Comments on: OPINION: Are Our Children Safe? Predators Amongst Us?

By: Terica Schulz

Terica Schulz — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:56:28 +0000

Hi, Very nice, unique, and informative post. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work.

By: Jonas Monnet

Jonas Monnet — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:31:08 +0000

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By: running with scissors

running with scissors — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:33:18 +0000

JWF, I knew you were not the author, I was just pointing out how well it was written.

FMartin was referring to a post on Capital website that Cifala and his wife were swingers. I think that post was deleted there.

By: JWF

JWF — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:41:20 +0000

I did not see where anyone said he was a “swinger”. But if you read the text messages it is apparent that he was indeed having sex with the minor. What I got out of this posting was that we have a cop who took advantage of someone vulnerable (youth), a teacher who did the same thing, an attorney who did the same thing, another cop who did the same thing. We used to be able to tell our kids to go to a teacher, priest, cop, firefighter, etc. if they ever were in trouble. Now, one has to wonder if that parental advice is valid.

By: fmartin

fmartin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:25:16 +0000

I have heard plenty of rumors about Lt. Cifala (as well as Marcalus and Mosmiller), but the problem is they are only rumors. The Capital, the Baltimore Sun, the Washington Post, nor this blog have substantiated any of them.

My point is, what the feds are saying about Lt. Cifala is already pretty bad, do we really need to resort to rumors and half-truths to make it even more sensational?
I mean, do you have any proof Lt. Cifala was a swinger? Anyone who is willing to put their name on the line and say, “he propositioned me for sex”?
If not, you might as well let people post how Lt. Cifala likes to have sex with animals, that Chief Teare knew about his Lieutenant’s relationship with the teen, that Rita’s knew about it too and quietly condoned the action.

For all I know, that all may be as true as the swinger allegations.

By: AA Cop and the 16 yr old and other opinions - Southern Maryland Community Forums

AA Cop and the 16 yr old and other opinions - Southern Maryland Community Forums — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:55:29 +0000

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By: JWF

JWF — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:43:50 +0000

MaryEllen–I am not so sure that is the “agenda” or even if there is an agenda. I suspect that The Capital being a newspaper may be subject to more stringent requirements. Being a traditional news source gives them certain advantages over new media including priority listing for search results in the online search engines.

Congress enacted the Communications Decency Act and specifically Section 230 addresses the issue of comments, anonymous posts, etc. Essentially, it holds ISPs, publishers, and bloggers harmless for comments made by others. It has been tested and upheld as well in the DiMeo v. Max case in US District Court in Philadelphia.

Quite possibly, the difference lies there. Sites are allowed to make their own rules and we do allow free comments as long as they are not ad hominem attacks, vulgar, or terribly off topic. Personally, I did not see any “racially biased and right-wing views” in this opinion piece. We do welcome ALL points of view–right wing, left wing and chicken wing.

If you have an opinion yourself, we would welcome you to contact us and we will be more than happy to publish it–again, right, left or chicken. You can email me if interested.

John (Editor)
info@eyeonannapolis.net

By: JWF

JWF — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:36:17 +0000

FYI, this was not authored by me. It is by one of the contributors we have on the blog. I do agree with you however. JWF

By: MaryEllen

MaryEllen — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:33:08 +0000

the writer of this piece os unjustly critical of The Capital. They have a moral and legal right to edit out any comment they find to be irrational and poorly written. I would suggest that the whining writer of this blather ( the OBSERVER) is probably unable to spread his racially biased and extreme right-wing views on HOME TOWN ANNAPOLIS. Play by their rules, or go away. Not so hard to understand is it. I mean look at the fascist run right wing blog Red Maryland, they don;t even allow one to freely publish, they edit out ALL opposing view points.

By: running with scissors

running with scissors — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:13:25 +0000

well thought out and well written! John, I for one will be posting my thoughts over here more often in the future.