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Date: January 29, 2012
Since The Amazing Atheist first raised my attention to this issue, I figure I should give credit and a link, back to his video.
…Tennessee anti-gay bill, Rep. Richard Floyd’s talk draw protest…
…Tennessee anti-gay bill, Rep. Richard Floyd’s talk draw protest…
“The father of [Matthew Shepard] a gay college student, whose brutal 1998 murder in Wyoming triggered a national debate over hate crimes, warned Wednesday that Tennessee lawmakers’ legislation and comments targeting gays encourages harassment.”
“[Rep. Richard Floyd] said if he was around any transgender person trying to enter rest room or dressing room where his wife or daughters were, “I’d just try to stomp a mudhole in him and then stomp him dry”
“I’m not anti-anything. I’m pro-family,” he said. “And if somebody wants to condemn me for stating what I would do to protect my family, let ‘em have at it. Listen, I haven’t lost one minute of sleep over it and don’t intend to”
…As if it’s not bad enough, that we have violence, discrimination, stigma, imprisonment, bullying and harassment running rampant against sexual minorities, within the United States of America…
…Here is another hate filled bigot, who has slithered his way into a government office…
It seems Rep. Richard Floyd is a rather pathetically poor “representative”…especially as relates to those amongst the sexual minority groups, within his own constituency…
This is one of those things, I absolutely despise about bigots becoming “elected representatives”…Unless you are impartial, and honestly respect the needs and voices of all people within your own constituency…then you are no representative, but instead, you are an alienating wedge and oppressor.
…And, also…I’d like to say something about this so called, “pro-family” argument…
…Since when, does advocating or threatening physical violence against other people [and presumably, during a non-threatening sequence of events on the part of the sexual minority member (they are only entering a room, to use the facility)], equate to anything having to do with “pro-family”?
How does physically attacking and injuring somebody else, turn into a “pro-family” event?
Bigots like Richard Floyd talk about “protecting” their family…but from what?…
There is nothing to protect them from, when we are just talking about people who also want to use a changing room, or a restroom…
It sounds to me, like Richard Floyd may be suffering from some kind of psychosis, and should be removed from offices, immediately…
The people of the USA, need to do some serious house cleaning, when it comes to government…It is high time, to get rid of the problems in government…Including those who degrade the lives of U.S. citizens, and by extension disgrace this country.
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judith reisman is at it again… This is at the bottom, of the above linked piece of propaganda. “Judith Reisman” is “with the worst of them…dehumanizing hate speech…extreme christian [sic], right wing…alarmist…creating gross distrotions [sic]…no genuine integrity…a harlot…Judith did, in fact, make [Kinsey's sexual stimulation of infants and toddlers] sound like horrendously violent, child sexual assault…[she is a] horrible, wretched scumbag…pathetic, sorry excuse for a human being…The world will become a less wretched place, the second Judith Reisman drops dead [from natural causes, of course, though I'd not complain if she got accidentally ran over by a semi]. …With Love, Stevie-D.” Just for reference…the Frankensteined paragraph tossed together by judith reisman, to allegedly summarise my own words, came from this August 16, BoyChat post… …Did poor, poor judith get disturbed by my “semi” comment?… …Yes…I wrote those words, in the context of describing judith’s own heinous behavior, towards people like us…and more people of integrity, should step forward and tell judith, just what a rotten, despicable to the core individual she is. That post was a kinder, more reserved assessment, than judith reisman deserves…I’ll tell you that much. While I’ll admit, I should probably refrain from being that liberal with words [more for my own reputation, than anything else...because we all know, she rightly deserves the sentiments]…I’ll never apologise for saying it… Of all the people out there, judith easily makes the short list, if we ever had to name our “anita briant”. Perhaps…I will return and comment more… …Getting cherry pick quoted, in the “world net daily”…mmmmmm… You know what…if judith can dish out the B.S. she’s been giving, habitually [to many different, sexual minority groups] all these many years…Then she is fair game, to go after, expose…and take down… She’s one of the more rotten liars, out there…I think “hyperbole” is her middle name. I’ll have to spend some quality time, bringing this foul character to light, here… …Oh…I’ve been observing judith for years, and collecting plenty enough information about her, to know what I’m talking about…and just exactly why, her behavior elicits such a response from me…I’ve written a few things, regarding her [at various places, over the years]… …but, I’m also notorious for writing things…and adding it all to “the collection”, to be posted later… If you don’t know