[DRAFT] Guilt Plain To See

[Candlewhisper Archive]

SECOND DRAFT:

TITLE:
Guilt Plain To See

VALIDITY:
Free press, neither very low or very high right to privacy,

DESCRIPTION:
Tabloid newspaper The Diurnal Mail recently published a list of sex offenders' names and addresses -- leaked, they said, from the government's registry. Angry citizens then took it on themselves to enact "justice", mailing death threats, hurling eggs and bricks at windows, and in one incident delivering a fatal beating. However, it has since emerged that the list wasn't even a genuine one, and was actually the membership roll of a fly-fishing club, anonymously sent in by an unknown prankster.

OPTION 1
"The problem here is idiotic vigilantism," opines @@randomfemalename@@, renowned feminist author. "I blame movies and media, with their glorification of angry superheroes and rogue cops. To improve our culture we must teach our children about the dangers of toxic masculinity, and force film-makers to send more positive messages. Less violent retribution, more sensible restitution!"
OUTCOME:
movie super-hero teams save the world by finding sensible compromises with their enemies

OPTION 2
"Clearly this is the fault of journos not checking their facts," argues self-appointed 'Consumer Watchdog' @@randommalename@@, tossing a bag of stained clothes and a broken cricket bat onto a bonfire of tabloid newspapers. "They put out bad information, so they killed that innocent man. You should be beating down on fake news, make the media pay for their lies."
OUTCOME:
newspapers that contain incorrect weather forecasts are branded as criminals

OPTION 3
"The fact that edition sold so well shows that the people wanted this information," defends Mail journalist @@randomname@@. "If you, the government, were more transparent in allowing the public to access your registry of sex offenders, then we wouldn't have been forced to look for one. So it's your fault - take some responsibility!"
OUTCOME:
lynch mobs can use a government-sponsored app to locate their victims

OPTION 4
"The problem here is that the registry exists at all," rants former school-teacher @@randomname@@, who was dismissed from @@HIS@@ post last year under hushed-up circumstances. "You're implying that there's a category of people defined by a single mistake. That creates legal and social prejudice. Stop tracking criminal records, and let people be judged for who they are now, not what they might have done in the past."
OUTCOME:
many swimming instructors are former teachers

FIRST DRAFT:

TITLE:
Guilt Plain To See


VALIDITY:
Free press


DESCRIPTION:
Tabloid newspaper The Diurnal Mail recently published a list of sex offenders' names and addresses -- leaked, they said, from the government's registry. Angry citizens then took it on themselves to enact "justice", mailing death threats, hurling eggs and bricks at windows, and in one incident delivering a fatal beating. However, it has since emerged that the list wasn't even a genuine one, and was actually the membership roll of a fly-fishing club, anonymously sent in by an unknown prankster.

OPTION 1
"The problem here is idiotic vigilantism," opines @@randomfemalename@@, renowned feminist author. "I blame movies and media, with their glorification of angry supermen, rogue cops and personal vendettas. We need to improve our culture. We must teach our children about the dangers of toxic masculinity, and force film-makers to send more positive messages about the inherent limitations of violent solutions."
OUTCOME:
movie super-hero teams save the world by finding sensible compromises with their enemies

OPTION 2
"No, look, clearly this is the fault of journos not checking their facts," argues self-appointed 'Consumer Watchdog' @@randommalename@@, tossing a bag of stained clothes and a broken cricket bat onto a bonfire of tabloid newspapers. "If they put bad information like that out, then they're the ones who killed that innocent man. You should be beating down on fake news, make the media pay for their lies."
OUTCOME:
newspapers that contain incorrect weather forecasts are branded as criminals

OPTION 3
"The fact that edition sold so well shows that the people wanted this information," defends Mail journalist @@randomname@@. "If you, the government, were transparent in allowing the public to access your registry of sex offenders, then we wouldn't have been forced to look for one. So it's your fault - take some responsibility!"
OUTCOME:
lynch mobs can use a government-sponsored app to locate their victims

OPTION 4
"The problem here is creating a category of people defined by one small mistake," rants former school-teacher @@randomname@@, who was dismissed from @@HIS@@ post last year under hushed-up circumstances. "The criminal record of an individual should be known only to the offender and to the police. Telling anyone else about someone's convictions just breeds prejudice, and is an infringement on the civil liberties of those who have already paid their debt to society."
OUTCOME:
many swimming instructors are former teachers

[Tetradimensional Overworld]

A good one!

[The Sherpa Empire]

Tabloid newspaper The Diurnal Mail recently published an list

Should say "a list" instead of "an list."

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Tabloid newspaper The Diurnal Mail recently published an list

Should say "a list" instead of "an list."

You pass the test!

Actually, no, I'm just terrible with attention to detaill.

Fixedd.

[Decu Caine]

"No, look, clearly this is the fault of journos not checking their facts," argues self-appointed 'Consumer Watchdog' @@randommalename@@

Is there a reason for this to be specifically a male name? I believe that any name would suffice here, male or female.

