Is It OK For Your Neighbor To Run Your FBI Rap Sht

Is it OK for neighbor to check another's FBI Rap Sht

  • Yes

    Votes: 26 35.6%

  • No

    Votes: 36 49.3%

  • Need More Information

    Votes: 12 16.4%
  • Total voters
    73
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In this current information & Internet age, all one needs to do to find out about his next door neighbor is to get on the Internet, pay a few dollars, and viola, there is all the info he needs. But info for what?? When is this an invasion of privacy? Let me give just one example, and then lets hear your opinion!

"Consider that in an upper-middle class neighborhood, John Q Citizen just moved in and one of his neighbors is curious; he gets on his computer, orders up the FBI rap sheet. Oh my goodness, the neighbor discovers that John Q had been convicted ten years ago of marijuana possession & was found to be in possession of stolen goods! Does he keep it secret, or is the neighborhood abuzz with this delightful new gossip. And how many people REALLY believe that a leopard never changes his spots… "

So many different examples could be made of the potential abuse of this mis-handling of personal information.

There is an article on my site that delves into this important issue. If you desire to know more, read it, but above all, PLEASE VOTE. This is an important poll.


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Heck, I'd like to know if my neighbor was a convicted felon.
 
I posted yes, but with exceptions. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. And yes Virginia. I DO check on people, at least ones that I associate with. I'm in the computer networking, and security business, and it's amazingly simple to find out about people. But then again this sort of thing just fixes the problems of anonymity we have in this generation.

It was funny, I was watching Straw Dogs yesterday. What I found amazing is how they working the local village perp/pedophile into the movie. The whole town knew he was trouble. I remember now too how it used to be back on the farm. Everybody knew who a bad guy was. Everybody was local. And everybody knew everybody. Now in this day and age we have people up and moving all over the place. Nobody knows anybody anymore. So I see this as an extension of shall we say, "being neighbourly".
 
Court proceedings are generally public domain, for good reason. Secret trials are supposed to be a big no-no. Not releasing the identity of minors is probably a good idea in most cases. Likewise, I can understand keeping the names of victims private.

However, if a person is convicted, it's a matter of public domain. Computers just make it easier than stopping by the court house. So, yes, it is ok for your neighbors to be able to find out criminal records. The alternative is secret trials, which is a very bad idea.

I do computer and security work myself. Employee screening is rather important. You don't want to hire a person convicted of selling private information to run a database of banking information. You don't want to hire a convicted sex offender to work in hospitals, day care or other similiar places.
 
heh i dont think the neighbor should be entitled to see that information... id rather live in the city than in some small town or suburb where people will gossip about everyone
 
I have no problems. Convictions are public records. I would be more concerned with secret trials and closed records than people knowing my past. Then again, I'm not too big on caring what people think of me.
 
I voted no with reservations. Sex offenders (especially pedofiliacs) yes, but past that it's nobody's 'bidness' especially considering the fact that it is nearly impossible for a U.S. citizen to go through a day without breaking a law or three.
Biker
 
I can't imagine being sufficiently curious about my neighbors to spend money to find out things about them.

Most of my neighbors are pretty decent folks, especially now that the loud bums across the street have been evicted.
 
Anyone who pays money to check my criminal history is throwing it away.

I have none. Let them throw their money away.
 
If they're dangerous and the government knows it they shouldn't be living next to you unless your address is a cell block.

If they're not dangerous then you shouldn't be able to dig into their private data.
 
Why not just have people's criminal record branded on their forehead. You shouldnt even have to exert any energy to get soeone criminal record. Brand them for life!

When you run out of places to brand, you just cut their heads off!!!!

See, I can be reasonable too. Its for the children.


preemptive edit for the retards: If someone is too dangerous for society, shouldnt they be in jail? You have no right to someone's private data, even if that data includes the fact that they once lived a life of crime. If someone breaks into my house, I will shoot them just as dead regardless of what their rap sheet is.
 
I dont have a problem with it. It is public record after all. I'll even post my rap sheet here:














Boring, huh? At least I saved you a few bucks.
 
Public records about convictions are nothing close to being private information, so yes it's quite alright.

Who says they have to be 'dangerous' for you to have a right to know? Maybe you are friendly with your new neighbor and eventually you ask him to dog sit or babysit or something for you, but before doing so you get his rap sheet and see he has assault convictions or animal cruelty convictions or whatever.

It's public information anyhow. Don't want the stuff on the record then don't do the crime.
 
I have no problems. Convictions are public records. I would be more concerned with secret trials and closed records than people knowing my past. Then again, I'm not too big on caring what people think of me.
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this is a pretty darn good point
 
oh - i would probably need to complain about just how deep is the fbi sheet, and how much of that is being shown to public?

but as far as convictions go, well , true, public record is and should be exactly that
 
What does the FBI have to do with it?

"...he gets on his computer, orders up the FBI rap sheet."

As the FBI prosecutes far less crimes than the states do collectively, I'd want to know about those other incidents.

If this is a reference to NICS checks or an NCIC query, Joe Average does not have access to those systems.

As police logs and court dockets (except for juvenile cases) are public records, what makes anyone think a search CAN'T be done NOW? There are a number of companies that compile that, and far more information, such as real estate, motor vehicle (including planes and boats, boys and girls!), phone numbers and SS numbers. Subscribers can run searches by name, SSN# or cell phone numbers and, for a fee, get this data.

In short, "1984" was over 20 years ago. Big Brother is well-entrenched and, courtesy of computers and the PATRIOT ACT, is digging in deeper.

What Orwell did NOT foresee is the ability of NON-governmental entities to monitor and manipulate so many facets of our lives. :what:

"My neighbor's "right to know" ends with whatever I choose to tell him."

Dream on. And tell that to people living near sex offenders......... :eek:
 
I'd be more concerned about moving into a neighborhood where
the people are so paranoid that they need to run my rap sheet!! :rolleyes:
I try to be friendly with my neighbors,when they
act like a-holes then I stop being friendly.If you get to know someone,they will usually tell you whats going on .

QuickDraw
 
If they're not dangerous then you shouldn't be able to dig into their private data.
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Thats exactly right, but we aren't talking about private data.

If someone was tried in a public court, at taxpayer expense, then that data is public data, not private data, and can be disseminated without regard for privacy.

Public trial is an asset to us all, including the person on trial.
 
If by "FBI rap sheet" you are referring to a person's criminal record, that is public information as it should be. In fact, it ought to be a lot easier to access than is is at present. You shouldn't have to go and pay some research company to look through the local Court records and mail a report to you. It should all be online.
 
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