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Child Pedophilers 2

LONDON - British police, aided by U.S. authorities, have smashed a global Internet pedophile ring that broadcast live-streamed videos of children being abused, investigating more than 700 suspects worldwide and rescuing 31 children in a 10-month probe, officials said Monday. Some 200 suspects are based in Britain, said the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center, a government agency. Of the 31 children, some only a few months old, more than 15 were in Britain, the center said. British authorities would not give a breakdown of where the other suspects or children came from, but said more than half the suspects in Britain were already being prosecuted. The ring was traced to an Internet chat room called ¡°Kids the Light of Our Lives¡± that featured images of children being subjected to horrific sexual abuse, including the streaming live videos. Story continues below ¡ý -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- advertisement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authorities said they used surveillance tactics normally used against terrorism suspects and drug traffickers to infiltrate the pedophile ring at its highest level. Officials said the United States, Canada and Australia were Britain¡¯s main partners in the investigation, which involved agencies from 35 countries. The international investigation dated back to August 2006 until the ringleader¡¯s sentencing Monday. A tip from Canada The international probe began after Canadian officials ¡ª conducting their own long-running pedophile investigation ¡ª tipped off authorities in London about a possible British link. A Canadian official said authorities there have arrested 24 Canadians and rescued seven Canadian children since late 2005. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement joined the British-led operation in December. U.S. officials declined to comment because their investigation is continuing in at least 12 states. It was unclear whether any of the rescued children had been reported missing, but authorities said the investigation was not linked to the widely publicized disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a 4-year-old British girl who vanished nearly two months ago in southern Portugal. Toronto police conducted online surveillance along with British police, said Detective Sgt. Kim Scanlan of the Toronto police sex crimes unit, who confirmed the Canadian arrests and rescues of children that began before the British-led probe. ¡®It's a good day¡¯ ¡°Every arrest we make we seize computers and information, so there are a number of ongoing investigations,¡± Scanlan said. ¡°There¡¯s just been great cooperation. It¡¯s a good day, but it¡¯s one day out of many.¡± In Germany, police are investigating two men in connection with the breakup of the ring, the country¡¯s Federal Crime Office said. The host of the chat room, Timothy David Martyn Cox, 27, of Buxhall, who used the online identity ¡°Son of God,¡± admitted to nine counts of possessing and distributing indecent images, authorities said. Cox was given an indeterminate jail sentence Monday at a court in eastern England. That means he will remain in prison until authorities determine he is no longer a threat to children. ¡°Today¡¯s verdict serves as a powerful warning to those using the Internet to facilitate the sexual exploitation of children,¡± said Jim Gamble, the child protection center¡¯s chief executive. Cox was identified after intelligence linking the chat room to Britain was passed on to the child protection center by Canadian authorities in August 2006. The center is an agency under the Home Office that is made up of officers with special experience in tracking and prosecuting sex offenders. Cox also had been a member of a U.S.-based online pedophile ring shut down by U.S. authorities in March 2006, Gamble said. ¡®Son of God¡¯ The host of the ¡°Kiddypics¡± and ¡°Kiddyvids¡± site in the earlier case adopted the username ¡°G.O.D.,¡± and Cox¡¯s online identity ¡°Son of God¡± was believed to be a reference. It was not immediately clear whether the ongoing U.S. investigation also involved that earlier site. After Cox¡¯s arrest on Sept. 28, 2006, British, Canadian and Australian authorities were able to infiltrate the chat room and collect evidence on the other members. Officers posed as contributors and even pretended to be Cox, running the chat room for 10 days. At no point did officers distribute illegal images. Forensic teams examining Cox¡¯s computer found 75,960 indecent and explicit images in addition to evidence that he had supplied 11,491 images to other site users. A man described as Cox¡¯s lieutenant, Gordon Mackintosh, tried to resurrect the chat room in January. Authorities in Britain, Canada, Australia and the U.S. again infiltrated the operation. Upon Mackintosh¡¯s arrest in January, authorities assumed his identity online and ran the chat room for three days while collecting information on offenders who traded images. Mackintosh, 33, has pleaded guilty to 27 charges of making, possessing and distributing indecent images and videos. He is awaiting sentencing.