[Depackya]

Is there a reason for this to be specifically a male name? I believe that any name would suffice here, male or female.

I disagree, I think that a male comeback against the feminist's argument would work better.

"I blame movies and media, with it's glorification...

"It's" would be "its" in this instance. Just looking at the tiny things! Other than that, I couldn't find anything. Well-written issue.

[The Sherpa Empire]

"I blame movies and media, with it's glorification...

"It's" would be "its" in this instance. Just looking at the tiny things! Other than that, I couldn't find anything. Well-written issue.

"Their" works better than "its."

[Candlewhisper Archive]

I disagree, I think that a male comeback against the feminist's argument would work better.

Exactly that, I don't fix genders lightly, and tend to default to randomised genders. The fixed male gender here is to give extra weight to option 1's arguments about toxic masculinity, as it's meant to be obvious that option 2's speaker was one of the guys who just beat someone to death out of a misplaced sense of justice.

"It's" would be "its" in this instance. Just looking at the tiny things! Other than that, I couldn't find anything. Well-written issue.

Man, I am ALWAYS doing that. Will fix it, thanks.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

"It's" would be "its" in this instance. Just looking at the tiny things! Other than that, I couldn't find anything. Well-written issue.

"Their" works better than "its."

Good point.

Have made the change within the current draft, as it's a small one.

[Umpus]

You should add an option to make lynching legal.

[The Sherpa Empire]

You should add an option to make lynching legal.

I think that would fit better in an issue where the "sex offenders" are actually sex offenders and not a fishing club.

[Australian rePublic]

Options 3 and 4 contradict eachother. 3 suggests that this info isn't publically avaliable, whilst 4 suggests that it is

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Options 3 and 4 contradict eachother. 3 suggests that this info isn't publically avaliable, whilst 4 suggests that it is

Hmm, you're entirely right.

I'll start work on Draft 2 to address that.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Draft 2 hopefully addresses those concerns now. The default assumption here is that a register exists but is not public. That may be too assumptive, but I think we can make that work backstage with validity checks.

[Australian rePublic]

Draft 2 hopefully addresses those concerns now. The default assumption here is that a register exists but is not public. That may be too assumptive, but I think we can make that work backstage with validity checks.

Better...

[Fauxia]

Don’t we basically have this covered? We have 271 (and more) to deal with vigilantes, definitely multiple issues pertaining to false data, definitely stuff about wiping criminal records clean. We don’t have any issues about the sex offenders register so far as I can tell, but that seems like one new option and a lot of redundant material.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Don’t we basically have this covered? We have 271 (and more) to deal with vigilantes, definitely multiple issues pertaining to false data, definitely stuff about wiping criminal records clean. We don’t have any issues about the sex offenders register so far as I can tell, but that seems like one new option and a lot of redundant material.

217 is about Batman, pretty much. Definitely feels different.

Probably the closest overlap is 743, Here There and Everywhere, but to me an (apparent) sex offenders register feels like something different to an ethnic minority.

You'll have to point me to the other overlaps, I can't currently find them.

[Fauxia]

Don’t we basically have this covered? We have 271 (and more) to deal with vigilantes, definitely multiple issues pertaining to false data, definitely stuff about wiping criminal records clean. We don’t have any issues about the sex offenders register so far as I can tell, but that seems like one new option and a lot of redundant material.

217 is about Batman, pretty much. Definitely feels different.

Probably the closest overlap is 743, Here There and Everywhere, but to me an (apparent) sex offenders register feels like something different to an ethnic minority.

You'll have to point me to the other overlaps, I can't currently find them.

If you think the vigilantism is different enough, I’m not going to argue the point, there’s probably enough different.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

For sure, we have a peer review process in place that strongly considers overlap, and always checks drafting threads, so this will be considered and reviewed by other editors making independent judgements. Always worth raising these things.

[Autonomous Cleaner Bot Cleaners]

However, it has since emerged that the list wasn't even a genuine one, and was actually the membership roll of a fly-fishing club, anonymously sent in by an unknown prankster.

Feel like there should be a reference to (fly) swatting in there somewhere.

[Trotterdam]

Feel like there should be a reference to (fly) swatting in there somewhere.

That's the opposite situation: the police being misled by false information from the public, rather than the public being misled by false information from the police (or at least that pretends to be from the police). Possibly better suited for its own issue.

[Autonomous Cleaner Bot Cleaners]

Feel like there should be a reference to (fly) swatting in there somewhere.

That's the opposite situation: the police being misled by false information from the public, rather than the public being misled by false information from the police (or at least that pretends to be from the police). Possibly better suited for its own issue.

True, I suppose. I had in mind California's Megan's Law which is an official published list (complete with warnings about criminal penalties for misuse), whereas the description says the list was in a newspaper. Fair enough.