[klaatumail] Re: Fwd: Fw: How Big is Walmart?
- From: Wesle Dymoke <wesdym@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:24:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Fri, April 29, 2011 12:15:13 PM
Subject: [klaatumail] Re: Fwd: Fw: How Big is Walmart?
Why does radio play Billy Preston & Michael Jackson (both pedophiles) or Cat
Stevens (a proven supporter of Middle Eastern terrorists)?
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
For the record, neither Preston or Jackson were ever convicted of paedophilia.
Further, the clinical definition refers strictly to pre-pubescent children.
Both
were accused of inappropriate conduct with or towards older kids. In the case
of
Preston, the kids would be legal adults in many parts of the world, and have
some of the rights of adults even in many parts of North America. Younger, in
the case of Jackson, but still above the clinically defined age range of
paedophiles. Call it what you want, but it's not proven and whether or not it
is
it's not paedophilia regardless. Psychology professor J. Michael Bailey
(Northwestern Univ.) has speculated that Jackson had a complex of paraphilias,
including hebephilia (an attraction to pubescent youth), which is distinctly
different.
Regardless, to lay the charge is to declare conviction, and I don't believe any
of us can do that.
Cat Stevens, as Yusuf Islam, is a devout Muslim teaching in London, who has
repeatedly disclaimed violence in the name of religion (or any other reason),
issued a statement of sympathy following 9/11 (also expressly disclaiming
Islamic violence), performed "Peace Train" at the Concert for New York City,
and
donated a portion of proceeds from a later release to victims' families. He was
denied entry to the U.S. on suspicion of supporting Hamas (based on
never-validated charges by Israel), but it's likely this was due to someone
else
having a similar name. He successfully sued British media who claimed he
supported terrorism. Those charges have never been "proven" by anyone, anywhere.
There's a world of difference between suspicion and conviction, and I don't
just
mean in the legal sense.
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