Comments on: Michael Jackson perv alert in Austin neighborhood

By: Veganrampage

Veganrampage — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:08:56 +0000

Thank you Jezebella. Too much personal identification with actresses cum movie stars is bound to get me in trouble, yet still I am glad she retracted her name.

Recently I have not made such an huge glaring error as Thompson’s, but I cannot account for my previous life under the unconscious mal-fluence of the putrid P.

Hurray for the “Blame” button, long may she wave! Thanks again Jill.

By: jezebella

jezebella — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:11:09 +0000

Upon being fully informed re: Polanski’s crime, Ms. Thompson retracted her signature. I believe you can find details at Shakesville.

By: Veganrampage

Veganrampage — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:21:03 +0000

Reply buttons; wowie zowie! Thanks Jill.

Speaking of child molesters, sometime ago someone commented on this blog, I think, but I do not recall positively, that Emma Thompson signed that petition for Polanski. That bothered me more than it should have.
Since that time I scoured the connecting tubes that the net is made of, and found many names, some that were on the original wretched document, and some that were added later, and Ms. Thompson’s name was not on any list that I could find.
That is all.

By: nails

nails — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:18:41 +0000

People let their neighbors babysit their kids sometimes, ya know.

By: AileenWuornos

AileenWuornos — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:05:43 +0000

“Jeez we don’t those alert thingies here in Australia. The local media
has an occasional outing on slow news day.”

You answered my question perfectly.

By: kristyn

kristyn — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:52:56 +0000

Er, ”praise lardess” in a positive way, i.e.: thanks for the pithy p-blamin’ statement, yttik.

By: kristyn

kristyn — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:51:11 +0000

yttik — Exactly.

The ”fashion models looking like emaciated little boys in drag” is a point I’ve personally pondered many, many times. Does it mean that men are all secretly pederasts?

”This cultural conditioning, youth worship, combined with being taught not to empathize with women and girls, is bound to create a whole lot of child molesters. This does not excuse their behavior.”

Praise lardess. While I can only speak for myself, I wasn’t trying to say that pedophiles should be excused for raping children — especially because I think it’s a cultural thing, for reasons I mentioned above (an eleven-year-old might be able to conceive, but she probably cannot carry much less give birth to living offspring; hence, no evolutionary or innate reasoning behind molesting a child).
Saying it is an innate trait carries more of an imperative. Because men cannot help but rape, especially rape children, either forgive all men or kill all men.

By: yttik

yttik — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:47:09 +0000

As to “men have a natural affinity towards youth,” that’s a valid point. I don’t believe it has anything to do with biology or nature, but the cultural conditioning that could create that impulse is all around us. Things like shaving your legs and other parts are designed to make women look like pre-pubescent girls. Fashion models must be so emaciated they almost resemble little boys in drag. Youth is worshiped and the culture considers 23 yr old women pretty much over the hill. For a pedophile, I guess you would be.

This cultural conditioning, youth worship, combined with being taught not to empathize with women and girls, is bound to create a whole lot of child molesters. This does not excuse their behavior.

By: Gozzibopli

Gozzibopli — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:40:53 +0000

Rebecca — Rehabilitation would be great. But for pervs, some degree of public shaming is a necessary part of the rehabilitation process, if rehabilitation can be accomplished at all. In the small town where I live, the community rallied ’round a perv-rapist-YOUTH MINISTER who pleaded guilty to attempted statutory rape. Even after he entered his plea, people didn’t want to believe he’d done it, and he and a prominent religious-leader-dood encouraged that misconception. They also encouraged slut-shaming of a 16 year old girl. Sure, that perv is serving his sentence. But he hasn’t received his dose of public shaming, despite what the court did. I’m not necessarily talking tar and feathering (although it wouldn’t hurt my feelings), but SHIT. The community response is worse than the crime for how much it reinforces the behavior. And IBTP.

By: kristyn

kristyn — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:39:05 +0000

Re, proofreading — just going by my comments here, you would not know that I write for a living. Perhaps I’m just burned out.

But regardless, Jill and others, I’m sorry for any odd sentence structure and poor antecedents that happen despite my efforts. Thanks for putting up with it.