Text 10065, 77 rader
Skriven 2008-01-19 08:19:44 av Roger Nelson (1:3828/7)
  Kommentar till text 10064 av Jeff Smith (1:14/5)
Ärende: Re: Myths
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JS> I can't speak for anyone but myself but what I would like to see is
JS> children who are unable to fully understand the consequences of having
JS> sex at ages of 12-16 protected. By that age they are likely able to
JS> conceive but many at that age are yet unwilling or unable to see beyond
JS> tommorow or the next day at school let alone fully understand what sex
JS> can mean. Especially when an adult is involved as the adult I would think
JS> probably looks at the situation quite differantly than the child. I know
JS> I probably don't have a modern view of things here. But I think that
JS> there
JS> are some basic concepts that should not go out of style. I think the US
JS> has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western world. A situation
JS> that
JS> is compounded by adults that solicit, talk, bribe children into having
JS> sex.
 
 
JS> Am I sorry that Blom got caught? Not for wanting to have sex with a
JS> child. If he was truely tricked or entraped. Then I would I guess have
JS> problems finding him guilty. But at the same time I don't think it is
JS> wrong
JS> for LEO's to provide the *opportunity* for people to decide for
JS> themselves
JS> to commit a crime. The LEO's should not act in such a manner as to make
JS> someone who wouldn't otherwise commit a crime to do so. But I don't see a
JS> problem with a LEO pretending to be a minor child. The LEO should not try
JS> to entice or coerce someone. They should simply provide an opportunity
JS> for
JS> someone that was "ready and willing" to commit a crime and were looking
JS> for
JS> the right opportunity to do so.
 
 
JS> Children across the country are being preyed upon by pedophiles. I
JS> was reading about a agent for the U.S. Customs Service who posed as a
JS> porn purchaser and found a man willing to sell him child pornography. The
JS> man
JS> then told him that he would be able to supply the purchaser with "better
JS> stuff" after he babysat the following week. Or a guy who kidnapped a 13
JS> year old girl from Ohio and brought her back to his apartment in
JS> Conneticut after meeting her on the internet.
 
 
JS> Many who argue on behalf of the defendants' rights forget that the
JS> mere existence of child porn automatically means that a crime has
JS> occurred and another child has been a victim. Unlike adult pornography,
JS> the children depicted in the images are helpless and unable to consent to
JS> their exploitation. Children who are sent pornography by pedophiles are
JS> also the victims of a crime. A child's vulnerability stems from their
JS> willingness to trust people that they do not know. The internet provides
JS> pedophiles with virtually unlimited access to trusting children. The IT
JS> technology offers a good hunting ground for pedophiles who use the
JS> anonymity of the Internet to
JS> woo children, elicit their trust and ultimately work to arrange a
JS> meeting.
JS> Because of this, LEO's should be given some discretion in using the
JS> internet environment to their advantage to catch such criminals. But as I
JS> have already
JS> stated the LEO's should go out of the way to coerce an otherwise law
JS> abiding
JS> person to commit a crime that they wouldn't have otherwise.
 
JS> Sorry if I sound like I am preaching a little here. I see our
JS> children
JS> as a resource for the future of this planet. A resource that we as adults
JS> should do our best to protect and not hurt or destroy.
 
And to that I would add that the affect that stuff has on children doesn't go
away -- EVER.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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