Child Services: Going too far?

[Mithrandir]

That you got them off of the web doesn't help their case either.

They were written by individuals whom I've known for years now.

Regarding the second story, why would Child Services get involved in a case involving a 22 year old? They have more than enough to do as it is -- it seems unlikely that they'd take on something so far out of their regular jurisdiction.

Child Services wasn't directly involved in the case. After the individual was pronounced "Not Guilty" though, he still gets put on a list of suspected sex offenders which is easily viewable by the public and is checked before you are accepted at a job.

The guy is innocent and still gets put on the list. That's where the second poster's beef with CS comes in.

As far as the first story goes -- where did the charges for molestation enter into the picture? Child services asked a whole lot of questions, but we only get the kid's answer to one of them.

Obviously the kid answered 'yes' to at least a couple more of the questions.

What I find really odd is that the poster asks the question, "If you have ever been involved with Children Services you know how well they listen." Which gives the impression that some significant portion of his audience has been involved with Child Services.

Erm, that implication is not there at all. If he had said, "And you ALL know how bad Child Services listens." - then, yes, the implication that the vast majority of the readers would have somehow been involved in Child Services is there. However, he states "If you have ever been..." He is leaving the statement open, suggesting that he can't really describe his frustration, but that the few that might have actually gone through the same ordeal could relate.

So I now find myself wondering, "where the heck did Mithrandir get these posts?"

In a thread on a Dark Age of Camelot forum, Palomides server, in which posters (basically) described many of their frustrations with certain aspects of the law, agencies, etc. Some people (like the above two posters) even provided personal stories.