Shouldn't that be "syllogism" or is this a new word cleverly combining
"silly syllogism" which *IS* appropriate for the article?
BTW, I like Star Trek but I'm not a pedophile. My feet are just fine.
--H.G.
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "dne44" <dne_at_d...> wrote:
> Apparently, at least in Toronto, pedophiles are more likely to be
> Trekkies (or Trekkers, if you prefer):
>
> From an article in the LA Times
> (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fg-
> photo27apr27,1,755648.story) that included these paragraphs:
>
> <i>On one wall is a "Star Trek" poster with investigators' faces
> substituted for the Starship Enterprise crew. But even that alludes
> to a dark fact of their work: <b>All but one of the offenders they
> have arrested in the last four years was a hard-core Trekkie.</b>
>
> Det. Constable Warren Bulmer slips on a Klingon sash and shield they
> confiscated in a recent raid. "It has something to do with a fantasy
> world where mutants and monsters have power and where the usual rules
> don't apply," Bulmer reflects. "But beyond that, I can't really
> explain it." [Emph. added]</i>
>
> Analysis of the article by a concerned blogger clarified this
> somewhat, but a connection still seems to be there:
>
> http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/2005/04/28/la_times_claim_a
> bout_pedophiles_wrong.php
> <i>
> April 28, 2005
> LA Times Claim About Pedophiles Wrong
> Posted by Ernest Miller
> This has very little to do with the normal topics of this blog, but
> yesterday the LA Times published an article regarding the Toronto Sex
> Crimes Unit that focused on their fight against child pornography
> (Sifting Clues to an Unsmiling Girl). They are the law enforcement
> organization that photoshopped the victims out of child porn photos
> in order to get the public's assistance in identifying the
> backgrounds (it worked). In any case, the article had this amazing
> claim:
>
> On one wall is a "Star Trek" poster with investigators' faces
> substituted for the Starship Enterprise crew. But even that alludes
> to a dark fact of their work: All but one of the offenders they have
> arrested in the last four years was a hard-core Trekkie.
> Wow. All but one in four years. Seemed rather unlikely to me.
>
> So, I called the Child Exploitation Section of the Toronto Sex Crimes
> Unit and spoke to Det. Ian Lamond, who was familiar with the LA Times
> article.
>
> He claims they were misquoted, or if that figure was given it was
> done so jokingly. Of course, even if the figure was given jokingly,
> shouldn't the Times' reporter have clarified something that seems
> rather odd? Shouldn't her editors have questioned her sources?
>
> Nevertheless, Detective Lamond does claim that a majority of those
> arrested show "at least a passing interest in Star Trek, if not a
> strong interest."
>
> They've arrested well over one hundred people over the past four
> years and Det. Lamond claims they can gauge this interest in Star
> Trek by the arrestees' "paraphenalia, books, videotapes and DVDs." I
> asked if this wasn't simply a general interest in science fiction and
> fantasy, such as Star Wars or Harry Potter or similar. Paraphrasing
> his answer, he said, while there was sometimes other science fiction
> and fantasy paraphenalia, Star Trek was the most consistent and when
> he referred to a majority of the arrestees being Star Trek fans, it
> was Star Trek specific.
>
> A weird factoid. Nevertheless, it is not correct that "all but
> one ... in the last four years" was a hard core Star Trek fan.
> </i>
>
> - David
Received on 2005-05-04 07:37:59