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Pervert Park
2014 · Film · documentary · 77 min
Directed by Lasse Barkfors, Frida Barkfors
Florida Justice Transitions is home to 120 convicted sex offenders. Like in many other U.S. states, sex offenders are not allowed to live within 1000 feet of places frequented by children. Because of this, many sex offenders live under bridges or in woods – or in Palace Mobile Home Park – known as Pervert Park. The crimes committed by the residents range from simple misdemeanors to horrendous acts unbearable to contemplate.
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You are not going to get any objective, fact based argument, here or anywhere else because this is such an emotive issue. Attitudes towards child abusers are pretty close to attitudes towards religious heretics a few centuries ago. "Burn them at the stake" is the only acceptable answer to give in public, lest you be burned yourself. And I understand why that is. I had a family member who was abused as a kid, and I can't think of anything more despicable.
In a better world we'd concentrate on harm prevention: getting non-judgmental counseling and perhaps voluntary castration for men at risk of being child abusers. But that's not "Burn them at the stake", so it's not going to happen in our lifetimes.
The documentary "Pervert Park" is a great but harrowing watch, by the way.