But the fight made him a social pariah among his homosexual friends. Homosexuals avoid him because they feel vulnerable on the issue of child sexuality, said Sharpe. A lot of ignorant parents believe gays turn boys queer. Sharpe continues to argue that viewing child pornography is a cathartic release, not an incitement to pedophilia. The idea that men use child pornography in order to masturbate and to relieve tension, that it is a substitute for an actual partner, this is discounted.
Sharpe is evasive.
No politician used influence to get a wealthy Canadian family a tax break worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a former Revenue Canada deputy minister told a federal court judge Friday.