Here's how the plan would work: After the state obtained a predator's e-mail addresses, officials would turn them over to MySpace.

At least its not a public registry (scarlet letter?) that all websites are forced to comply with.

"We are certainly going to put public safety ahead of these civil liberties concerns," said McDonnell.

I'm always amazed how popular it is to publicly malign civil liberties in a country that supposedly prides itself on "freedom."

Dare anyone ask why there is suddenly such urgency?

Dare anyone ask why sexual predators won't just maintain multiple email addresses? For a bunch of extremely dangerous people who can't be allowed to maintain a friends list on a web page, the government sure does seem to trust them to be forthcoming about their online identities.

RE: Virginia Proposal Aims to Keep Sex Offenders Off Networking Sites