My opinion on this is that we are all taking this registry thing as too much of what it is. Its not an absolute solution to anything. It is not a wholly good or wholly bad thing. Its like anything else. Guns kill people / no people kill people the arguement between those opposed and those pro gun restriction. Drink drivers are dangerous, therefore lets reinstate prohibition. But does that mean everyone who drinks also drives. There are endless examples of things that are good and bad. No one should look at that site and live in fear because there is a predator in their neighborhood. But there will be people who will do that, however there will also be people smart enough to know that there is always that danger no matter whether or not a predator is listed in their neighborhood. I doubt that many people will obsess over viewing this website constantly, but there are those who don't have a life and will do this, just like those who watch tv endlessly. My point to all this is, Its just another piece of information in our world. Long ago, communites were small and everyone knew each other, went to the same church, social events, etc. When something happened word of mouth spred it quickly and everyone was informed. Regarding living in fear, when my daughter was 4 we moved into a trailor park (sort of a small community situation). The crimes and violence that existed there could consume a person with fear if they let it. While we lived there A man who lived two trailers up and one over from us, went to take his 8 yr old out of school, but the school refused, later that day he and his wife were found dead. Murder/suicide the man didn't want to go back to prison for molesting his daughter. Another man in the trailor park is serving a long sentence for murdering a woman, he claims to not remember it because of the drugs he was doing at the time. And just weeks after moving out of the trailor into a house, the trailor right across the street from our bedroom had a police standoff, where finally they got in and shot and killed the man. This was a part of the environment of the trailor park. If I took it for those events, my child would never have left the home, let alone go off and play with others. But despite these and many other events, I did let her go and play and do things. I did my best to teach her about dangers and left what happened up to fate. The registry is just a tool, some will use it properly, some will use it improperly and others won't use it at all.