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Originally posted by MichiganHusker We do live in a different world from when I grew up, but if it helps to keep children safe then it is well worth any cost or inconvenience. Especially since there is no way to be able to tell the good guys from the bad guys. Do we live in a different world? Let me share an excerpt from something I wrote on this subject: "On the afternoon of July 26, 1973, 7-year-old Janice Pockett left her home in Tolland, CT on her bicycle and never returned. Her bicycle was later found adjacent to a wooded area. She hasn’t been heard from since, and is believed to have been abducted. If she is still alive, she is now 40 years old. "On April 7, 1974, 10-year-old Leigh Savoie went to the vicinity of the Suffolk Downs racetrack in Revere, MA, where he sometimes shined shoes, but never returned home. He hasn’t been heard from since. If he is still alive, he is now 42 years old. "On June 24, 1974, 14-year-old Margaret Fox failed to return to her home in Burlington, NJ. She was last seen getting off a bus. She hasn’t been heard from since. If she is still alive, she is now 45 years old. "On November 1, 1974, 13-year-old Lisa White failed to return to her home in Vernon, CT. She was last seen at about 8:00 P.M. walking along Prospect Street. She hasn’t been heard from since. If she is alive today, she is now 44 years old." I was living in northern New Jersey when all of these incidents occurred, but I never heard about any of them. And yet they happened. I've seen no evidence that these sorts of incidents are any more common today than they used to be. I've even had an 80-year-old woman share with me an experience she had as a girl (in the 1920s) in which she was touched sexually by a man who worked at their house. Before she turned 80, she had never told anyone. As far as I can determine, the only thing that has really changed is that now there is more public awareness of the problem. And that doesn't mean that children are more at risk today - it actually means that they are safer!

Originally posted by MichiganHusker We do live in a different world from when I grew up, but if it helps to keep children safe then it is well worth any cost or inconvenience. Especially since there is no way to be able to tell the good guys from the bad guys. Do we live in a different world? Let me share an excerpt from something I wrote on this subject: "On the afternoon of July 26, 1973, 7-year-old Janice Pockett left her home in Tolland, CT on her bicycle and never returned. Her bicycle was later found adjacent to a wooded area. She hasn’t been heard from since, and is believed to have been abducted. If she is still alive, she is now 40 years old. "On April 7, 1974, 10-year-old Leigh Savoie went to the vicinity of the Suffolk Downs racetrack in Revere, MA, where he sometimes shined shoes, but never returned home. He hasn’t been heard from since. If he is still alive, he is now 42 years old. "On June 24, 1974, 14-year-old Margaret Fox failed to return to her home in Burlington, NJ. She was last seen getting off a bus. She hasn’t been heard from since. If she is still alive, she is now 45 years old. "On November 1, 1974, 13-year-old Lisa White failed to return to her home in Vernon, CT. She was last seen at about 8:00 P.M. walking along Prospect Street. She hasn’t been heard from since. If she is alive today, she is now 44 years old." I was living in northern New Jersey when all of these incidents occurred, but I never heard about any of them. And yet they happened. I've seen no evidence that these sorts of incidents are any more common today than they used to be. I've even had an 80-year-old woman share with me an experience she had as a girl (in the 1920s) in which she was touched sexually by a man who worked at their house. Before she turned 80, she had never told anyone. As far as I can determine, the only thing that has really changed is that now there is more public awareness of the problem. And that doesn't mean that children are more at risk today - it actually means that they are safer!