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Glenn, let's be very clear about this. You, Brian, Anita, Franky, Malcolm, Stoic, and everyone else knows ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about anything that transpired between X and two young girls some ten years ago, apart from what X himself has said. If you or anyone else chooses not to believe X, then there is nothing left to talk about.
However, if you DO believe X, then you must believe that he reported the same information to the police and to Stop It Now. (I have copies of what he wrote, and what Stop It Now wrote in reply.) Both the police and Stop It Now have ruled that X is not (on the basis of information that they have available) a paedophile, and that the incident was not worth taking action on. End of story. (UNLESS you want to mount a witch hunt as the others have done and are doing.)
When a man admits to abusing two young girls and claims he did it because he ''wanted to make them feel good'' then you take his confession very seriously and you report it to the authorities immediately. NOBODY admits to this kind of crime unless there is some truth in it and quite often the whole truth doesn't come out until under interrogation from the police. That does not mean that you MUST put your faith in the child abuser to be honest with the police. That is complete and utter nonsense. This is not how a responsible leader should react. Especially not one whose group often work alongside vulnerable children in Africa. Any communal group who are working closely with vulnerable children must have strict guidelines in place to deal with child abuse.
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To further illustrate the complexities of "sexual abuse", if, on a date, you attempt to touch your date inappropriately, without first getting permission to do so, it could be construed as sexual assault. Obviously with a sleeping minor who was touched inappropriately (without ever waking) or with a ten-year-old who was tickled inappropriately during a game, matters may be a little different. Nevertheless, it is the inability of the witch hunters to see the bigger picture (e.g. that X confessed to these actions without any need to do so, and that he has never reoffended, that he moved out of the house where he was living with them, and that he has no on-going attraction to children) which led Stop It Now to advise X not to have anything to do with Franky and company, and that he has no reason to be accountable to them for anything. I should think that the same would be true for you.
This is beyond a joke. The minimizing continues.
When you make statements like touched inappropriately ''without ever waking'' and ''tickled'' inappropriately during a game and touched ''briefly'' you are clearly trying to minimize the child abuse.
''X'' admitted to abusing two very young girls because he wanted to ''
MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD''. This was child abuse.
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What do you mean by "touched her crotch"? Yes technically that is what he did, but lets not be so clinical. He was molesting them for sexual pleasure. He even said that he was trying to "make them feel good". Can you at least agree that this is molesting and not just "touching"? I'm not saying we have to make things worse than they really were, but it would be equally bad to minimize what really happened.
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I have no doubt that the people who engage in obsessive and extreme campaigns centering around sexual issues are generally projecting their own personal sex hang-ups, whether it is Westboro Baptist or Brian and Franky. Please think about that.
Nobody is engaging in obsessive and extreme campaigns centering around sexual issues.
People simply want to ensure the safety and protection of children.
Please answer this.
How do you think an African childrens charity organisation would respond if ''X'' applied to join them but admitted that he had abused two very young girls as he ''wanted to make them feel good''?
Do you think they'd allow him to work alongside vulnerable children?
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/10/2011 11:07AM by Apollo.