Child Pedophilers

Parents need to know about the sick, sick movement known as "pedophile activism". I am not joking. Look up pedophile activism on wikipedia.org for more information. They have created these symbols, so that they can identify each other, create a support network, it's sickening: Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting This is the symbol for "boy love" called BLogo Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting This is the symbol for "girl love", called GLogo Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting This is the symbol for "Childlove Online Media Activism, CLOMAL Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting This is the symbol for all-encompassing pedophilia, CLogo This is not a joke!!! If you see these symbols on someone's myspace, they are a pedophile. If you see someone with one of these symbols on their clothing or jewelry, they are a pedophile. (Which, in my opinion, gives you permission to beat the fuckiing shit out of them.) Anyone with children, please please go to wikipedia.org (a free online encyclopedia) and search "pedophile activism" and you'll get the whole sick story. Also, please repost this in your bulletins, blogs, anything you can think of to make parents aware of what is going on! To repost, click 'reply' or 'quote', and then copy and paste the codes into your own bulletin or whatever. I couldn't believe this stuff was actually true, it makes me sick to my stomach --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To save you some time when i was reposting this i went to Wikipedia and copied the info for you from start to finish this is what they had on the subject sorry its so long but this is a severe thing-mister_jekyl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The pedophile activist movement, referred to by some supporters as the childlove movement, is a social movement that encompasses a wide variety of views. Generally the movement advocates social acceptance of adults' romantic or sexual attraction to children (see pedophilia); social acceptance of sexual activity between children and adults; and changes in institutions of concern to pedophiles, such as changing age of consent laws and mental illness classifications. Some members of the movement also promote the use of terms such as "boylove(r)", "girllove(r)" and "childlove(r)" over "pedophilia", which has colloquial meanings that they see as undesirable. Today, the movement is extremely controversial and has made little progress toward its goals in legal, scientific, or public arenas. The greater medical community remains unconvinced of the movement's claims that uncoerced adult-child sexual contact is generally harmless; no peer-reviewed study supporting the movement's view has been accepted by the scientific consensus. In the 1970s, however, some progress was seen in continental Western Europe, particularly in the Netherlands, see History of pedophile activism. And recently, a political party supporting pedophile activist views was founded in the Netherlands. Contents [hide] 1 Validity as a political movement 2 Views and strategies of pedophile activists 2.1 Promoted views 2.2 Terminology and symbols used by the movement 2.2.1 Terminology used by the movement 2.2.2 Symbols used by the movement 2.3 Ethics proposed by the movement 2.3.1 Common objections to the movement's ethics 3 Activities 4 Scientific claims 4.1 The movement's scientific aims and claims 4.1.1 Re-categorisation of data 4.1.2 "Socially Representative" sampling and change in ethos 4.1.3 The movement's use of scientific papers 4.1.4 Rind et al. controversy 4.1.5 Other psychology papers 5 Controversy and public reaction to the movement 5.1 Skepticism that the movement does not support child abuse 6 Notes and references 6.1 Notes 6.2 References 7 See also 8 External links 8.1 Advocacy websites 8.2 External views 8.3 News articles [edit] Validity as a political movement Classification of pedophile activism as a valid political or civil rights activist movement is itself controversial. Law enforcement officials and psychologists have asserted that the movement’s online support groups enable pedophiles to justify engaging in adult-child sexual contact. They claim that adults arrested for child molestation frequently cite the positions of the movement as justification for their actions. (Finkelhor, 1984) [2], [3], [4] [5] Psychologists consider some of the positions of the movement to be the “cognitive distortions” characteristic of sexual abusers. [6] For example, in August 2006, The New York Times published the results of a four-month investigation of online pedophile communications and activities. [7] The newspaper described how “pedophiles view themselves as the vanguard of a nascent movement seeking legalization of child pornography and the loosening of age-of-consent laws.” And while “pedophiles often maintain that the discussion sites are little more than support groups,” the newspaper found that, “[r]epeatedly in these conversations, pedophiles said the discussions had helped them accept their attractions and had even allowed them to have sex with a child without guilt.” The movement’s members have vehemently opposed these characterizations. As described below, two debates surround the movement: whether there is such a thing as harmless