Uh oh...
What is a “child sailor”?
“Child sailors”? Whose bright idea was that?
Would it help if they took a more lenient view of sexual deviancy? [/s]
If only they let them marry...
There should be a law against that.
When the Royal Navy dominated the world’s oceans, the Articles of War provided the death penalty for homosexual acts. The principal offenders were the officers and petty officers on the young boys who were frequently carried on the ships company as servants. The foremast jacks may have had a similar inclination, but lacked the opportunities afforded the officers, including a cabin or other private space.
A pederast Captain was one of the Royal Navy’s worst nightmares as he had the power to pick and choose his prey, he had the great cabin at his disposal, and he held enormous power when the ship was at sea. The Royal Navy was never able to completely eradicate this behavior and it continues today.
This is the effect of the left’s desire to impose their metrosexual permissive lifestyle on elements of society where the dirty underbelly is likely to emerge. A ship’s company or a rifle platoon is no place for a homosexual leader as they will inevitably abuse their authority. Yet, you can be sure that politicians will pretend that this problem does not exist.
another article available GRAPHIC details. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2012-07-02/abuse-victims-recount-navy-base-violence/971652
Rum, buggery, and the lash.
why on earth would they have child sailors and if they do why on earth send them to sea with a bunch of filthy men sailors
Societal tolerance of sexual perversion is not good for the health and well being of our children.
Sounds like Australia has a problem with homosexual pedophiles, or maybe Muslim men in their navy.
Well, it sounds like “didn’t need to ask and did tell”.
That would make the boy boinkers...let me think...oh yeah, gay...woukd it not?
Yes, it was standard practice in the Royal Navy to start Cadet Midshipmen or Cabin Boys at a young age. See Horatio Hornblower. Any such practice can be abused if you have a power-mad or abusive Captain, but on the whole it worked out well.
It was also common practice for youngsters to start out very early aboard the trading schooners in Maine and other coastal ports, often sailing aboard their fathers’ ships and learning the family business.
That “homosexuals in the Navy” thing not working out?
Isn’t there some sort of “initiation” that happens when crossing the equator?
And that’s why you don’t let gays in leadership positions.
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.