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Another viewing, and a revelation
starboardlight:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on October 16, 2006, 01:31:55 pm ---Right - Mark Foley himself isn't saying, "Look, I'm gay, and that's why I'm so f***ed up" but the media is absolutely spinning it that way. Have I mentioned lately how much I hate the media rat bastards that do such evil things?
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the thing is, there are also other serious issues that's been glossed over. The media only focus on "GAY!!!" In a different state, the 16 year old boys would be at the age of consent, so that blurs the line. We're still talking about a man in his 50's/60's making sexual advance on 16 year olds. Had it been female pages, I'm not sure we'd use the word "pedophile" here. I certainly don't think the media would. Which then leads to another very serious issue that we've not even talked about, sexual harassment in the work place. From Clinton to Folley, these internship system need to be looked at. Protection need to be put in place and so that interns are not even put in the position of having to deal with sexual advances. But no, that'll never happen. The system simply want to blame, not fix the problem.
ednbarby:
--- Quote ---Had it been female pages, I'm not sure we'd use the word "pedophile" here. I certainly don't think the media would. Which then leads to another very serious issue that we've not even talked about, sexual harassment in the work place.
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Excellent points, Nipith. I've wondered about that first one myself and doubted they'd call it that in that case, too. And yes, it's really disturbing how this stuff keeps going on with the interns. At my company, if an employee got caught harassing other employees like that, he and anyone found covering for him in so doing it would be fired, no ifs, ands, or buts. Our policy on that is very clear, and we all have to retrain on it annually lest anyone forget. Yet our tax dollars are paying for a system that apparently doesn't even try to protect people from it. Lovely.
silkncense:
Guess my own use of 'pedophile' was as a response & in part my lack of knowledge on whether the media had also used the term. Also, my understanding is that there was no inappropriate physical contact with anyone underage so the term pedophile is not appropriate & hopefully was not used by the media.
ednbarby:
I have not noticed the media actually using the term "pedophile," myself. But I do notice them seeming to try to call him anything else *but* that. Gay, like that's a reason or a bad thing in general; alcoholic/drunk, like that's an excuse; abused himself, like we should somehow go easier on him because of that. And I agree with you guys that pedophile may not in fact be the right term for him. What he definitely is is a sexual harasser. I'll stop short of calling him a sexual predator as there's no proof of him acting on his obsessions. And I think it's safe to say he has a sex addiction problem. To be so obsessed with it as to be sending suggestive messages to the pages while he is voting on the House floor is pretty telling of that. As I keep telling all my friends, I'm just glad he's a Republican! (Sorry. Couldn't be helped.)
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on October 14, 2006, 10:30:45 am ---And now I know, too, why my husband who up until that time had never really cried in front of me wept openly when Ennis found the shirts the time he watched it with me.
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I had tears in my eyes when I read your last sentence, you are so lucky to have a person beside you who understands you and loves you and I hope this will be a big step forward for the both of you. Your post also made me realise once again why I love my boyfriend so much and why I take every day to show him that in everything I do.
Thank you so much for sharing this, Barb, and I wish you all the best...
Mel
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