Do you suppose he thought he would avoid publicity if he didn’t have to register? Not be in the public eye? Oops. Be careful what you wish for, I guess.

In a few years, he’ll be in the second round of a job interview and the boss will say, ‘well, you passed the background check, but, wait a minute… you look familiar…”

Seriously, the animal rights people will be all over this. I found this ouonce when wrote a letter to the editor in which I pointed out that a Menard’s ad which showed a golden retriever penned in a 6 by 6 kennel showed a violation of Omaha’s “cruelty to animals” ordinance. The law forbid providing a dog over 40 lbs. with less than 40 square feet of space, so anyone imitating the ad, I observed, risked a conviction for “cruelty” which would be hard to explain away. I assumed people would be upset about this intrusion on liberty but overwhelmingly the replies focused on the need to protect animals.