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Member Monday *7

Nov 30th

Posted by Josh~ in Member Monday

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Periodical Political Post *39

Nov 19th

Posted by Josh~ in Fight

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UK town council bans parents from playgrounds ‘cause they could be predators
Austria allows civil partnerships but keeps banning adoptions by gay couples
Argentina issues first gay marriage licence following last week’s court ruling
10-year-old refuses to pledge allegiance until there’s gay equality in the USA
Gordon brown says UK finally ready to say sorry for deporting thousands of children
UK police now allowed to withhold evidence from defendants and their lawyers in civil cases
US govt. blocks release of photos showing prisoners being abused by Americans
Former UK ambassador says CIA sent people to be ‘raped with broken bottles’
How UK police rebranded lawful protest as ‘domestic extremism’
US govt. demanded IP addresses of *all* visitors of leftist news site Indymedia
Schools in US city Indianapolis ban atheism websites "”to protect children”
Music labels may be losing money, but artists are making more than ever
ACTA (secret copyright treaty) leaks. It’s bad. Very bad

Studie belegt: Keine Verbindung zwischen Homosexualität und Kinderschändung
CDU/CSU und FDP wollen, dass Arme Krankenversicherung für Reiche finanzieren
Die Zeit der Bürgerrechtsdemos war gestern: FDP überwacht nun mit
Bildung bleibt Nebensache für Schwarz-Gelb, Ausgaben werden schöngerechnet
Regierung lässt Ausstellung über Einwanderung im Historischen Museum zensieren
Geschichtsstunde: Wie Großbritannien Kinder nach Australien deportiert hat

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Argentina, Australia, Austria, UK, USA

The Kiss

Nov 11th

Posted by Josh~ in Photo

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Photos by nathan dorian | Animated by So Many Boys

Teenagers as Sex Offenders

Nov 11th

Posted by Josh~ in Articles

43 comments

Sex offender lists are stupid per se. But did you know that the best represented age group on them is 14?

"I'll show you mine if you show me yours"

Consider two young people, confused by their own budding sexuality, curious as to the dynamics of sex, terrified by it, but drawn to it anyway. Nature, or God, if you prefer, built the human body so that that the young are flooded with hormones that inspire lust and a need for release. Perhaps the mind is not ready to grasp what is happening, but the body demands it. At the very least, it is NOT very intelligent design. But it is what it is. Wishing won’t make it different. These two young people seek some seclusion. “I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours.” Nervous hands unzip zippers. Tentative touching, complete silence as they forget to even breathe. A door suddenly opens. They try to cover up. They don’t understand why they did it or what it means. That is part of what they were trying to figure out. Something from deep within compelled them to seek something they didn’t understand.

Nature, or God if you insist, endowed the human species with a body that floods these young people with hormones, creating desires they don’t comprehend. Perhaps they are too young to fully understand. At the very least imposing such a burden on those so young indicates a total lack of intelligent design when it comes to human sexuality. A stern talking-to, perhaps going to bed without supper, or wise parental advice is how previous, less terrified, generations handled this.

But that was before we let the special interest groups and politicians terrorize us about the “threat to our children.” Since then we have passed hundreds of ill-conceived pieces of legislation “to protect our children.” Now we are sacrificing our children on the very political altars that we helped build.

What was once considering a normal rite of passage, typical curiosity that the newly sexualized young have about themselves, their bodies, and the bodies of others, has become a heinous crime. Not long ago a curious adolescent or child, caught exploring, or playing doctor in the back yard, was given a talking-to, sent to bed early, and warned to not do it again — a warning most heeded for at least another few years, after which time warnings were useless. Today, it has been criminalized, and criminalized in a way far exceeding crimes of violence. A youth who has sex with another youth, even if voluntary, could well face legal sentences far worse than if they had killed their friend.

Please read the whole article at Classically Liberal. They have also collected a partial listing with relevant cases.

I for one think it’s kinda sad that even the author of the good and much needed article above thinks sending kids to bed without supper is a proper way to handle such situations. Not so long ago European parental guides suggested to let kids do whatever they want to do when it comes to sexuality because everything else would let them get the impression that sex is something bad and dirty.

Canada, UK, USA