Yeah, interesting that these "predators" will be going to jail for solicitation, rather than for the actual sex...Sorry if it gives a bad impression to anyone that I'm acting like just another commenter on your journal. But I need some outlet for my opinions these days since I'm too lazy to bother with my own journal or essays, obviously...
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: Again, what really gets me is that
: this isn't even about anything
: Foley actually DID with the pages,
: but about things he SAID. Bugger
: them and it's legal. TALK to them
: about buggery, and it's not.
:
: About the most damning legal
: allegation that could reasonably
: be made here is sexual harassment,
: and it's probably a valid one. But
: sexual harassment is a civil
: matter, not a criminal one. There
: was no "molestation" nor
: "abuse" here, only a
: serious lapse in judgment.
:
: The flames are being fanned, of
: course, by the repeated
: descriptions -- in the press and
: by our Democratic
: "allies" -- of the pages
: as "young boys",
: suggesting that the poor things
: haven't even sprouted pubic hair
: yet.
:
: As you say, the witch hunt is
: going to provide years of needless
: trouble. While the hypocritical
: Republican leadership blew it, the
: Democrats have no particular claim
: to the moral high ground here
: either.
:
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: Odd, isn't it, that all these
: "disgraced" outings in
: the government have been big
: fag-hatiing Republicrats?
:
: I think the public focus on this
: whole Foley affair has been about
: "predatory" bahavior,
: which bothers me. It bothers me
: the same way as those Dateline
: "Exposes" where they
: entrap horney guys by posing as
: teens and getting the guys to come
: out to a supposed encounter with
: said teen.
:
: All of this is just making parents
: a bunch more paranoid and
: suspiscious of all adults, in
: addition to perpetually failing to
: acknowledge their own teens'
: sexuality. Foley's actions, not to
: mention these "Exposes"
: would not be possible if there
: weren't an actual history of teens
: seeking encounters and
: relationships with adults, even
: MUCH older adults (hell, *I* even
: sought out a relationship with a
: much older guy when I was only
: 17).
:
: Pedophilia is supposedly a
: specific attraction to
: pre-adolescent individuals, eg
: Children. Teens, by and large, are
: not children, they are hormonally
: adults who are simply not given
: the legal recognition of
: adulthood.
:
: Foley deserves what he gets for
: being a stupid hypocrite. He may
: have abused a position of power
: over those with whom he was having
: relationships, but he is not a
: child molester, and the current
: witch hunt atmosphere is going to
: set us all back many years.
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