<Kicks S.O.'s feet under the table.>
--G.H.
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Hiram Gonash"
<okfreddy_at_h...> wrote:
> 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 23:55:32