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At least with a custom app you can filter the database and only show cases that seem relevant to you.

While I don't care atm, to be very honest, if I had little children running around outside, I would probably take a look at that database.

I am sorry for the humiliation these people go through. I consider their predicament a disease and I truly feel sorry for them. However, as long as we can not cure that illness (and we can't afaik), the safety of my children and relatives comes first. I believe the point of laws and crime deterrents should not be to "even out the guilt", it should be to prevent crimes from happening (Edit: that's of course a broad generalization, a balance has to be found between preventing crimes and overly restrictive laws. Hopefully the experts on psychology etc. can find the appropriate judgement).

(Note: obviously I don't talk about urinating in public and kissing your sweetheart when you were 17).

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