usually under tables at restaurants but that's a different perversion...
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "dne44" <dne_at_d...> wrote:
>
> 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 10:52:12