Donna.Taylor wrote on Dec 10
th, 2007 at 5:27am:
George, I polygraph sex offenders on probation / parole daily and it is not to line my pocket as one of your posters mentioned earlier. I do it for the safety of our children. If and that is a big IF the SO’s are being honest in therapy and in compliance with their parole stipulations they would not be here. Everyone who lives in America has to deal with SO’s crimes; however, when sex offenders come to your website in attempts to learn how to beat the polygraph that is a whole different issue. As stated many times over, go ahead and teach them your tricks – and if you do, you are no better. The guilty will fail and the unfortunate fact is the honest will probably fail as well. I thought you said you don’t help sex offenders.
According to the study that you posted in support of, and that you referenced in your post, TLBTLD does not help the guilty pass a polygraph, though it may cause truthful people to fail. In the post quoted above you wrote,
“The guilty will fail and the unfortunate fact is the honest will probably fail as well.” If you believe the results of the study, and you believe what you wrote yourself, how is this site helping sex offenders? The worst George could be accused of doing, if you believe the study and your own words, is causing people to fail who have previously committed sex offenses but who now are being truthful during their polygraphs. But that can’t be what is happening, since you also wrote,
“If and that is a big IF the SO’s are being honest in therapy and in compliance with their parole stipulations they would not be here.” It seems that sex offenders who are honest and truthful don’t wind up being polygraphed; only the liars are polygraphed, and the study you supported and your own words make it clear that liars who read TLBTLD don’t pass their polygraphs anyway.
Given all that, I’d appreciate it if you could explain exactly how this site helps sex offenders.
Donna.Taylor wrote on Dec 10
th, 2007 at 5:27am:
Also, you list me as a troll because I posted on this forum under an alias….as does at least 98% of your population.
I believe George refers to you as a troll because you exhibited typical trolling behavior when you posted under your pseudonym “Wonder Woman.” Trolling behavior has nothing to do with posting without using your real name. As defined by Dictionary.com, a troll is someone who regularly posts specious arguments, flames or personal attacks to a newsgroup, discussion list, or in email for no other purpose than to annoy someone or disrupt a discussion. Trolls are recognizable by the fact that the have no real interest in learning about the topic at hand - they simply want to utter flame bait. Like the ugly creatures they are named after, they exhibit no redeeming characteristics, and as such, they are recognized as a lower form of life on the net, as in, "Oh, ignore him, he's just a troll."
I think any objective review of your behavior and that of your “peanut gallery” comrades would label your behavior as trolling.
Donna.Taylor wrote on Dec 10
th, 2007 at 5:27am:
Is Polygraph 100% accurate? NO. But as Eric just pointed out and others have time and time again, it is a phenomenal tool to assist the overwhelmed therapists and probation/parole officers manage high caseloads.
Eric has also pointed out that he doesn’t know of a single polygraph examiner that would bet his or her mortgage on the accuracy of a polygraph test. It is difficult to read a non-endorsement like that and not come to the conclusion that examiners will tout the accuracy of the polygraph when it is of no personal consequence, but back off when the outcome of their supposedly highly accurate exam might have serious personal consequences for themselves or their family.