For the Love of Kids

What should be done with a teacher who belongs to a pedophile group but has a spotless rocord?

The principle behind a legal defense based on civil liberty is often illustrated by the famous lament of a Dachau prisoner: "They came first for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew." And so on, through the trade unionists and the Catholics, until, "Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."

The question in the case of New York City teacher Peter Melzer is, Is it possible, in all sincerity, to begin...

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