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01-14-2003, 05:42 AM | #12 | |
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01-14-2003, 09:59 AM | #13 | |
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01-14-2003, 10:05 AM | #14 | |
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I don't discount the possibility at all that he was simply researching. He believes to have been abused as a kid himself, well who knows. That doesn't change the fact that *paying* for the site (which in effect means you support the child porn business) was extremely misguided and stupid. But it doesn't prove him to be a paedophile. [ 01-14-2003, 10:06 AM: Message edited by: Melusine ]
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01-14-2003, 10:13 AM | #15 | |
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01-14-2003, 11:41 AM | #16 | |
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01-14-2003, 11:46 AM | #17 |
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Wow, I'm pretty surprised no Brits posted this earlier. It's been all over the tabloids here
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01-14-2003, 11:59 AM | #18 | |
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Incidentally, I don't think he's been charged with anything so far and he's out on bail: sometimes they just detain people to be able to question them better. I guess we'll see..... BTW Lanesra, here's the appropriate quote from CNN: British police have arrested 1,300 people, including a judge, magistrates, dentists, hospital consultants and a deputy school headmaster, as part of Operation Ore, a crackdown on people who view child pornography on the Internet. Fifty police officers also have been arrested, and eight of them have been charged with offenses. (link in Attalus's post) That is just shocking.
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I can understand however, how he must feel. If he's truly innocent, he will still have a very bad feeling about this. Lots of people will hold it against him regardless. He may even get threats now. No matter how this turns out, in a way the guy has been labeled now, cause that's just how (a lot) of people are.
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Even if there is found no evidence, many people will reason that - if I may quote you - where there is smoke there has got to be fire. I remember seeing cases on TV where people (often teachers) were falsely accused, out of pure spite, of having an unhealthy interest in children. It is one of the worst ways to try and harm someone because the stigma will NEVER be removed, and anything such a person does will be explained in the worst possible way. The McMartin case in America is probably one of the most (in)famous examples. But then again, given the extreme gruesomeness of the crime, if there is only so much as a tiny suspicion someone is guilty of it, we as a society cannot but act on that suspicion: protection of children is always the priority. It's a difficult situation.
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