child-adult sexual contact, and whether the advocating of such views spills over into encouraging such contact. [edit] Views and strategies of pedophile activists [edit] Promoted views In 1989, sociologist Mary DeYoung reviewed the literature published by pedophile organizations for public dissemination. She found that pedophile organizations used the following strategies to promote goals of public acceptance of pedophilia: Adoption of value-neutral terminology. According to Herdt, an anthropologist who has studied sex between adults and children in other cultures, pedophile advocates need to replace "dull and reductionistic" terms like pedophilia and abuse when discussing sex between "a person who has not achieved adulthood and one who has". Moreover, words like "child" or "childhood", which have psychologically developmental meaning, should be "resisted at all costs". See also Promoting "objective" research. Redefining the term child sexual abuse. Another recurring theme among those seeking to gain social acceptance for pedophilia is the need to redefine or restrict the usage of the term "child sexual abuse", recommending a child's "willing encounter with positive reactions" be called "adult-child sex" instead of "abuse" (Rind et al. 1998). For example, Gerald Jones (1990), an Affiliated Scholar at the Institute for the Study of Women and Men in Society at the University of Southern California, suggested that "intergenerational intimacy" should not be considered synonymous with child sexual abuse. According to her, the "crucial difference has to do with mutuality and control" (p. 278). Jones suggested, "Intergenerational attraction on the part of some adults could constitute a lifestyle 'orientation', rather than a pathological maladjustment" (p. 288). Promoting the idea that children can consent to sex with adults. The reconceptualization of children as willing sexual participants along with the decriminalization of consensual sexual relations is perhaps the key change sought by pedophile advocates. To counter developmental arguments that children cannot give informed consent, for example, David L. Riegel (2000) stated in his book Understanding Loved Boys and Boylovers, "Anyone who holds to the idea that a young boy cannot give or withhold informed consent has never taken such a boy shopping for new sneakers" (p. 38). Apart from that, many also reason in the 1921 (First Congress for Sexual Reform, see Magnus Hirschfeld) tradition of Kurt Hiller on intergenerational activities that, based on the theory that sexual activities are most and foremost a variety of social communication among others, also simple consent (i. e. agreement, willing) to sexual activity needs not necessarily yield detrimental effects in itself as long as the informed party watches their steps, and that exclusively simple consent yields the information needed for informed consent. Many pedophile activists, amongst them Tom O'Carroll, Frans Gieles and Lindsay Ashford, actively campaign against the idea that children are unable to consent to sex. Questioning the assumption of harm. One of the greatest barriers to the decriminalization of sex between adults and children are the many studies demonstrating a consistent association between child sexual abuse and negative outcomes. Advocates of pedophilia have attempted to change these barriers in a variety of ways. For example, they often attribute the negative outcomes to parents or professionals who seek to prevent or intervene in intergenerational relationships. Riegel (2000), for instance, asserted: "The acts themselves harm no one, the emotional and psychological harm comes from the 'after the fact' interference, counseling, therapy, etc., that attempt to artificially create a 'victim' and a 'perpetrator' where neither exists" (p. 21). Similar arguments are made by SafeHaven Foundation, an organization for "responsible boylovers". On their website, they wrote, "The child abuse industry ... takes a boy who has enjoyed pleasurable and completely consensual sexual experiences with another boy or man, and traumatizes him in an attempt to convince him that what he did was 'wrong'". In addition, SafeHaven argues that, "many of the supposed traumas elicited by psychotherapy turn out to be nothing more than the result of the False Memory Syndrome" (SafeHaven Foundation, 2001). In Pedophilia: The Radical Case, Tom O'Carroll writes: "The disparity in size and power between parent and child creates a potential for abuse. But, on the basis that parent–child relationships are generally positive we accept that inequality is simply in the nature of the thing. I would like to see paedophilic relationships looked at in a similar light."[1] Edward Brongersma, in Boy-Lovers and Their Influence on Boys, where he reports the result of interviews with participants in adult–child relationships writes, "within a relationship, sex is usually only a secondary element",[2] and he referred to supporting studies by Hass, 1979; Righton, 1981; Berkel, 1978; Ingram, 1977; Pieterse, 1982, and Sandfort, 1982. In a 1981 pamphlet entitled Pedophilia, the Dutch Protestant Foundation for Responsible Family Development writes "especially in the case of young children, sexual activity seldom includes any kind of sexual penetration. Children are not yet physically big enough for this."