Curiosity killed the cat - but for a while I was a suspect
I watched a film today on pedophiles in my Deviance class which I was appalled and disgusted with. My poor eyes and ears were witness to some horrible things that no human being should ever have to experience. When the movie was finished, it left me frusterated and pissed off. I expressed my opinions to the class who in turn refuted my points and called me some rather nasty names.
Oh, did I mention I was rooting for the pedophile?
I know right now, the majority of you folks reading this blog have dropped your jaws to the ground and said, "is she for fucking real" - well let me tell you, I defintely am. Let me just say first off that I totally don't support pedophilia or sex crimes of any nature, these are sick people whith incurable diseases of the mind. You can take the pedophile out of the playground - but you can't take the perversion out of the pedophile. Im a firm believer that pedophiles and anyone who suffers from hypersexuality etc. can not be cured. Its like AIDS - once you have it, you have it for life. You can take medications to ease the symptoms but it'll never go away. So before you think I have a "I LOVE PEDOPHILES - MICHAEL JACKSON IS MY HERO" bumper sticker, I'd just like you to know that I in no shape or form support pedophilia. Voyeurism on the other hand is an entirely different story...
Anyways, the reason why I was so pissed off with the movie is the way that the individuals of the community were treating the pedophile once he moved from Mountains Correctional Facility in B.C. to Keeles Halfway House in Toronto. Once the community found out that a convicted pedophile was supposedly in their "backyards" there was a huge outcry. Understandably, there were concerns about his supervised visits and inevitable release back into society - but the way they were handling their issues was a fucking spectacle that Barnum and Bailey could only dream of replicating. The man, Bobby Oatway was convincted of sodomizing his young son and his wife's younger sisters. Naturally anyone would find these acts to be disgusting and highly reprimandable. Oatway spent 10 years in the B.C. correctional facility where he had to lay low for fear of physical harm by other inmates. As we all know, child molestation doesn't sit well with the general prison population so typically Pedophiles are kept in seclusion and separated from the other inmates. Because of the protests arranged by his previous victims before his release into a B.C. halfway house he was transported secretly to the Halfway House in Toronto.
Now, things would have been peachy keen and he would have been re intergrated back into society where he would attempt a normal life and report to his parole officer as any other criminal released back into society would. If it weren't for word leaking out that Oatway was responsible for the molestation of the sisters and his son. As soon as the community in Toronto found out there was a public outcry. The movie depicted scenes from the Town Hall where mothers were protesting his release and basically freaking out at the individuals working at Keele's Halfway House. They created signs and gathered a large group of protestors for the self made witch hunt and bombarded the halfway house day in day out.
Before moving to the facility - none of the other inamtes knew of his past - nor did they care. Upon finding out they threatened him with death and would have killed him should he be out unsupervised or not locked away in his room. If the community had never found out about him in the first place chances are they wouldn't have thought twice about him being on the street. Now I know you are thinking, "BUT HE'S JUST GOING TO DIDDLE AGAIN IF YOU LET HIM OUT!" - thats not necessarily so. While although pedophilia is a disease of the mind and basically incurable - so is schizophrenia. The point being that while both can't be medically cured, the symptoms can be relieved. The entire time Keele has been in operation 0 out of 45 convicted pedophiles in their system went on to re offend.
Naturally politics found its way into the already brewing pot and the mayor or whatever at the time decided to step up and throw out his 2 cents. Which was worth exactly that, 2 cents. Conveniently enough, this all occured near election time
DING DING FUCKING DING
Election time? Does this sound fishy to anyone else? It seems like us Canadian's are not much different than our American counterparts when it comes to such things. Gov. Jeb Bush down in Florida loves signing death warrants weeks before election time. Too bad the general public is too fucking stupid to realize whats happening around them so they carry signs and suck political dick.
I tried explaining this to the class that the only reason why they were tormenting the man was because the big guy on campus told them to and like baa baa black sheep they complied. People fail to realize that to err is human and we all make mistakes. We all do things that we regret and wish to take back but sometimes we can't. Oatway isn't some sub human monster who is exempt from being allowed to make mistakes. YES - he did commit atrocious acts, but lets be honest here - how is Bush sending out soldiers to slaughter innocents under the veil of pulic safety any different? 'Course no one would think of raising a goddamn eyebrow to such a thing.
Regardless, in this case I rooted for the underdog and faced the penalty for doing so. My classroom now things I'm some pedophile fan girl with kiddy porn plastered around my bedroom (which I can assure you, I do not. I have a tasteful display of various black and white photographs of stairs and stuffed animals in my room - not little boys in bathing suits) There are just some forms of ignorance I can't handle - and not fitting in the shoes of another is just one of many examples.
