Herb Vest responded to comments made by his son on Declan Mccullagh’s story on News.com:
As always your opinions are well thought out and succinct. The opinion on this blog seems to be that TRUE is pushing for safer dating legislation for purely self interest reasons only.
As you know, your grandfather was murdered in 1946. You know first hand the effects of criminal predation on the victims and survivors of crime.
If some of the commentators seem unsympathic to the reduction of crime, it may be because they have not experienced its devastating effects and may underestimate the emotional impact on the victims and their families.
Some of the comments on this blog are valid. They point out ways in which criminals can circumvent the background search. However, they may be unaware of the thousands of ex-felons who are caught and prevented from preying on our members.
Moreover, our subscribers must represent that they do not have a felony conviction. If that is a misrepresentation they have committed wire fraud, criminal fraud, and an assortment of other crimes and torts.
TRUE will press for prosecution of any subscriber, attempting to communicate with another member, who has a prior felony conviction. We also will pursue civil remedies. Whether we win or not, the defendent will have extremely high legal fees to defend.
I am very proud of you. As always, you are very respectful of the opinions of others, while at the same time defending your own views vigorously.
Your Dad,
Herb Vest, CEO of TRUE
P.S. This article is extremely well written and interesting, even if the author is a little misguided (in my view). He did hit one nail squarely on the head, I am a scrappy entrepreneur (and proud of it).