[3] Promoting objective research. Pedophile advocates such as Edward Brongersma have argued that investigators of child sexual abuse have biased views. (Brongersma, 1990). As such, they frequently call for a less emotional and more non-biased approach to the subject (e.g., Geraci, 1994, p. 17; Jones, 1990), significantly including the language employed. A study that is frequently cited as embodying the type of "objective" research needed is Theo Sandfort's (1987) research on boys' relationships with pedophiles, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Sex Research. The study was considered the epitome of "objectivity" by some advocates of intergenerational sexual relationships (e.g., Brongersma, 1990, p. 168; Jones, 1990, p. 286), but critics have pointed to evidence which suggests that the study was "politically motivated to 'reform' legislation" (Mrazek, 1990, p. 318). Analyzing them, Robert Bauserman (1990, see also Rind et al. controversy) concluded Mrazek's and others criticisms of Sandfort's study to be "vaporously distorted, irrelevant, or just plain false".[4] Declassification of pedophilia as mental illness. Activists of the movement quote Moser and Kleinplatz (2003), who suggest that all paraphilia be removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). They write that objective, non-culturally-biased criteria for classifiying sexual behavior as psychotic is exceptionally difficult generally. Further significant views and strategies not mentioned by DeYoung include: Referring to experiences of situations where adult-child sex interactions are not illegal, both historical and ethnical. Pedophile activists often point to situations where adult-child sex interactions are not illegal (though not necessarily common) and no negative effects are observed. Most refer to ancient Greece, while some employ ethnological studies. Very few also refer to post-antiquity historical situations in the Western world where such conditions existed.[5] Pedophile activism is similar or identical to feminism, the gay rights movement, or to racial tolerance. Often by adopting anthropological theories such as by Marija Gimbutas, Mircea Eliade, Michel Foucault and others, some activists, including females such as Pat Califia, Camille Paglia, Katharina Rutschky, and Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg, argue that pedophile activism, feminism, gay activism, and anti-racism would all be opposed to a chaste and racist male warrior role model present in all Indo-European cultures (the Kurgan hypothesis). The tolerance increasingly granted upon females and homosexuals since the Enlightenment is in fact but a repressive one in that only individuals of these groups would be tolerated that show distinctive attributes acceptable to the dominant culture. [edit] Terminology and symbols used by the movement [edit] Terminology used by the movement Childlover, Boylover, Girllover. Some pedophiles and ephebophiles who claim that their attraction to minors is not solely sexual in nature prefer to describe themselves using the term childlover. The derived terms girllover and boylover are then commonly used to specifically indicate a childlover's preferred gender of attraction [8]. Pedosexual. Some members of the movement use the term pedosexual, positing that pedophilia should be seen as a distinct sexual orientation as with homosexuality and heterosexuality. It has also been used simply as a synonym for pedophile. Whilst "pedosexual" generally refers to an individual's specific sexual attraction, "pedophile" can also refer to the person's entire emotional, spiritual and social attitude as well as the overall ethos of classic pedophilia and pederasty.[citation needed] [edit] Symbols used by the movement GLogoA blue spiral-shaped triangle symbol, or "BLogo", symbolizes a boy (small triangle) surrounded by an older male (larger triangle).[9] It was designed by an anonymous artist with the pseudonym "Kalos." [10] A similar logo, a heart within a heart, or "GLogo" was later developed by some pedophiles attracted to girls to symbolize a "bond of love"[6] between adults and girls. [edit] Ethics proposed by the movement Rejection of pedophilia is ingrained in most of the world's cultures, especially in modern Western ones. Despite this societal rejection, some organizations in the pedophile movement claim to understand children's sexuality, and have proposed what they call an ethical framework that could allow acceptance of their desire for sexual interaction with children. [7], [8] Various members of the movement have proposed what they call ethical frameworks for child-adult sexual contact. These codes have emphasized the consent of the child involved, the ability for the child to withdraw from the relationship, and having open, rather than secret relationships. [9] [8] Most of the people involved in these efforts believe that such ethical guidelines can only work in jurisdictions where adult–child sex is not illegal and therefore do not address the ethical issues of having an illegal relationship with a minor. Instead, illegal activity is discouraged, such as in the Boylove Code of Ethics[10] which states that the pedophiles should "do everything possible to protect his young friend from any harm, including exposure or embarrassment from arrest," even if this means refraining from consensual activity considered illegal in their jurisdiction. MARTIJN's statement is unequivocal: "MARTIJN Association advises everyone to observe the law."