Oh, did I mention I was rooting for the pedophile?
I know right now, the majority of you folks reading this blog have dropped your jaws to the ground and said, "is she for fucking real" - well let me tell you, I defintely am. Let me just say first off that I totally don't support pedophilia or sex crimes of any nature, these are sick people whith incurable diseases of the mind. You can take the pedophile out of the playground - but you can't take the perversion out of the pedophile. Im a firm believer that pedophiles and anyone who suffers from hypersexuality etc. can not be cured. Its like AIDS - once you have it, you have it for life. You can take medications to ease the symptoms but it'll never go away. So before you think I have a "I LOVE PEDOPHILES - MICHAEL JACKSON IS MY HERO" bumper sticker, I'd just like you to know that I in no shape or form support pedophilia. Voyeurism on the other hand is an entirely different story...
Anyways, the reason why I was so pissed off with the movie is the way that the individuals of the community were treating the pedophile once he moved from Mountains Correctional Facility in B.C. to Keeles Halfway House in Toronto. Once the community found out that a convicted pedophile was supposedly in their "backyards" there was a huge outcry. Understandably, there were concerns about his supervised visits and inevitable release back into society - but the way they were handling their issues was a fucking spectacle that Barnum and Bailey could only dream of replicating. The man, Bobby Oatway was convincted of sodomizing his young son and his wife's younger sisters. Naturally anyone would find these acts to be disgusting and highly reprimandable. Oatway spent 10 years in the B.C. correctional facility where he had to lay low for fear of physical harm by other inmates. As we all know, child molestation doesn't sit well with the general prison population so typically Pedophiles are kept in seclusion and separated from the other inmates. Because of the protests arranged by his previous victims before his release into a B.C. halfway house he was transported secretly to the Halfway House in Toronto.
Now, things would have been peachy keen and he would have been re intergrated back into society where he would attempt a normal life and report to his parole officer as any other criminal released back into society would. If it weren't for word leaking out that Oatway was responsible for the molestation of the sisters and his son. As soon as the community in Toronto found out there was a public outcry. The movie depicted scenes from the Town Hall where mothers were protesting his release and basically freaking out at the individuals working at Keele's Halfway House. They created signs and gathered a large group of protestors for the self made witch hunt and bombarded the halfway house day in day out.
Before moving to the facility - none of the other inamtes knew of his past - nor did they care. Upon finding out they threatened him with death and would have killed him should he be out unsupervised or not locked away in his room. If the community had never found out about him in the first place chances are they wouldn't have thought twice about him being on the street. Now I know you are thinking, "BUT HE'S JUST GOING TO DIDDLE AGAIN IF YOU LET HIM OUT!" - thats not necessarily so. While although pedophilia is a disease of the mind and basically incurable - so is schizophrenia. The point being that while both can't be medically cured, the symptoms can be relieved. The entire time Keele has been in operation 0 out of 45 convicted pedophiles in their system went on to re offend.
Naturally politics found its way into the already brewing pot and the mayor or whatever at the time decided to step up and throw out his 2 cents. Which was worth exactly that, 2 cents. Conveniently enough, this all occured near election time
DING DING FUCKING DING
Election time? Does this sound fishy to anyone else? It seems like us Canadian's are not much different than our American counterparts when it comes to such things. Gov. Jeb Bush down in Florida loves signing death warrants weeks before election time. Too bad the general public is too fucking stupid to realize whats happening around them so they carry signs and suck political dick.
I tried explaining this to the class that the only reason why they were tormenting the man was because the big guy on campus told them to and like baa baa black sheep they complied. People fail to realize that to err is human and we all make mistakes. We all do things that we regret and wish to take back but sometimes we can't. Oatway isn't some sub human monster who is exempt from being allowed to make mistakes. YES - he did commit atrocious acts, but lets be honest here - how is Bush sending out soldiers to slaughter innocents under the veil of pulic safety any different? 'Course no one would think of raising a goddamn eyebrow to such a thing.
Regardless, in this case I rooted for the underdog and faced the penalty for doing so. My classroom now things I'm some pedophile fan girl with kiddy porn plastered around my bedroom (which I can assure you, I do not. I have a tasteful display of various black and white photographs of stairs and stuffed animals in my room - not little boys in bathing suits) There are just some forms of ignorance I can't handle - and not fitting in the shoes of another is just one of many examples.
