From: cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond)
Subject: Re: Homosexual pedophilia conspiracy?
Organization: Integrated International Systems Corp. One Longfellow Place, Suite 3309, Boston, Ma.
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 11:09:34 GMT

richb@kronos.com (Rich Braun) writes:

>In the headlines this week:

>	Man Sodomizes and Kills 13-year-old Boy; Neighbors Outraged
>	Respected Faculty Member Films Dozens of Young Boys in the Nude
>	17-year-old Scout Accused of Raping 3 Young Boys; Now in Custody
>	2 More Father Porter Victims Come Forward
>	Connecticut Music Teacher Photographs Students In Sex Acts

>Then there are the stories about adults in trouble for other gay-related
>things:
>	Navy Admiral Forced into Retirement for Aiding Gay Enlisted Man
>	Navy Pilot Pledges Defiance Against Ban in Virginia Beach
>	Bush Campaign Operative Charges Anti-Gay Bias

>And of course everyone's up in arms over the Catholic Church, but that's
>nothing new really.  If I had to rely on Cardinal Law's protection, I'd
>probably not live terribly long in any case.

>The first five items above can have three explanations, IMHO:

>	1)  There's a campaign to discredit the gay movement by
>	    highlighting this sort of crime over others;
>	2)  It's a slow summer for news reporting; or
>	3)  The public still loves to read this kind of titillating
>	    material, so it's deemed more newsworthy than other stories

>Sadly, I have to believe the biggest reason is #3.  Twenty years of
>progress have merely taken the phrase "Homosexual Murderer" out of the
>headline and simply shifted the homosexuality component into furtive
>explanations buried somewhere in the accompanying article.  What do
>others here think?

>I don't seek to diminish the significance of the pain suffered by
>family members and victims of these horrendous crimes, but it seems to
>me there's an overemphasis on the reporting of them.

>-rich


The "news" gets reported! Your top 5 headlines above would still exist
if the victims were female. If you think that it is prejudice to report
the facts of the case, then you are advocating a kind of ostrich-like
head in the sand solution.

As for your next 3 headlines: 

The Admiral has been discplined for subverting the UCMJ (Uniform Code of
Military Justice). One would hope that the Navy , who is hopefully
getting the message about harrassment, would react the same way in a
heterosexual situation. Read the article, the problem is not that the
his enlisted man aid is gay, the problem is that the admiral was
preventing the investigation of filed complaints of sexual harrassment.
If you are going to work toward reducing discrimination against homosexuals
then you are going to have to work toward equal treatment for offensive
behavior also. If the enlisted man's targets/victims had been female then
the admirals case would have been no different.

The Navy Pilot is a Gay activist who is trying to generate headlines. 
Would you prefer that the media suppressed the reports?
the reporting here.

As far as the campaign worker goes... This is either a case of discrimination.
We are talking about the Bush/Quayle campaign after all. Or this is a
case of a Gay activist planting himself in the campaign. Although we
should note that this existance of the plant does not mean that the
discrimination is not real. 


Overall, my impression of your post is that it is likely to actually
have the effect of increasing prejudice by exciting resentment at the
suggestion of suppressing the reporting of crimes. Some people will find 
the last paragraph contradictory. 

Charlie

Disclaimer: I am trying to respond rationally , and politely in an 
unprejudicial way on a subject that is often discussed in "flames".
I have no intention to cause offense to any individual or group and
request that any who are offended by any inappropriate use of language
to please understand and to explain to me via email, so that I may
consider changes and/or apologies. If you are disagreeing with my
ideas then by all means post away. In otherwords: Please keep the flames
private and the intellectual exchange public. Thank You.




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