[8] Not all groups associated with the movement support these ethical boundaries. For example, the group Krumme 13 ("Crooked 13")[11] counseled convicted child-molesters to continue their activities once released. According to German AG Pädo[11] and Ipce[12][13], two other pedophile activist groups, Krumme 13's jailed leader was not trusted in the pedophile community, and the group was detrimental to the pedophile movement. [edit] Common objections to the movement's ethics While members of the childlove movement claim that, within an ethical framework, these relationships can be mutually beneficial, society remains generally unconvinced and regards all child-adult sexual activity as unethical. Opponents argue that a child is not mature enough to be able to have the freedom to withdraw from an abusive relationship and can be very easily coerced into maintaining this relationship with a pedophile. In most Western countries, the consent of parents and ongoing communication with them is not a consideration when prosecuting suspected child abusers. Also, most child psychologists are highly unlikely to agree that any child-adult sexual activity is in harmony with the psychological development of a child. [edit] Activities Krumme 13 logoMembers of the movement claim that the primary activity of the movement is peer-support for pedophiles. They attempt to provide support to others who would otherwise be reluctant to discuss their attractions for fear of being ostracized or persecuted. To this end, some organizations provide online counselling and suicide prevention services.[12] Radical organizations, like the Krumme 13, have been accused of encouraging pedophiles to break laws regarding the legal Age of Consent[14]. Other organizations strongly encourage others to maintain constant vigilance in not breaking laws and maintaining a good standing in the public eye.[15][16][17] Much online pedophile activism takes place on message boards for pedophiles, such as BoyChat. [citation needed] Many pedophile activists now have blogs which allow them to explain their opinions to people who would not visit a "real" site owned by pedophiles.[citation needed] Blogs are rarely removed, as blog hosts usually have liberal speech policies; however some legal blogs have been removed for alleged Terms of Service violations.[18] MARTIJN, as well as publishing OK magazine and providing support for pedophiles, is also involved in overt activism, distributing flyers and pamphlets at public gatherings and gay pride marches[19] Robin Sharpe, a Canadian pedophile, successfully challenged some aspects of child pornography laws in the Canadian Supreme Court in 2002, arguing that his fictional writings were not illegal because they had artistic merit.[20] Various groups also promote 'holidays' intended to spread understanding and acceptance of pedophilia. International Boylove Day occurs on the first Saturday after the summer solstice and some people also celebrate on the first Saturday after the winter solstice.[13] Alice Day is celebrated by female-attracted pedophiles, on April 25.[14] This is the day Lewis Carroll met Alice Liddell, the girl for whom he wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, on April 25, 1856. [edit] Scientific claims Current medical literature documents a high incidence of profound and grievous psychological harm caused by child sex abuse (for example, [21][22][23][24][25]). Members of the movement have criticised their approaches and derived conclusions, also citing several disputed scientific papers. The greater scientific community remains unconvinced by this research and by the movement's claims that voluntary adult-child sexual contact can be harmless. No peer-reviewed study of actual psychological outcomes supporting the movement's view has been accepted by the wider scientific community.[26] However, the scientific community does agree that there is a difference between an adult who desires sexual contact with a child and one who acts on that desire. Fagan, Wise, Schmidt and Berlin, in their 2002 paper on pedophilia write: "Pedophilia is a diagnosis applicable to only a portion of individuals who sexually abuse children. Information has been drawn from published research about pedophilia and child sexual abuse in general to present the current state of knowledge. Despite a sizeable body of published, peer-reviewed articles about topics such as child sexual abuse, child molestation, and sexual offenders, data and our knowledge base about pedophilia have significant limitations." [27] [edit] The movement's scientific aims and claims [edit] Re-categorisation of data Many pedophile activists attempt to refute scientific research that finds sexual contact between adults and children as predominantly harmful by stating there are a variety of different categories for adult-child sex interactions, commonly not acknowledged by mainstream scientific research. They claim that studies showing harm from adult-child sexual contact might have shown that some types of contact are harmless, if only the studies had carefully categorized the contacts into more narrow categories, such as 'consensual' contact versus 