judith reisman…suffice it to say, she is a notorious propagandist…She’s well known, for distortion of truth, and an utter lack of objectivity…Of course, she is cocooned within her own, fundamental, religious and far right wing reader base…That’s who she caters too…That is her base, and roots…Or, in other words…she preaches to the choir… Her fan base loves her, because…well…she’s a doctor [though, very much of the loony quack style]…and she acts as a tool lending credibility, to the hatred and intolerance that her fan base so thirsts for. I categorize judith right down there on the same low level, as james dobson, pat robertson, fred phelps…and pretty much any other religious nut job, who’s just out there to attack people, spreading lies and phobia. …and, yes…the world will become a better place, the day she dies… …Loosing someone who behaves like she does, makes that a simple truth. It should be noted, that [as is almost universal with these sorts of situations] there is utterly no link pointing back, to the BoyChat post where judith lifted my words from…Hence, no context provided…and she’s just being an opportunistic sleazebag, here…How typical. [...Weak...very weak, judith...but, I don't expect you to have even one iota of integrity...I just wanted others to recognise this subtle yet profound point...You make me sick with outrage, judith...Your contempt for others, is sickening...You are a person of poor character...] So…anyway… Lastly…I should probably clarify that judith’s presence at the B4U-ACT workshop event, has never been called into doubt [certainly not by me, anyway]…and that was not why I responded the way I did, alerting others who don’t know her about how utterly bankrupt her integrity is. …No, when I mention judith in this way, it is entirely based upon her long term track record…which is pretty consistent. It was confirmed well before the B4U-ACT workshop, that judith had been invited to attend…It was also confirmed after the B4U-ACT workshop, that judith had been present. …Anyone familiar with judith’s past knows, that opening the door to her was just begging for her to use her attendance, as propagandist fodder in her personal war against all sexual minorities…because that is just exactly the type of thing she does… If nothing else…the fact that B4U-ACT would choose to do this [welcome in a propagandist, with such low integrity, and a history of this sort of ill behavior], should testify that B4U-ACT is a much more complicated group/effort, than what many people hostile towards it are trying to reduce it down too…As a collective, it is not “pro pedophile”, nor interested in legalizing pedophilia. …Of course, if you listen to judith [and actually believe what she has to say], you’d be left with a completely opposite viewpoint…because that’s what she does…She distorts the facts, because she’s amongst the “all is fair in war” sect… …and she declared personal war on all sexual minorities, years and years ago… No, she is no friend to “plain vanilla” homosexuals, either…and often has tried to associate them with the hate filled stereotype and stigma, which gets pinned on us Child/Teen Lovers…and blame their gains, for any advancements we Child/Teen Lovers might make…which, of course, she habitually works to spook and horrify her [very dogmatic] readership, with. When judith learned of B4U-ACT [something that might eventually help people like us cope with life, and help make the world a better place], this cruel woman decided that she needs to destroy it…because it in some [any?] way, intends to help “pedophiles”… You see…judith reisman is a miserable wretch of a human being, who is just out there working to destroy people like us… …and again…she fully deserves to be classified, right along side fred phelps, of the westboro baptist church… This is why I have such a low opinion of her…She is ruthlessly hostile towards us…She lies, and distorts any facts associated with us, if it serves her own agenda…In short, she is a horrible person who deserves an enormous backlash for her repugnant behavior. The “death” comment I made about her…that is a comment I’ve made in regards to a few people…acknowledging that they cannot keep going on hurting other people forever…They’ll eventually die…The “semi” bit, was a reference to judith’s bad karma… |
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Date: January 28, 2012
Since the United States Congress and Senate have an apparent, habitual need to remind us all, just how dangerous they are towards us citizens…they’ve decided to pull out the old, relentless censorship menace…which has been attacking and festering for quite a few years, now.
No doubt, you have heard something about the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) and the “Protect IP Act (PIPA)”. These are the same initiative…it’s just that one is the congressional version, while the other is the senate version.
My understanding, is that SOPA was defeated…but PIPA is still alive…
…and, of course…these indefensibly rotten bills, just keep getting rewritten, and resurfacing later on down the road, if they’ve been previously defeated…which leads me to conclude, that one of our biggest problems in the USA, is the congressmen and senators we have “serving”, and their contempt towards the rest of us.
