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Polanski
Just because an adult is sexually stimulated by the sight or actions of a child does not excuse his actions. Your author attempts to excuse Polanski by saying the thirteen-year-old victim he raped behaved provocatively. So where does this slippery slope end? With the three-year-old tot who has learned that ''flirting'' melts an adult and yields ...
Posted to Human Nature by Mary Golden on October 14, 2009
Father Rights Trampled On.....
My husband was married very young, straight out of the Army, to a woman who is from Illinois. They struggled with the realities of marriage and divorced within 2 years, creating two of the most delightful children, ever. The divorce was long, drawn out and eclipsed the length of their marriage. The divorce was also of my husbands own will, ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by lostinthesystem on August 21, 2008
Mayville, NY
I was in Mayville, the county seat out on Lake Chautauqua a number of years ago around Halloween, in a diner just down the hill from the last public hanging in the state of New York. Across the street at the county courthouse was the media van with its satellite up link. A young man had been arrested for allegedly knowing he had AIDS, had sex with ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by georgejmyersjr on April 14, 2008