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Avoiding Kids: How Men Cope With Being Cast as Predators
Wall Street Journal ^ | September 6, 2007 | JEFF ZASLOW

Posted on 09/08/2007 2:52:54 PM PDT by decimon

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1 posted on 09/08/2007 2:52:58 PM PDT by decimon
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This is a result of the MSM spreading fear (because it sells) and they and feminism have done this. It is a shame.


2 posted on 09/08/2007 2:55:25 PM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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I have a park directly across the street from my house, when I walk over there and sit on a bench, the mothers keep closer to their kids. They are well advised to do so but little do they know that their kids are safer with me than with their teachers.

Neighbor kids play in my yard and one asked me once if he could use my bath room, I told him no, to go home and use his own. Sounds grouchy of me doesn’t it? Just covering my own a$$.


3 posted on 09/08/2007 2:58:45 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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Very true. During one of my early morning walks a few years ago, I found a small child walking aimlessly up the street. I called the police on my cellphone and when they came, they had all kinds of questions for me. Like what I was doing out of my house that early in the morning and if I had a criminal record. I then noticed police driving by my house a lot more often over the next few weeks. Maybe I was just being paranoid but next time I see a lost kid, I’m just going to turn around and go the opposite direction. Let a woman find the kid and call the police.


4 posted on 09/08/2007 2:59:28 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 79 days away from outliving Freddie Mercury)
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To: decimon

we should banish them to a colony in noerthern Alaska and see if they can govern themselves. We can even turn it into a reality show called Kid Molester Nation


5 posted on 09/08/2007 2:59:49 PM PDT by GeronL
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“It is a shame.”

It is to us, but not the left. They have tried for decades to make masculinity criminal and they’ve succeeded in many ways.

6 posted on 09/08/2007 3:00:04 PM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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I have a large oak tree on the edge of my property with a large branch hanging over my yard, just perfect for a tire swing that the neighbor kids would love. Can’t do that though, too much law suit potential.


7 posted on 09/08/2007 3:01:51 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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Some sick crap. Yes it is feminazism and regressives that are doing this. I blame evil for this first, and liberal PC thinking second.


8 posted on 09/08/2007 3:04:53 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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lol. this article is not what I imagined. I thought it was a sympathetic article about the plight of molesters


9 posted on 09/08/2007 3:05:43 PM PDT by GeronL
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“This is a result of the MSM spreading fear (because it sells) and they and feminism have done this. It is a shame.”

Oh..I thought it was because the great majority of sexual and physical abuse, kidnapping, and murders committed against children are committed by men.

OK...blame this on the media.


10 posted on 09/08/2007 3:06:54 PM PDT by Scotswife
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Oh..I thought it was because the great majority of sexual and physical abuse, kidnapping, and murders committed against children are committed by men.

Have you renewed your NOW membership this year yet?

11 posted on 09/08/2007 3:11:17 PM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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This is the mainstream media's doing. They've hyped fear and make it seem like everyone is out to get everyones' children. Bill O'Reilly and NBC's To Catch a Predator are the biggest offenders.
12 posted on 09/08/2007 3:13:49 PM PDT by NapkinUser (Tom Tancredo or Ron Paul in 2008!)
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I began going from child-friendly to child-averse years ago. Thought maybe I was a bit paranoid but, thanks to the internet, I discovered otherwise. Damned shame.


13 posted on 09/08/2007 3:14:46 PM PDT by decimon
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Oh..I thought it was because the great majority of sexual and physical abuse, kidnapping, and murders committed against children are committed by men.

You are certainly wrong about physical abuse against children being primarily male.

As for murders, infanticide is highest among women, not men. And that doesn't even consider abortion.

Kidnapping? You aren't counting parental kidnapping right?

Sexual abuse. Well I'll give you one out of four.

14 posted on 09/08/2007 3:15:03 PM PDT by SampleMan (Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
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To: decimon

this country has gone completely insane.

i wanted to recount my personal experiences but it’s just too painful. i stay away from kids and American women.

it’s a great relief to me to travel in europe (eastern) where things are a lot more normal.


15 posted on 09/08/2007 3:15:30 PM PDT by tired1 (responsibility without authority is slavery!)
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Oh..I thought it was because the great majority of sexual and physical abuse, kidnapping, and murders committed against children are committed by men.

It's the truth and I'm not a member of NOW. Anyone doubting it can check their local sex offender registry. A few women and hundreds of men in my local one.

Too bad though that we all get painted with the same broad brush. As I said earlier, your kids would be much safer with me than with their teachers.

16 posted on 09/08/2007 3:15:45 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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I don't blame you, good move. In today's climate of fear it's sad that kids can't be kids and adult's be well er....adults.

Years ago, when my daughter was very young, I saw her talking to a woman standing across the street. She must have just gotten her hair done at a neighbor's home based salon across the street. At first glance, panic struck me and I screamed for her to come in doors. I was embarrassed after I thought about it...

17 posted on 09/08/2007 3:16:02 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Ron Paul is nutcase, plain & simple.)
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To: GeronL
lol. this article is not what I imagined. I thought it was a sympathetic article about the plight of molesters

Yikes! Kevin Bacon is a FReeper.

Just kidding.

18 posted on 09/08/2007 3:16:49 PM PDT by decimon
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To: Glenn

lol!

it’s just a statement of fact.


19 posted on 09/08/2007 3:18:13 PM PDT by Scotswife
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To: Graybeard58
Anyone doubting it can check their local sex offender registry. A few women and hundreds of men in my local one.

I'm less than confident that all the men belong there.

20 posted on 09/08/2007 3:19:43 PM PDT by decimon
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