Torturing children for their own good

[madmusic]

Ever since the Right hijacked the Polly Klaas murder for their own ends, it was obvious to some their real goals were not the safety and health of children. Protests by Polly's father and grandfather were ignored.

So what was the logical conclusion? Sadistic torture of children for their own good. It took a while to come to light, but the conclusion was inevitable, and the road to hell is too often paved with "good intentions," but even good intentions are doubtful.

If this doesn't really piss you off, then, hell, I don't know.

Joe, age 14, Wisconsin
“A police sergeant indicated that the sex was consensual. My son was very frightened, as the detective was shouting at him and had a gun. He did not write a confession. The detective wrote it for him. Approximately two weeks later, we received papers in the mail indicating that he was being charged with second degree sexual assault.”

Justin Wilson, age 10, Texas
“Justin's stepmother caught him and his 5 year old younger brother 'looking at each other naked.' They were comparing pee pees. Justin was given one year probation, he had to complete 'crisis counseling', and he was required to register as a sex offender for 10 years.”

Pam's son, age 12, Pennsylvania
“My son was charged in Michigan with a "felony 1 criminal sexual conduct child under 13." He in fact did indecently touch a boy of 6 years old. He was 12 when this happened. He performed oral sex on him. He has to register for life. At least that is my fear. Now we have the fear also that this new Jessica's Law will make it so he cannot go to school anymore.”

Shannon, age 13, California
“The reason for placement was a sexual offense done when I was 13 in California. Basically I engaged in consensual sexual acts with 3 neighborhood boys ages 13, 11, and 8. Treatment involved putting a rubberband appearing contraption hooked up through a computer around your penis while you sat in a dark room with your pants to your ankles listening to various audio recording stories.”

Garrett Daley, age 13, Arizona
“Our daughter Devon came to us and said Garrett had been touching her. The night our son was to be awarded his Eagle Scout award, he was arrested and put in jail. The next day, Saturday, the county attorney decided to change his charges to the adult court. On Sunday, our daughter Devon, came to us and told us she had lied. We again went to the authorities but no one would listen.”

Anonymous, age 6-10, Washington
“I was charged with rape of a child in the first degree and two counts of child molestation in the second degree. I was told it did not matter that most of the abuse had happened under the direction of my stepfather. It did not matter that I was between 6-10 at the time.”

Misty's son, age 8, Washington
“He was held in solitary confinement...He was fingerprinted, photographed, and subjected to intrusive questioning. He was berated several times for wetting the bed, and laid in a wet bed all night because he was too afraid to ask anyone for help.”
--The Arizona Republic

There are more, too many more, and their http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/theissue.htm">"treatment" is torture plain and simple.

http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/stories.html

I expect some of the mantra response, like they are psychopaths or born criminals. No, they are children and most often normal children who will forever be crushed. It is probable this treatment will make them dangerous when they were not. Sex is often hard enough to understand already so imagine their confusion now. Imagine them trying to reconcile sex as punishment and sex as experiment, like they are some Frankenstein monster whose only fate is the mob setting their houses on fire. It's torture.

This, all in the name of morality. It's sickening.

[mongo]

1. K & R

This belongs on the greatest page.

So how do such treatment providers identify children or adolescents as sexually deviant? Researchers have pointed out that their methods of diagnosis suffer from several flaws:

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They are based on standards of decency rather than scientific knowledge.
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They define common childhood behaviors as abnormal.
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They are based on relative criteria unsupported or contradicted by research.
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They assume without evidence that socially inappropriate behavior is caused by abuse.
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They confuse socially inappropriate behavior with sickness, harm, and violence.
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They use scientifically unvalidated instruments.

[madmusic]

2. Sadism flourishes best when wearing the mask of morality...

I learned that long ago and no one will ever convince me otherwise. Ever.

Most of these kids are just being kids. Maybe some are potentially dangerous, but even if so, there has to be a better way. http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/mengele/index_1.html">Dr. Mengele isn't the answer.