yes, but how do you feel about other people's feet?
- David
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Hiram Gonash"
<okfreddy_at_h...> wrote:
> 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 09:29:53