Quote Originally Posted by snapdragen
Unfortunately, there are bad people out there. Unless I know for sure the history, I am wary of the sex offender label. Here is why.

A friend of mine had an aquaintance, a young (in his 20's) gay man. This man met another young man, the attraction was there, and they both went home to young man #2's house. They had sex, then young man #2 left the room, and came back in with his mother.

They informed man #1 that #2 was under age - and if he did not pay them a certain amount of money, they'd call the police and have him charged. So he had a choice, be blackmailed by this boy and his mother (for who knows how long), or be branded as a sex offender for the rest of his life. His word against theirs. How would you choose?
so what did he choose?

I will put in my 2cents here too. i would not trust the owner of this LBS with my children, but I would give him a go with my bike. Lots of trusted
citizens do lots of nasty stuff but just haven't been caught. the guy did his time. he deserves to be able to have a chance to earn a living honestly.