UK: Registry in planning stages for convicted and "suspected wife beaters"

Article here. Excerpt:

"Men with a history of domestic violence could be put on a register so that any future partners can be warned about them.

The controversial plan, which is being drawn up by the Association of Chief Police Officers, would list around 25,000 suspected and convicted serial wife beaters.

Police would approach women with the information if they are notified that a man on the register has moved home.

Alternatively, women could be given the right to ask about the past of a man they are with.

A small number of pilot areas are already trying out a similar system in relation to sex offenders.
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Home Secretary Alan Johnson said: 'These proposals will stimulate important debate about how we can reach our future goal of preventing these cowardly crimes but also how to protect victims of domestic violence and tackle the abusers in the shorter term.'

Theresa May, Tory spokesman on women, said: 'No woman should live in fear of violence. What is needed is a coordinated and comprehensive strategy with prevention as the key priority.'"

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1) Unisex consideration: Men with a DV history. How about women?
2) Process of refutation: None specified. If a man is on this list by accident (mistakes get made, yet even by data entry people) or because he was presumed guilty by a court without an actual trial by jury during some nasty he-said she-said custody battle, how does he get himself off the list? Looks like he doesn't.
3) Intent to protect one class of person over the other: Mmlle. May says no woman should live in fear of violence. She neglects to mention that no man should, either. (See item 1)

I am sure there are other such objections but I'll let others have at it.

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Honestly, this form of oppression will continue unless British men stand up against fascism and make this a voting issue. Same thing goes for American men. Politicians don't give a shit unless votes are at stake.

The sad fact is many male politicians support such discriminatory laws. Western culture has created a collection of self loathing men who have been manipulated in feeling guilty about the virtues of man hood.

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"No woman should live in fear of violence." One-sided much?

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For those who don't know, Woman savers (originally called Manhaters just in case you wonder what they are really motivated by) allows women to post anonymous accusations about any man they choose, as well as the man's real name and photo, and nobody can remove the man's profile except the person how posted it. The top profiles have been viewed over a 100 thousand times. That's what this Register is, except its worse because it has the government of the UK behind it, and is funded by the men who are being accused!

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