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Re:Judge blocks California’s new ban on anonymity for sex of... by gadders on Thursday November 08, 2012 @01:01PM (#4758946)
> Because once someone has served their time and their probation the idea is that the state is saying their debt has been paid and the state no longer believes them dangerous.

I don't think this is strictly true, otherwise an "incurable" paedophile would never be released, regardless of whether they have completed their sentence.

I take your point about the "etc". It needs to be serious, predatory offenders, not 15 year-olds sexting each other.

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Re:Judge blocks California’s new ban on anonymity for sex of... by groby_b on Thursday November 08, 2012 @01:34PM (#4759131)
Even serious paedophiles do have the right to political speech though. The problem is that online identity covers both.
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Re:Judge blocks California’s new ban on anonymity for sex of... by gadders on Thursday November 08, 2012 @05:30PM (#4760246)
They do, but I'd say they'd lost their privileges to anonymous online political speech, though, in the same way a persistent drink driver can permanently lose their driving license.
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