Anyway…These bills would grant not just the government, but the entertainment business, a free ride to sue internet hosts over copyrighted content…as if, previous legal remedies were not adequate, for getting copyrighted material taken down [they absolutely are]…
In addition, it would get the domain name URLs of all “offending” web hosts black balled…Not even search engines could legally allow these URLs to show up in searches…They could get sued, over it.
Of course, actual IP addresses would still work in the clear…but there is still more…as they could sue personal sites/blogs, that link to “offending” websites…
If your site/blog/etc exists on a server within U.S. jurisdiction, they could likely sue to take you down…Allegedly, there is also fines and prison time, associated with this mess, somehow.
This could be catastrophic to the internet…to say nothing, about specific websites like YouTube, and any other place on the internet, where people share and create content.
…It also represents introduction of extremely dangerous methods of censorship…which, if accepted by the masses, will become the norm…and as anyone who pays attention knows…all sorts of laws written in the past, have ended up being used against people, in contexts they were never envisioned [or intended] by the people who wrote the bill and passed the law…
This has extreme censorship, written all over it…and it simply should not be allowed to exist…period…
It is my belief, that this monstrosity will ultimately be used to stifle not only free speech and the free flow of information…but even more critical expression, like political dissent…like support networks, for disenfranchised and demonized, social outcast groups…
…It also poses the threat, of imposing unspeakable damage onto the internet…A resource which is vital, to millions upon millions of people.
Don’t get me wrong…I realize, there are some people online who are doing things they really should not be doing…With little exception [ie: sharing content that is hard, or impossible, to get anywhere, commercially], I do support the enforcement of copyright law…
…But I outright condemn, any attempt by the entertainment industry or the government, to stomp all over the simple rights and freedoms of the masses.
It is disturbing, to say the least…just where this may lead as relates to fair use citation quotes and sample clips…which are fully protected under U.S. law, as it currently exists.
Some Links of Interest:
Here is a very interesting, informative video addressing the general crisis.
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Just a quick note to spammers [not that you'll likely read this]…and more importantly, to my true readers… I allow some amount of spam to appear in the comments section of this blog…No, I don’t really like it when people spam my blog, but if they are going to leave coherent kind words of praise, I don’t mind allowing the rest of the world to see, what nice things they’ve expressed too/about me. The contact information and website URLs will be entirely removed from all spam messages, though. …It’s my small way, of sticking it to the spammers… For the most part, I wont edit these messages any further, except for shortening a comment that’s too wordy, making grammatical corrections…and editing their given name, so nobody can do a web search and find them… …Oh…and for the benefit of my true readers…You’ll see the following message appended to these spam messages, from hence forth… [kind spam message - business details edited out] All the best… |
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Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Date: January 9, 2012 This project has gone through a number of evolutions and appearances, as I was never quite happy with what I was ending up with, regarding look, name and general mood.
Originally, it was titled “The Carnival of Vulgar Malice”…and I was going to present various exhibited tidbits of online terrorism [and extreme hate speech] aimed at pedosexuals, in the slant of a carnival freak show… The header graphic looks cool, in some ways…but, I was never really happy with it…but, I didn’t know what I specifically wanted for it…
…So, I meandered along, and experimented with another theme…This time, it was “Little Osama’s Fun House of Terror”…Which had a decidedly ridiculous flavor to it…essentially, a mockery… I also had a brief epiphany, to call this “Sewer Talk”…and even made a partial graphic header for it… Thing is…this is much to serious of an issue, to attempt milking some kind of comic relief out of it [even if there are some instances, where you cannot help but laugh at it's poor quality of expression, and the poor level of intellect that went into it]…I don’t intend on providing morbid humor…even if much of this content does deserve ridicule and mockery [as may the people expressing it, also]. I wanted something more professional, mature and straight forward…Nothing that diverts towards the juvenile, in any way…This topic deserves that level of seriousness. So, I scrapped all of these…and came up with “The Vile Files”… …I don’t know why I chose a frog, other than the natural look on a frogs face…It really captures and expresses, I think, what people should be thinking whenever they run across vicious words and threats…displeasure…disdain…revulsion…disapproval… Anyway…In summary, this project is where I am going to leave the “super duper” nasty and vile, bigoted, false, violent, dehumanizing and mean