Sorry to hear it CAR, this issue has always bothered me. It is a serious one, but I wonder if things like Megan’s law website has brought offenders disproportionately to the forefront of our knowledge. Kind of like a person who is afraid to fly looking up plane crashes reports on thier iphone in the taxiway. So I am tempted to stick my head in the sand and pretend it could never happen (based on the numbers, this is pretty rational).
Than again when I look for a place to live, am I going to look and see if there are any offenders near by? Of course, and I will probably freak the crap out of myself when I do. I already try to get my wife to run with mace (sometimes having a cute wife is a serious cause for worry).
So basically, I don’t know. Oh, and the whole John Gardner thing didn’t help at all.