banned if you don't use namby pamby, un-american pc language. "

" I see a lot of times the offender only get ting1-3 years so I am happy to see someone get some time but again it is never enough for what he/she has done to the child! "

" I agree with you. The Pantagraph might as well close the blogs down. You follow the rules and they block your post. I guess they don't believe in fredom of speech "

" why isn't this story in big bold letters?? "

" Since my first post was not allowed because of my critical remarks about this judge I will again attempt to be heard. This judge missed the boat completely and I hope all voters with children remember this poor decision when he comes up for retention. This is a case where the punishment did not fit the crime and how sad that is for the victim and the family. Fitzgerald said he did not believe this man is a pedophile, that is what I call a 30 year old man having continual sexual contact with a child. I only hope the victim and the family can move on and now and begin to heal. Now censors block this post. "

" na na na na na hey hey hey goodbye!!! Still not a long enought sentence! "