things, which I find people saying about/to “pedophiles”, on their websites, blogs, chat boards…in news story comments… I’m not necessarily going to make any personal response to them, as this is really just an archival project…Over time, I want to collect a virtual mountainous “library” of these terrorist threats, prejudiced bigotries, dehumanizing slurs, and so forth…so that people can really start visualizing, just how truthfully horrible this rampant abuse [and in some cases, criminal activity] is…I hope, one day…this project will serve as an indicator, of just how horrible this problem is…as well as the sheer scope of it. It is shocking, what so many people who don’t even know us…are willing to accuse us of…how they mistreat us…the sorts of [often demented] things they threaten us with…how they talk about us… …It says some very ugly, nasty and alarming things, about any society which would normalize the kind of behavior, which is going to be highlighted within “The Vile Files”… No…I never expect this project to be an exhaustive examination, of it’s subject matter…but, over time, it will serve as a focal point of sorts…a monument, to just how rampant this ugly side of human kind, is… Just for clarification, and in the event that the media player feature is down…The audio introduction [which I am going to include by default, with every post in this sub-blog], says the following… “We now take a look at the darker side of Our Love Frontier…A dimension filled with the words and expressions, of people who are looking for easy targets to abuse…of people who misunderstand Child Lovers and Teen Lovers…of people who would throw stones, and falsely lay blame at the feet of a scapegoat… Do take note of it’s dehumanising, propagandist nature, and the frankly demented, sick, threatening and violent nature of what is being expressed…Do understand, how vividly these words and thoughts mirror the very propaganda and hate speech, which conditioned the population of Germany to accept the Jewish holocaust. Keep in mind the paradox, that many of the people behind these words consider themselves to be “good, moral and ethical people”… When people express these things, about another demographic of the human species [especially a harmless one, which is being scapegoated], to such a staggering degree, outwardly and boastfully…society has entered into a dangerous realm. The following is hate speech [and in some cases, terrorism], at it’s most vulgar worst. This blog exists, in order to collect, document and raise awareness towards the scope and extremes of this social problem…and some of the hate groups behind it…. …Behold, the vulgar stench of monstrous hate and intolerance… …As you read the following, I ask you sincerely…who deserves these words of vulgar abuse and hate, merely for daring to live, love and be loved?… Have no doubt, that Child Love and Teen Love are a pure form of love…genuine and worthy of defense, no matter what some may say about it…” If you find any worthy nominations for future inductees, by all means…Please Share All the best… |
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“History is the lie everybody agreed on.” - Voltair |
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Revisiting this “article” again…I wrote a different, shorter response…hit the “post” button, and ran into a “just a moment” message…which failed to end…even after an hour… …Hmmm…The first response [which really tore apart that propaganda piece] never got approved, while a bunch of other people’s responses did… This second response [which also embarrassingly exposes that propaganda piece], so far…I’m running into a fishy problem, even getting it accepted…No message, that the moderator will view it… Anyway…since the moderator refused my first comment, here is a new one I submitted. We shall see, if anyone at The Washington Times has the integrity, to allow their readers to view this… [Note: It did eventually go through, and show up!] In light of major news providers making this sort of opinion piece available, a few things should be stated and understood. 1) This article badly misrepresents the group, B4U-ACT; both in terms of who they are, what their goal is, what they’ve accomplished and what they are doing. 2) The author of this piece [Janice Shaw Crouse], has offered a collection of words which reads curiously similar [both by innuendo, and what is strategically omitted], to what looks like a smattering of other, far right [often religious] authors’ pieces. This appears to be an intentional smear campaign, where in they are attempting to harness public outrage over the Penn State scandal, and deceptively funnel it towards B4U-ACT. 3) B4U-ACT exists, in response to both the inability of “pedophiles” to seek out competent, compassionate mental health care, and the reluctance causing barriers which so frequently keep “pedophiles” in the closet…and hence, isolated; not willing to seek out help, even when they are in mental/emotional turmoil. It also exists, to address concerns from mental health professionals, who simply don’t know [or are unprepared] to handle such cases. In addition, it promotes fact based information, while attempting to combat stereotypes, stigma and the dissemination of false information. 4) Miner Attracted Person [MAP] is a value neutral term, acknowledging only the sexual orientation of the individual; and that said orientation does not dictate the nature or behavior of the individual person. Many such people are never violent. Many never break the law. Many are actually good, decent people. This term is intended to be used, in a clinical setting…in privacy, between the “pedophile” and mental health workers. 