Posted on 05/04/2014 2:33:36 PM PDT by naturalman1975
ALLEGATIONS that 220 child sailors at the navy’s West Australian training base were raped or brutalised, and that more than 70 young officer cadets at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra suffered sexual or other abuse, are so serious they will be tabled in federal parliament.
So far, almost 500 former and serving Defence Force members have received reparation payments of up to $50,000 for damage caused by the abuse they suffered — a cost to Defence of more than $21 million.
As well, 45 cases have been referred to state and territory police forces for possible prosecution. They feature allegations of rape and other assaults on females and males; serious threats; stalking and intimidation with intent to cause fear; and burglary with intent to carry out an assault.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.com.au ...
That's because politicians are doing the same thing, themselves.
Thank you, that’s informative. My family is discussing what the immediate political objective in Australia is. The left (which includes almost all press) doesn’t believe there’s anything wrong with adult men’s having sex with teenage boys, so there has to be a point to bringing this up, now.
Has the Australian Navy done something “wrong” recently, like immigration enforcement?
It looks like it, but I’m waiting to see what else comes out.
If they are looking at the Australian Defence Force Academy as well, things could be much more recent, I’m afraid. Though Cadets at the Academy aren’t children, they are still very young and some of them can still be naive enough, that they are vulnerable if somebody tries to go after them.
Good to know. Been asking around here re: child Navy and nobody had a clue.
“Filthy men sailors”
Nice description you have for the many thousands of honorable sailors serving their countries who aren’t buggering children. Feel free to stick your obnoxious attitude in a very shady place.
Yes, the Left in Australia have tended to attack the Navy recently - the most recent ‘scandal’ (now generally acknowledged to be false, although some Left wingers are still beating the drum) was that sailors had deliberately burned ‘asylum seekers’.
But, unfortunately, I don’t find it hard to believe there was at least some cases of abuse in the junior recruit programs, and if they were, it damned well should come out, and those who did it, should be punished to the full extent of the law. I hope it was isolated, if it did happen, but I can believe it did.
Australia is currently holding a ‘Royal Commission’ (a major inquiry lead by a Judge and a panel of other people) into Institutional Child Abuse - looking at groups that ran children’s homes, boarding schools, etc, in the past, so it may also simply be partly that people are coming forward now, because of the publicity in the hope they will be taken seriously. If they were abused, they deserve to see that dealt with, properly.
So it may be a combination of both valid concerns, and politically lead ones.
Isn’t there some sort of “initiation” that happens when crossing the equator?
I agree. You and I agree that it's wrong for adults to use vulnerable children - young teens and older - as objects for sexual use. It should be condemmed when it has happened, and every effort should be made to avoid further incidence.
However, you have to look (as a separate point) at the Left and its agenda. They condemn the Catholic Church because some homosexual priests abused teenage boys (and a handful of genuine pedophiles assaulted prepubescent girls), but they condemn the Catholic Church because it teaches that homosexual behavior and fornication are wrong.
They attack the Boy Scouts because some homosexual men abused teenage boys, and yet they insist that the organization accept practicing homosexual boys and men.
If the Royal Australian Navy is a current target, it's not because the press gives a flying freep about homosexually abused boys, past or present. It's because the institution has a stance or has done something the Left doesn't like.
“Rum, buggery, and The Lash...”
Well, two out of three...
Yes. It has been going on for centuries, and while it is bizarre to outsiders and some people have been harmed doing it, I think it is a shame they have put such restrictions on it they might as well just toss it with all other naval traditions, which is what liberals of all stripes want.
And that’s why you don’t let gays in leadership positions.
Miles Cowperthwaite V/O: “If there were any doubts as to Captain Ned’s severity, they were quickly dispelled that very afternoon, when a scuffle broke out on deck.”
[ Spunk approaches a Sailor tanning ]
First Mate Spunk: That’s my tanning spot! you! You’re in my spot! That’s my spot!
Sailor #1: You are daft! I’ve been here all morning. Now, run along, you are blocking my sun.
First Mate Spunk: Don’t you give me any back-sass, you tan tease!
[ fight breaks out; Captain Ned intervenes ]
Captain Ned: Is this how men act on a man’s ship? Where is your manliness? Fighting on deck is a serious breach on my articles of strict discipline! I’m afraid the guilty party is in for a very severe punishment!
Sailor #1: Captain.. I did indeed take Mr. Spunk’s spot. I’m ready to accept my punishment..
First Mate Spunk: Captain! I threw the first blow. If anyone is to be punished, let it be me. I ask only that whatever you do, please don’t put me in a tight-fitting Lassie costume and make me eat from a monogrammed dog dish.
Sailor #2: [ entering ] Captain, I encouraged this fight - punish me! Make me wear nipple-pinching clothespins, sir!
Sailor #3: [ entering ] Me, Captain! Punish me!
Captain Ned: Stop! I’ve heard enough! Your manly admission of guilt is most manful. However, as your Captain, it is I who must bear the full masculine responsibility! And therefore, I will be punished. Spunk! Take me alone! I want a boiling oil rub..
An Admiral objected, Sir, what about the traditions of the Royal Navy?
Churchill: "Traditions of the Royal Navy are Rum, Sodomy and the Lash".
Might want to check out and verify what has gone on in earlier years and perhaps even today at the United States Naval and Merchant Marine academies (USNA - Annapolis and USMMA at Kings Point and at sea on their respective vessels).
Any early USNA Midshipmen remember “Swimming to Baltimore” from the transom of an upperclassman’s room or “Shove Out” - with no chair and back against a wall while balancing the tip of a bayonet against your bottom?
How about USMMA Cadet Midshipmen spending their entire second year at sea and being exposed to homosexual crewmen not showing up while at sea!
Australia is not alone.
Peg boys.
That said, I bet it was planned to expose kids to the sea and maybe a career in the navy.
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