On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 18:36:39 -0700, "Seveigny" <seveigny@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>> What I cannot understand is why Congress has not appointed a
>> Special Prosecutor to investigate these alleged allegations ?
>> Ken Starr where are you when we need you the most ?
>> When all else is said and done no one but no one
>> understands *** fetishes like you do !
>
>Whether or not you characterize former Representative as a pedophile
depends
>on your definition of pedophilia. Dictionary.com defines pedophila as
"an
>adult who is ***ually attracted to young children.
>
>Pages are teenagers, not young children. That said, Mark Foley is
someone
>who attempted to engage in inappropriate relation****ps with young men.
He
>blames his inappropriate actions on his alcoholism. While alchohol does
>lower the inhibitions that society prescribes, Mr. Foley shouldn't be
>placing the blame of his behavior on his abuse of alcohol.
>No, Mr. Foley isn't misunderstood.
>The Republican leader****p is now attempting to see where they went wrong
>vis a vi Mr. Foley. It seems clear, from various re****ts, that the
>leader****p knew that he was behaving inappropriately but they took no
>action. My question? If the leader****p ignored Mr. Foley's
inappropriate
>behavior, how many other incidents took place that were ignored? They
>ignored inappropriate behavior by a male Representative towards male
pages.
>There are female pages. Perhaps inappropriate behavior towards female
>pages was ignored as well?
>I must add, that the Republican party has sold itself as the guardian of
>family values. It is ironic that this same party has failed to
safeguard
>the young men and women who serve as pages in the House and Senate.
> ~Cate
This is NOT new behavior at all. Does anyone remember the scandals in
1973 and 1983 (Rep Gerry Studds, Democrat of Massachusetts, with a
male page in 1973, and Rep Dan Crane, Republican of Illinois, with a
female page circa 1983)?
--
Dorothy
There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..
The Outer Limits
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