TOKYO (Kyodo) – Japan plans to require day nurseries, kindergartens and schools to use a government system to confirm that those applying to work the

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    In the UK the sex offenders register is used to prevent such people working with particularly vulnerable groups. Otherwise, they are ‘back in the wild’ once they have done their sentence

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      It has some unintended and bizarre implications.

      Take the scenario of some guy who goes out dancing, having a great time with their preferred sexual partner on the dance floor. On the way home stops in the park for a wank because they’re single, young, drunk, horny and stupid.

      They get caught, they’re on the sex offenders register and they’re banned from working with children or vulnerable people. And yet they’re not more of a threat than the average person, certainly not a paedophile.

      (If that looks suspiciously specific, it’s not my story 😁)