5) It is my understanding, that B4U-ACT has rejected all notions, that current laws concerning sexual activity between miners and adults should be changed. It is also my understanding, that several members of B4U-ACT are dead set against such a campaign. B4U-ACT focuses solely on cultivating a mental health industry, which reaches out to “pedophiles”…and offers a support structure without judgement…or the probability of a destroyed life, should their orientation become publicly known. 6) If B4U-ACT is supported and allowed to thrive, they can eventually start chapters in every state…and this is a good thing. Many “pedophiles” who’ve done heinous things, were people that lived isolated lives…They had no peer/support structure, with which to take their problems and stress too. If we had such a structure in place, some amount of violence against children [including some cases of rape and murder], stands a good chance of being eliminated. 7) Given the lengths to which many people on the far right [and the left, as well] have gone, to promote child safety [as well as tenaciously assault anything/one they believe stands contrary to it]…I am astonished, that anyone of that mindset would actually try to destroy B4U-ACT, with what appears to be a blatant propaganda campaign. This type of behavior, stands entirely contrary to promoting an environment of child safety, when someone is attempting to destroy a group, which itself is trying to bring troubled “pedophiles” who cannot cope, into a support structure which works to keep them from doing something very bad. 8) No other group like B4U-ACT exists. It’s goals are ethical…They are very much worth trying. 9) Please, before you pass judgement, learn about the history behind B4U-ACT, the people in this group, and what they are factually doing. All of them, including the “pedophiles”, are real people; who are concerned about a lot of social issues…including those concerning children…including the horrible social plight of “pedophiles”, and the many continuing problems that must be addressed. |
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I left this in the comment section, for this piece of shameful, yellow journalism…I know that B4U-ACT is a controversial organization, both within and outside of the Child-Love/Teen-Love community…but, I get so disgusted, when I see people so brazenly distorting [or outright ignoring] the truth, about this group and it’s activities…I had to say something, as this “article” is just an extension, of how so many people think nothing, of berating us, lying about us, and distorting perceptions about who we are, what we do, or why we are doing it. …I admit it is a bit longish, for a comment…but, this is what I left in response to that “article”…The form accepted the entire thing, told me it had been received and was awaiting moderation [often a bad sign]… There were about 26 comments posted total, when I submitted…Since then, this has grown to over fifty…Quite a few comments were approved…mine was not… I don’t know exactly what that says, but I wanted to make this public note, that there seems to have been a refusal by the moderator, to allow this to be seen. Michael Melsheimer [who died last summer] was a founding member of B4U-ACT. To my knowledge, he did not maintain a personal website, in the later years of his life…nor is his old website still online. This is a shame, because he went to substantial detail, outlining his own personal efforts [as a "pedophile"], seeking and attempting to attain mental health services, to deal with depression, and emotional/psychological issues which arise, from being forced to live your life under enormous stigma, in an environment hostile to your orientation…and even hostile towards the simple act, of publicly talking about what he was going through. This is an extremely sinister, and hard burden to bare, for most people with this orientation…It often leads to psychological issues. As it were, Michael got repeatedly turned away, and refused services. He was not being forced to seek these services, as he had no criminal judgement against him. He was seeking this, for his own purposes and quality of life…his ability to cope with life, etc…What Michael discovered, is that there was no public health service, facility or program available to people like him, to aid with mental health issues. As a result, the places he went in search of help, did not know what to do with him, and rejected services to him. He found this unacceptable, and started contacting people…politicians, mental health professionals, etc…There was agreement, that it stood in the best interest of the public [and people like Michael], for these kinds of services to be available to people like him…who felt they needed it. There was still no state funding for it, however…So, Michael kept pressing forward. He eventually managed to get together a group, which became known as B4U-ACT. This comprised of mental health professionals who were concerned about providing compassionate care for people with this orientation [and nurturing public safety, of course], and actual people having this orientation, who could provide a factual, level headed perspective of what it is like to live like this, the hardships…what people like this need in their