Yes, because a poll is the end-all, be-all of proof.
I understand the 'of the world' view of what is normal. I understand the age-segregation lies that are passed off as gospel. What I don't understand is the gullibility people have in thinking that age defines the individual.
I made no assertions about boyscouts and certainly did not say all men are rapists. I simply said I think the situation was strange and would have been keeping a close eye on things. Many men mentor young boys and that is a great thing, obviously our society needs that now more than ever. With that being said there are still many sick individuals out there that take advantage of young people and no amount of background checks or vetting will stop it. It is my job as a parent to do my best to make sure my children are protected, if anybody is offended by that I don't care.
I made no assertions about boyscouts and certainly did not say all men are rapists. I simply said I think the situation was strange and would have been keeping a close eye on things. Many men mentor young boys and that is a great thing, obviously our society needs that now more than ever. With that being said there are still many sick individuals out there that take advantage of young people and no amount of background checks or vetting will stop it. It is my job as a parent to do my best to make sure my children are protected, if anybody is offended by that I don't care.
Absolutely. We'll said +1.Because by the age of 15 most guys have discovered cars , cigarettes , weed , alcohol and last but certainly not least , GIRLS . None of that is "cool" while hanging out with little kids . Start a poll and see for yourself.
As some have mentioned, I sincerely hope this fella gets placed in the general prison population. A de facto death penalty seems warranted, since the victim is unlikely to ever get past this and live a normal, happy life.
It's not weird unless you erroneously believe that children should only be playing with other children of similar age. That's my whole point. I know it seems unpossible and unlikely in the secularized, humanist society, but it's not universally true that boys at a certain age become inappropriate comrades for their younger counterparts. It's not an age thing. It's an upbringing thing. It's a values system thing.The crime is not the age separation. The age separation is weird, as is the persistence of the relationship. As was posted above, massive differences in development will lead to age-inappropriate experiences for the younger one. In this extreme case, sodomy and rape.
my son is five and some kids from the neighborhood come over and play occasionally. They are maybe 10-12. If I'm not immediately with them I'm inside with windows open where I can observe for inappropriate comments, mean behavior, etc. I owe that to my son.
Why is it weird?
Since when did our society become so age segregated that this is not only considered abnormal, but questionably criminal?
There's room for a comment on the artificiality created by government schools here but I'll refrain.
Yes, because a poll is the end-all, be-all of proof.
I understand the 'of the world' view of what is normal. I understand the age-segregation lies that are passed off as gospel. What I don't understand is the gullibility people have in thinking that age defines the individual.
I suggest you read the post just above this one.It seems to me you're trying to over think it , analyze it and just plain make it more complicated than it is .
It has absolutely nothing to do with schools , man made laws or socially accepted norms , I promise it doesn't .
It has everything to do with natural law , law of the land , law of the jungle or whatever you call it .
I wasn't going to be crass if I could help it but you don't seem willing to accept the simple truth of the issue .
As CM and others have pointed out , there are times when older guys will let younger guys hang out BUT , those times don't consume very much of the older guys time .
Once we get a taste of girls and sex , we spend much of our time , energy and thoughts on how to get more , damn near everything we do as young men revolve around getting more of " it " .
Getting more of it is kinda hard to do when you're got younger kids hanging around talking about pokemon and recess .
We don't need a school teacher or principle , the supreme court's opinion doesn't matter , don't need to hear what a politician thinks about it . All we need is that first girl to light the spark and it's on from there .
It's not that complicated , we spend our first 9 months trying to get out of it , then we spend the rest of our lives trying to get back in it .
If you have a young male teenager / adult that prefers to spend much of his time around younger kids , you'd damn well better keep an eye on that situation cause it ain't normal .
I suggest you read the post just above this one.
I'm not over-thinking anything. I'm simply not accepting a single subset of society as the universal standard.
If anything you are the one with the faulty logic. I have never disagreed with the claim that most boys at a certain age become interested in pursuits their younger brethren are not, or that the older ones want little to do with the younger ones. I heartily concede that this is the most common reality in any given U.S. household. But where you go wrong is assuming that any deviation from the most common is indicative of something nefarious.