'non-consensual' contact. For examples of this lack of proper differentiation theory, see[2][15][16][17][18][19][20] [edit] "Socially Representative" sampling and change in ethos Some activists claim that 'sexual abuse' studies, by their very definition and aims, self - select the categories of interaction that involve negative experiences, even in those cases where medical or legal samples have been avoided, and a sample more representative of the general population has been used. Some also claim that there is political pressure[28] on scientists not to produce results that are contrary to the political consensus, leading to fundamental biases in research techniques (such as the confusion of correlation and causality)[29]. Other criticisms such as the use of confusing terminology, confusion of morality and ideology with science, and the generalisation of clinical and criminal samples to society as a whole, are put very similarly to critiques such as those listed on the MHAMic research website[30] [edit] The movement's use of scientific papers Many in the movement use scientific papers in their arguments, disputing some claims of psychological harm from child sexual abuse and using other papers to argue for changes in policy or public opinion. The researchers Fagan, Wise, Schmidt and Berlin, in their 2002 paper on pedophilia, wrote "our knowledge base about pedophilia have significant limitations." The paper also concludes that most child-sex abuse cases involve adults not motivated by sexual attraction to the child (pedophilia per se), and who are therefore not pedophiles in the medical sense.[21] One paper published in a scientific journal that was publicly perceived as supporting pedophilia, Rind et al. (1998), has been acted against by the U.S. Congress. The public often perceives papers cited by pedophile groups as "pro-pedophilia" papers, regardless of the author's claim to objectivity.[22] [edit] Rind et al. controversy Main article: Rind et al. (1998) A meta-analysis of college studies by Bruce Rind, Philip Tromovitch and Robert Bauserman published by the American Psychological Association in 1998 found a weak correlation between sex abuse in childhood and the later instability of the child's adult psyche. It notes that a significant percentage reported their reactions to sex abuse as positive in the short term. It concludes that for research purposes some cases of child sex abuse would be better labeled "adult-child sex". The article states in the addendum that 'Results of the present review do not support these assumed properties; CSA does not cause intense harm on a pervasive basis regardless of gender in the college population' (Rind et al., 1998, p. 46), but warns 'The current findings are relevant to moral and legal positions only to the extent that these positions are based on the presumption of psychological harm' (p. 47). The paper faced multiple academic disputations, including sample bias, non-standardization of variables, statistical errors, and researchers' personal bias. [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] The article's authors have published replies to these claims.[28] In addition to academic criticism, the article received massive criticism from conservative activists and groups, including radio personality Laura Schlessinger. She and others called the article an attempt to normalize pedophilia. Congressman Tom DeLay and others sought a formal congressional action against the APA for the article. In 1999 Congress unanimously passed a bill stating that "children are a precious gift and responsibility given to parents by God" and that the study was "severely flawed", although it did not cite any specific errors.[29];; [edit] Other psychology papers Ben Spiecker and Jan Steutel, in a paper entitled Paedophilia, Sexual Desire and Perversity argued that consent is possible in some older prepubescent children. However, they also concluded that "paedophile sex is a form of exploitation because it endangers the long-term welfare of the child. Consequently, paedophilia involves desires towards behaviour that is morally wrong, but only in some forms of paedophilia are these desires perverse."[30] In one such study, Intergenerational Sexual Contact: A Continuum Model of Participants and Experiences (reproduced on ipce's website), Joan Nelson writes: De Young (1982) reports that 20% of her "victims" appeared to be "virtually indifferent to their molestation" Instead, they tended to be traumatized by the reaction of adults to its discovery.[31] [edit] Controversy and public reaction to the movement Members of the movement claim that they do not support child abuse or illegal activity; public reaction to this claim has been skeptical. This skepticism has been reinforced by publicized incidents linking members and groups associated with the movement to actual sexual child abuse and by the similarity of the movement's views to the views used by sexual child abusers to justify their abuse[32] On the contrary, one might argue just as well that these common generalizing interpretations might in fact be motivated by morals instead of being based upon actual primary detrimental effects and etiological illness classifications. The movement has sparked intense opposition initiating in English-speaking countries since the late 1970s and its political progress has been limited or minimal since then. Nearly all national governments conform to United Nations protocols for age-of-consent legislation and the criminalization of child pornography. From 2000 to 2004, over 130 nations signed a United Nations accord to criminalize child pornography. The U.N. convention on legal age for marriage has been in force since 1964.