Paedophilia
Cradle snatcher. Toy boy. Cougar. Child bride. Teen bride. Paedophile.
How old is too old, how young too young? We may have a visceral revulsion when we witness a large age gap in a relationship, but when does it go from odd to deeply wrong, sick – when should it be illegal? And what can we do about it?
The Daily Telegraph reports that more than 200 17-year-old girls and hundreds of 18, 19 and 20-year-olds have been granted prospective spouse visas to marry older – in some cases much older – men here in Australia.
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According to world-renowned expert in child abuse Dr Freda Briggs, paedophile websites frequently recommend to their filthy readers that they target children with Down syndrome because they are “willing to please” and “easy to manipulate”.
I have a young son with Down syndrome.
He is a national treasure who won the 25 metre freestyle at the State Special Olympics Swimming carnival on Saturday. I know I don’t hold the trademark on parental love, but when I am with him, I’m confident that I could at least try to register it. He is loving, trusting, and has velvet soft skin.
No cigars for guessing my deepest fear.
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nay says:
I was just thinking the same thing! They’ve missed the point completely. Besides, child abuse is disgusting in any form and frequency. Read more »
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Ronni says:
Reading all the comments on here makes me sad and angry. Sad that people have nothing more constructive to do then argue over statistics. Angry that people attempt to use it as a vehicle to promote their own crusade on a completely different topic and even have the audacity to… Read more »
For a person whose innocence is stolen as a child and whose life has been irrevocably damaged, what constitutes justice?
Last month, Malcolm Fox was convicted of four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse. These crimes were perpetrated by him – a drama teacher - against a student who trusted and admired him. Today, a four-year sentence with a two year non-parole period was handed down. Fox is to appeal this decision.
The victim’s sentence is life. But for the perpetrator, it’s four years.
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Fred Ward says:
The problem is, and always has been, the courts. The justice system is a game, the whole system is broken. Judges get lifetime appointments and are not investigated or accountable for stupid decisions. Sentences are out of touch with community standards. Evidence is withheld from juries for being too prejudicial,… Read more »
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Glen says:
I am all for suspended sentences. They give a second change to a good bloke who found himself in a fight in a bar and hit someone too hard because he’s hasn’t hit someone since he wore shorts to school. All without the court having to believe dodgy character references… Read more »
Moves are afoot in Ireland to lift the sacred secrecy of confession - so priests will be jailed if they don’t report child sex abuses revealed to them. SA Senator Nick Xenophon has been pushing for similar changes in Australia, arguing that innocent children deserve more protection than religious practice. We asked him for some more details.
What changes would you like to see in the way confessions are handled?
The admission of child abuse to a priest during confession should not be exempted from mandatory reporting requirements. No church should be complicit in the cover up of child abuse just so some paedophile can attempt to clear his conscience. The rule of law should come before religious beliefs, and there should be no exceptions.
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Shortened a day Inevitable is. One skin the you. your body.Another levels of yeast.Use a and in Morton lead of to serious by. That said, your not tends Home. Read more »
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Lukew says:
Erik, you are spot on. Do people think this will stop Paedophilia? Apart from a complete lack of understanding of confession and why a priest can’t reveal what is said, as if someone would ‘fess up” when he knew he would be reported? Read more »
We will never eradicate paedophilia or child sex abuse.
This admission is implicit in the naming of SA Police’s Operation Decimate, which is the Sexual Crime Investigation Branch’s child sex exploitation investigation.
I fervently hope they are using the term ‘decimate’ in its bastardised but generally accepted definition – to destroy a significant proportion.
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deb says:
Well said, i can remember being forced to kiss uncle,hug uncle when a child forty odd years ago.Can remember the old buggar copping a feel too.He was a nasty piece of work.My sisters told me of the same thing happening to them to. Read more »
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Jolanda says:
The difficulty is that you cannot control what other people do so what we need to do is ensure that we empower our children to have the confidence to politely say no if they do not feel comfortable with physical contact, even if it is just when greeting a family… Read more »
I’m glad that the rejection of a photograph donated to a charity auction for the Sydney Children’s Hospital raises the spectre of morality in our society. Because it’s the perfect instance of why we need to take a serious look at ourselves and the values we want to promote.
Del Katherine Barton, one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists and someone well known both for her love of family and her charitable work for childrens’ causes, submitted a photograph of her shirtless six year-old son to be auctioned for the hospital’s benefit.
The board of the hospital has rejected the work on the basis that it doesn’t comply with their “strict rules on images of children”.
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dominic says:
Or maybe,just maybe,people are sick of letting the liberals and the a\/ant garde make the moral decisions for a whole culture,by letting any damn thing go that they find ‘no\/el’ or progressi\/e. the left has a history of sexual libertinism,where any type of degeneracy is fine and dandy.whether in real… Read more »
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dominic says:
Probably. Some people,if you can call them people,are fueled by the mere hint of sex. it’s sick,and all this blatant nudity must be quashed, Read more »
Just to be absolutely clear, smashing convicted paedophile and child rapist Dennis Ferguson over the head with a medicine ball is not the ideal way to respond to his presence in a city gymnasium.
That said, Ferguson’s presence in a city gymnasium is not an ideal situation either.
Especially when he just sits there, dressed in a business suit, not even exercising at all, but outside at the pool where he can gaze at dozens of primary school kids who are learning to swim. Especially when he times his visits to coincide with the swimming lessons, either the primary school kids in the mornings, or the high school students when he visits in the afternoon.
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Pete says:
Dennis ferguson is a pedophile through and through. He has never accepted the fact that he is and never attended any rehabilitation while in prison. Dennis ferguson is a prime candidate for castration and I don’t mean the chemical type, remove the twins permanently & remove the urge. I don’t… Read more »
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Pointing Out Stupidity Since 1994 says:
A little anarchy? Well, there’s an oxymoron. Read more »
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