Should i post anything about MXS?

[Mike Smith]

Only God can judge, in God's eyes everyone is given many chances.

Wrong.

We make multiple "judgments" each and every day. We decide to spend our money at the Shell station or the Valero station. We make a judgment on which movie gets our money and which one doesn't. We choose which store we shop at. We make those types of decisions each and every day.

I chose {a while back} not to give MXS or MXS, LLC any more of my money. Ever.

[AirAssault]

there is no defense info

he plead guilty

But there was an appeal, 2 I think. So there has to be.

[Thordic]

And people wonder why criminals have such a high repeat offender percentage.

Maybe its because after they serve their time everyone still treats them like criminals?

[craltal]

And people wonder why criminals have such a high repeat offender percentage.

Maybe its because after they serve their time everyone still treats them like criminals?

Amen.

Whether or not we find what he did deplorable, he went through our justice system and has tried to put his life back together. The slant I'm getting from this is that because he is a "sex offender" he needs to be hiding destitute somewhere. alienated from the rest of society?

We also don't know the circumstances behind this. I am in no way justifying hos criminal behavior, and I'm also not saying that our justice system will cure all offenders, but they guy seems to have turned his life around and as long as he keeps on the straight and narrow, I don't see any problem with him trying to make a living and supporting his family.

[blake20]

Old man on field!!

I'm not really opposed to anyone straightening out their life and going back to work. 2 things though. 1) I do wonder about having someone in charge of an event that caters to minors (both boys and girls) or even being in contact with children. I do not know if he is at the games at all but if my son or daughter were there that would cause me concern, especially if they were not with me. I am an old guy and I probably look at things like this with a different veiw as I would have when I was younger or many of you younger members. Just think if it was your child or your sister, or brother, would you take that chance with them??? Not me... 2) As for the money gained from all of us at the games, whose to say that the money that we are spending is not used to keep this man out of jail or even out of the court system. Unfortunatly money runs our criminal justice system examples OJ, MJ. Once again I'm not saying that the guy is a bad guy, but I do know that he has commited a type of crime that out system does not rehabilitate for. One thing MXS not for me, or my children.

[Chrishew09]

Wrong.

We make multiple "judgments" each and every day. We decide to spend our money at the Shell station or the Valero station. We make a judgment on which movie gets our money and which one doesn't. We choose which store we shop at. We make those types of decisions each and every day.

I chose {a while back} not to give MXS or MXS, LLC any more of my money. Ever.

What you are describing is choices, what what mentioned earlier was a judgment passed on another person.

[craltal]

He spent 8 years in prison. it's not like he tried to buy his way out.

The only thing I can see wrong is the registering issue, but there is no nation wide standard practice so

Also having read the threads over at spec ops and the response from "mother" it's quite a fishy set of circumstances that this information hits the web just as a bunch of people are suing MXS because they were banned from some scenario game.

[RvB Caboose]

Well since this thread has grown I might as well weigh in with my thoughts.

First off, I've never been to a scenario game and have never heard of MXS. Sending anonymous letters and posting such personal information is just plain wrong. Especially when the crime took place back in 1985. I know criminal records are in the public domain, but come on, whatever happened to common courtesy?

Patrick McKinnon has done nothing that would lead us to believe that he has committed any crimes since his release from prison. If anything, his creation of MXS and its nation-wide success shows that he has an interest in contributing to society, rather than being a criminal. Now I understand that there are bad apples- quite a few in the U.S., who keep going in and out of prison, but McKinnon's record since his release is pristine.

I also disagree that he should not be allowed to work with MXS because children attend their scenario games. Since when is rape synonymous with pedophilia? While they are not mutually exclusive we should see things the way they are, not they way they could be.

My sympathies go out to MXS for the loss of their founder.

[wimag]

all very easy to defend him on the internet for those who do... but how many would feel comfortable if he moved next door to your family ? Would you welcome him with no reservation or suspicion ?

He plead guilty, the reactions he will receive for the rest of his life will pretty much be based on that. Pretty simple.

[craltal]

all very easy to defend him on the internet for those who do... but how many would feel comfortable if he moved next door to your family ? Would you welcome him with no reservation or suspicion ?

He plead guilty, the reactions he will receive for the rest of his life will pretty much be based on that. Pretty simple.

That's not the point. He's not moving in next to me, he's trying to run a business. There's a HUGE difference between the two.

He pled guilty and served his time. He's kept his nose clean since he got out. Nowhere in that document does it state that there was a minor involved so all of the "child" worries are just people jumping to conclusions.

I'm not defending his original actions, but I'm trying to stem the lynching he's receiving over something that's in his past that only seems to be being brought up to try to smear him due to a non-related civil lawsuit.

[cyrus-the-virus]

all very easy to defend him on the internet for those who do... but how many would feel comfortable if he moved next door to your family ? Would you welcome him with no reservation or suspicion ?

He plead guilty, the reactions he will receive for the rest of his life will pretty much be based on that. Pretty simple.

he did his time and he's been clean since he got out. I wouldn't care if he moved in next door. Actually I think it would be pretty cool because I could maybe actually go to a big scenario.

Now if he had been in and out of prison for the same offences THEN I would have a problem with it.

BTW How did the topic of pedophilia come up? just because he has a sexually based offence against an adult does not automaticly mean he's going to start going after children....

[TheTramp]

Since when is rape synonymous with pedophilia?

I agree. I don't understand why are people insinuating that he would have an unhealthy/illegal interest in children?

[mostpeople]

he did his time and he's been clean since he got out. I wouldn't care if he moved in next door. Actually I think it would be pretty cool because I could maybe actually go to a big scenario.

Now if he had been in and out of prison for the same offences THEN I would have a problem with it.

BTW How did the topic of pedophilia come up? just because he has a sexually based offence against an adult does not automaticly mean he's going to start going after children....

I wouldnt trust him around my children

[craltal]

I wouldnt trust him around my children

*sigh* best to let this die before it turns into a political/ civil rights argument

[Mike Smith]

What you are describing is choices, what what mentioned earlier was a judgment passed on another person.

What I described was judgments on who received my money. I would not use my property {money} to help sustain a criminal, especially someone guilty of rape.