[33] In the scientific arena, the psychiatric consensus remains that adult-child sexual contact is frequently associated with often grievous harm and that children are cognitively and developmentally incapable of giving informed consent to any kind of sexual activity. In the battle for societal acceptance, public perception of pedophile activism has focused on incidents implicating supporters of the movement in child sexual abuse. [edit] Skepticism that the movement does not support child abuse Many child abuse prevention advocates, law enforcement officials, and journalists note that the movement's claim of separating advocacy from abuse does not always hold true. Those involved with the movement often respond by claiming that high-profile child abusers were not members of the movement, or that the movement could have even helped them avoid crossing the line into abuse by giving them a more positive identity than society does.[34][35][36] Some claim that dwelling on these arrests attempts to smear the movement through guilt-by-association. Nonetheless, mainstream observers remain skeptical that ardent advocates of adult-child romance and sex do not act on the desires they claim are legitimate and harmless – citing these arrests as evidence.[37] Concerning the recent sex scandals involving Catholic priests in the US, some pedophile activists say that these scandals only or prominently involved minor partners that during the times of sexual interactions were adolescent and thus, these scandals have nothing to do with pedophile activism.[38][39][40] Many of these incidents giving grounds to skepticism involve members of NAMBLA, the organization most widely known to the public. Some claim that these activities are limited to members of this organization and are not representative of the larger movement.[citation needed] Dutch psychologist and pedophile activist Frits Bernard has argued that NAMBLA at least started out as an ephebophile, not a pedophile activism organization as identifiable by its original political and social reform program, and that its program remained like that at least until 1982 when Bernard made his statement.[41] Incidents include: Rev. Paul Shanley, a priest accused of abusing children as young as six years old over a period of three decades, allegedly participated in early movement workshops and advocacy, according to contemporaneous accounts of the events obtained by the Boston Globe.[42][43] Pedophile activists have sought to cast doubt on Shanley's conviction.[44] Charles Jaynes was convicted of murdering a 10-year-old boy then having intercourse with his body in 1997;[45] the parents of the boy filed a $200 million wrongful death suit against NAMBLA, Curley v. NAMBLA, claiming that while being heterosexual, "immediately prior" to the murder, "Charles Jaynes accessed NAMBLA's Web site at the Boston Public Library'".[46] By 2005, $1 million and five years had been spent to prove this claim.[47] The ACLU protested against associating NAMBLA with this case and represented them, asking the case to be dismissed.[48][49] John David Smith, a San Francisco man convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy he was babysitting, met an undercover investigator through his activities as a NAMBLA member. According to the investigator, Smith used his contacts with NAMBLA to trade child pornography and arrange sex with children.[37][50] Johnathan Tampico was convicted of child molestation in 1989 and paroled in 1992 on condition of not possessing child pornography. After breaking his parole, he was found after a broadcast of America's Most Wanted. He was arrested and convicted on child pornography charges. In his sentencing, the court found that Tampico was a member of NAMBLA, that NAMBLA supported a foster home in Thailand that sexually exploited children, and that Tampico and others traveled to Thailand in order to have unlimited access to young boys at the foster home, as evidenced by a number of Polaroid pictures, provided by Thai officials, depicting Tampico with young Thai boys sitting on his lap.[51][52] James C. Parker, a New York man who, according to court records, told the police that he was a member of NAMBLA, was arrested in 2000 and convicted in 2001 of committing sodomy with a young boy.[53] Tom O'Carroll, author of Pedophilia: a Radical Case and a founder of the Paedophile Information Exchange, admitted to two counts of distributing indecent images in September 2006, and in December 20, 2006, he was jailed for 2 1/2 years at London’s Middlesex Crown Court.[31] Publicity regarding these incidents — in addition to deeply felt opposition to the movement's views -- have led to extreme controversy surrounding the movement's activities and members. Many in the movement have professed that they don't uphold or support the ideals of NAMBLA due to the controversy attributed to its doctrines and the crimes involved with it.
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