lives…the barriers that stood in the way, of them seeking mental health services, etc, etc. Amongst the various problems identified, is the inbuilt hostility towards people with this orientation, both in tone, prejudice and legal reporting obligations…all of which are real problems, within the mental health field, and make many closeted “pedophiles” extremely reluctant to ever seek out such services. Much of this problem comes from preconceived, stereotypical notions about “pedophiles”, held by many people in the field. B4U-ACT started working, to educate mental health professionals about better ways of addressing people like Michael, and dealing with their issues. It also works to combat stigma surrounding people with this orientation, and stresses that many such people never commit a criminal act, associated with their orientation…Yet, it is still socially perilous, for anyone to self identify with this orientation. They rejected the term “pedophile”, and coined “Miner Attracted Adult”, because it is a value neutral term, and does not carry with it the implied baggage, of “someone who rapes children”, etc…It only acknowledges the orientation, and does not pose accusatory implications…which are frankly unfounded [and untrue], in many, many, many, many, many cases…Further, this was intended to be used by professionals, within the clinical field of mental health…It was not something, as I under stand it, that anybody expected the main public to embrace or use commonly. Ultimately, mental health workers are not there to judge people…They are supposed to be there, to help others get through life, and assist in the avoidance of social problems. There is utterly nothing unethical about what B4U-ACT stands for, what it came into existence over, or what it is doing today. Last I knew, the group officially rejects, all accusation that they can, will, should, or are campaigning to change any laws, or perceived, current social norms. In short, the full scope of B4U-ACTs constitution, is to condition the mental health industry, to better be able to assist “pedophiles”, who are having serious troubles coping and dealing with life. One [of many] advantageous social aspect of this effort, is that “pedophiles” who are not in turmoil or peril [or isolated, and allowed to develop a psychological illness], are much less likely to have a breakdown, and do something stupid…One such thing, might be to rape a child… It is rare for “pedophiles” to become actually violent…but, people who are relentlessly conditioned by the world around them to “be a monster”, sometimes…they eventually break down, and live up to those expectations which society demands of them…as a bold faced scapegoat. Instead of contributing to this atmosphere of isolation, constant psychological abuse, habitual violent threat, gross distortion and just utter nastiness…I wish people would reflect deeper, and realize how their own sentiments of violent threats with guns, etc…outright demented proclamations of what levels of violence they would met out…vicious accusations against people [and situations] they don’t even know…”below the belt” insults and half baked notions, of “why pedophiles are/do that”…blunt dismissals as “evil, irredeemable monsters”…total denial of objective facts, as ones mind hears the word “pedophile”, and instantly shuts down, defaulting to canned responses…I wish you would just stop…and understand what damage “you” are doing here. You are contributing to an atmosphere, which helps nobody…least of all children, whom many of you, presumably, think need to be in a safer environment… Safer environments, are ones which contain mentally stable people…This includes, mentally stable “pedophiles”. If you want to shoot down a group, which is working towards that end…Then you all had better know who you are shooting at, and what you are acting to halt…Such is not what simple minded, vendetta logic, might lead some to believe…You’re just hurting the world…You’re not helping… It is a mark of shame, that so many people would speak out of prejudice…instead of doing their due diligence, and learning about the people they brazenly attack, before they say anything at all… Looking back over Janice Shaw Crouses’ “article”…I see nothing of what I know, about the history of B4U-ACT mentioned, or acknowledged in any way…This “article” is nothing more than yellow journalism, and a hatchet job. It is also indefensibly ignorant…and contains gross distortions. I guess some people don’t want to know the truth…as a deliciously “evil” and vague scandal, makes so much better fodder, for cut throat propaganda. Facts get in the way, of the mud throwing and the outright lies. It’s a sad testimony to the human species, that where truth and facts prove useless or even detrimental to ones’ private goals, they are often the first casualties… …Guess Janice did not have much use, for those truths and facts… This is why I chose to present them…I figured in the face of this gross distortion, propaganda piece…someone of integrity aught to step forward, and shed a bit of light on this issue. Shame on everyone out there, who is using their bully pulpit to spread distorted notions about B4U-ACT…This group is working for the betterment of society as a whole [which includes children]…There are no other groups in this country, which are taking up this important issue, and it’s fight…This is a relevant, vital, monumental and good cause…and various people like Janice, have decided they need to kill it… I don’t know what else to say to any of you…This behavior of trying to destroy B4U-ACT [and obsessively attacking "pedophiles"] is ignorance, viciousness and cruelty, personified. It is high time for a new era…a humane world, where nobody gets treated like sub-human trash. It is time, that everybody have access to vital, mental health services… What is it about this, that so many of you object too?