I think she was simply giving an example to help express her point.

LOL nope, I am sure this time.
I do have to say that when someone says that these type of people can be fixed...they can't. They have done study after study showing that they always have visions of children on their minds, so there is no setting them free and letting them start over.
OK I am done with this except for saying..I know a lot of you guys loved Lex BUT it is what it is...he is a sick person and thank God he never messed with anyone's child on here. I am saddened that he messed with any child.
God Bless those children and may Lex or whoever the hell he is rot in hell.

I am sorry for Lexie... he was one of the smart ones. I appreciate that his conduct around little girls has required a lot of improvement. I don't condone killing and torturing baby girls.

He WAS though, spirited and smart on this site. I think there is such a thing as rehabilitation into the community. We can't really convict or condemn a man on his past mistakes if he has not re-sinned or re-entered his old sinful ways. It is the promise of the correctional system, that some people learn their lesson behind the bars.

Lex seemed like a learned, smart feller, he was rather well-spoken in the written word. He made the mistake of not disclosing his identity of LexFountaine to authorities. I can believe, while I have no evidence, that this was his private refuge. He may not have created this alias and kept it secret to plan to commit some crimes, or a crime; he may have needed some refuge, a sort of identity in which he was not a convict, a condemned man. It is this identity that brought the best out of him, and he enjoyed it, even possibly without ill will or sinful or terrifyingly cruel thoughts.

I am sorry he had to go. I, for one, don't condemn him. I do believe in the occassional success of the correctional system.

I chalk up his reluctance to offer this alias of his for the authorities' knowledge to his wanting to reform and keep on the straight and narrow. I am not saying this as fact, as I hardly had a few exchanges with him, but it is possible.

Of course the possibility exists that he was harbouring sinister thoughts, and he was slowly working his way into committing more crimes agains female humanity.

I don't know. I can't tell. I am unable to decide, but I hold the opinion that we must not condemnt him until such time that we have evidence that he again had started to torture and rape after his release from prison.

It is true that his basic sexual urges never changed. No gay man will turn straight at 45, and no straight man will turn gay after 45. No sexual sadist will become a sexual giver-lover, and no sexual giver-lover will turn into a sexual sadist all of a sudden.

These tendencies are terribly unfortunate for both society, and the criminal; it is devastating to the families of the victims, and for the victims, it is hell. I hold, nevertheless, that jail and living standards there for fifteen years will make a man think twice before he commits the same crime again, and chances are he will never again.

All I am saying is that he had been punished for his old sinning, or criminal activites. We must not assume that he has done any of that since his release seven years ago, we most not condemn him automatically, we must give him the benefit of doubt.

Like my mama always used to say, "everything will come out in the wash" ...and it generally does. Let us all just be thankful he is gone and that we are all who we say we are since this is all being watched closely since this happened.

I have met some very good people here and I know most are who they say they are.

Let's hope something good comes of all of this and perhaps dating sites and social sites will become safer places.

I am lucky to be so computer savvy as not too much gets by me. But, some are savvier, yet...so , you got to stay on your toes. Be safe

People have expressed interest in what exactly he is charged with.

His arrest record just says :730 ILCS 150/3(a)

But, here is the complete definition as the law states in Illinois.

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=073001500K3

Such information shall include a current photograph, current address, current place of employment, the sex offender's or sexual predator's telephone number, including cellular telephone number, the employer's telephone number, school attended, all e-mail addresses, instant messaging identities, chat room identities, and other Internet communications identities that the sex offender uses or plans to use, all Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or used by the sex offender, all blogs and other Internet sites maintained by the sex offender or to which the sex offender has uploaded any content or posted any messages or information, extensions of the time period for registering as provided in this Article and, if an extension was granted, the reason why the extension was granted and the date the sex offender was notified of the extension.

Fairness would be the kids could be un-molested and he could serve his complete time which includes following rules of his release. He didn't do that, so he didn't pay his debt to society. He will never be able to pay his debt to those little girls.

And how can one not have emotions for the victims of these crimes?

And I think it was an odd comparison and isn't about the issue we are discussing. He is in jail for breaking terms of his release. We have laws we have to abide by. If not we go to jail. So, he is there because HE put himself there.

fairness would not be the kids getting un-molested AND he could serve his complete time. we can't change the past. the crime he was convicted of happened in the early nineties, and a seven year sentence for the molestation of three young girls was no where close to being fair. but that is what it is. the pictures he got convicted for and the time he served for that was a different matter, but again i suspect the punishment did not fit the repeat conviction (repeat as in getting convicted again, not repeating the original crime). now he stands accused of failure to report. it should be considered a habitual conviction IF he gets convicted. (habitual as in a continued life of crime, not habitually committing the same crime) if more pictures or anything incriminating were to be found in his house, car, or place of business, the prosecuting attorney could add additional charges. at this point as many charges as possible would be nice. any convictions would carry some sort of sentence and maybe he would die in prison before his release

as for emotions for the original victims, they are certainly there

I understand that everyone liked him...but HELLO PEOPLE, DO NOT TRY TO DEFEND HIM. Comparing child molesting to being lazy? WTH are you thinking????

I guess it's not so much defending, as what he did was wrong.
But none of us know what his life was, we can all say how disgusted we are and how bad things should be done to him, but you do not know what he has gone through in his life, nor what he still has to go through.
There will always be bad things happening in life people will always make bad decisions that hurt others.
I always liked Lex, that doesn't mean I like what he did, but at the same time I won't change how i feel now.
I hope I never lose my compassion and hope for people, regardless of who they are or what they have done.

I guess it's not so much defending, as what he did was wrong.
But none of us know what his life was, we can all say how disgusted we are and how bad things should be done to him, but you do not know what he has gone through in his life, nor what he still has to go through.
There will always be bad things happening in life people will always make bad decisions that hurt others.
I always liked Lex, that doesn't mean I like what he did, but at the same time I won't change how i feel now.
I hope I never lose my compassion and hope for people, regardless of who they are or what they have done.

You might feel differently had it been one of your 6 children.
You might not. But, most would.

34 pages of a friggen lynch mob.

Stop it people....it is embarrassing.

This site is NOT about Lex.

This site is about good people becoming friends...maybe even lovers.

New people stumble into this site everyday and you idiots are gonna drive them away....Lex has been dealt with...stop freaking the new ones out who take one look at your hatred, then hit the bricks.

Everyone has had plenty of time to vent and air thier opinions...maybe too damned much.

A schitt bag snuck in and is now gone. It is HANDLED. (very professionally I may add)..

My suggestion to Charles is this....He did the right thing and just laid out the information he had available...he took the right course of action along with the rest of the Mingle staff

It is time to f**kn delete this thread.

It has served it's purpose. Time to move on to finding friends and lovers.

Thankfully none of my 6 children have ever been touched by anyone. However I was at 8 and 12 by a family friend and a relative. Nobody ever new and I dealt with it alone.
Still my family is unaware and it will stay that way.
I am not a victim, both men have since died and are not a danger to anyone else.