…Why are you so hostile, towards this?…What about all that has just been told to you here, could possibly offend you?… Don’t you know, that if allowed to succeed, it will likely save some children’s lives?… …Do “you” even care?…or are you just too busy getting off, on a “bash pedophiles” party?… I implore you…Please stop contributing to the problem. I was going to go back, to see if they’d approved it yet, and to make an additional comment…pointing out how Janice Shaw Crouse [just like a few other, curiously similar "articles" that have surfaced, lately] was trying to link two entirely separate issues…seemingly to harness public outrage over the Penn State scandal, and channel it towards B4U-ACT…Which, of course, is one of many dirty, below the belt, media tactics for mentally linking together in peoples minds, their emotions and feelings about one issue to another. It appears, there is at least a few people out there, who are trying to subliminally link Penn State scandal outrage, with B4U-ACT. Theoretically…if Sandusky were a sexually violent predator [which has yet to be proven], what something like B4U-ACT could offer, is an avenue for intervention, to someone like Sandusky, before becoming sexually violent…Or, in other words, if allowed to thrive and spread, chapters of B4U-ACT could act as a substantial deterrent, for people who are feeling as though they cannot control themselves…A person in such turmoil, could turn to this group… The biggest [and probably sickest] irony…is that Janice Shaw Crouse [and a few others] appears to be hell bent, on completely destroying even the possibility, of this option. In other words, she [amongst others] is working to shoot down, something that could have a real world impact, on lowering sexual assault on miners…which, seems to be what she is so up in arms about, in the first place…and this makes no sense… The fact that she [as well as others] is lying, both in what she says and by omission…it makes this “article” add up to one completely despicable spectacle… |
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Date: January 1, 2012
Just another simple post, to mark the arrival of the new year.
Happy new year, everyone!
The Ghost of SOPA and PIPA?: MegaUpload…
Date: January 30, 2012
http://www.megaupload.com/
MegaUpload was a file hosting website, of the “easy, one click hosting” nature…as in, you visit the site, click a button and brows around your computer to find a file to upload, upload it…and you get a URL which you can give to anyone you want accessing that file…The cool thing about MegaUpload, is that their size limit was a full 1 GB…and allegedly, this was a free service.
Personally, I ran across MegaUpload quite some time back, and I collected the URL [in a place easy to find it] for future use…since this kind of service just might come in handy, someday…What the heck, a person could distribute their own media content, via such a forum…or something of that nature.
Anyway…I never actually got around to even trying out that website…and apparently, never will…because despite the failure of SOPA to pass [and PIPA still in limbo, I believe], the U.S. government, the FBI and some other agency have taken it upon themselves to seize MegaUpload…domain name, and everything…and charge the owner with a range of crimes.
So…this online resource, is suddenly gone…no longer available, to you or I, to use…
I suppose…I mean, there are a number of other options [some limit you to 100, or 200 KB, which is still pretty big]…but what stops the government from just accusing those websites of the same thing, and repeating this [quite possibly illegal] act?…Those types of websites, don’t tend to monitor what gets uploaded on their servers, after all…
…and this illustrates, some of the ridiculous mess which SOPA and PIPA propose raining down upon all of our heads…If they just start shutting down websites, where somebody…anybody, might have uploaded something copyrighted…what web host is safe?…
How can any social network site be safe?…How can “your” accounts on these sites, be safe?…
…Does it even matter what “you” do, if someone else is violating copyright law?
I don’t know what the owners and operators of MegaUpload were involved with, knowingly or unknowingly…
…But I do know, that I do not like seeing a perfectly good, convenient and useful resource destroyed…or taken over, and shut down…
I am not sure, if the U.S. government simply seized the domain name, and redirected it…or if they seized servers and everything…but, the notice message they put up, merely reference the domain URL.
…For all we know, the website may be still up and running…but the government merely told the registering service of that domain name, to turn control of it over to them…
…Sounds a lot like SOPA and PIPA…
I want to reaffirm…that I do not support circumventing copyright law…especially on a gross scale…and I think, if you play with that fire, then you should know to expect being eventually burned…Yet…Something about this action, feels very, very wrong.
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