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Re: News to get your head spinning
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Date: 
Mon, 8 Jan 2001 21:06:05 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Recently a thread on duped dads sprouted from a news piece.  Wow.  That would
> really suck.  How about this one?  I think this sucks too.
> 
> http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/reports/prostitutes/index.html

Whooeee.... I have a dispute with the last sentence of the article
though:

> "It's not the judge's fault. It's not anybody's fault," said Adams of
> Victims of Prostitution. "There's just no place for these kids to go."

It's not "not anybody's fault". The fault lies with all of us for
supporting a system which considers it more important to stop
prostitution than to give folks the help they need. The fault lies with
us for not having non-prison alternatives to dealing with children. And
there is almost certainly fault on the part of the parents. Something is
wrong if a 10 year old kid is running away from home AFTER what she had
already gone through.

--
Frank Filz

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Hi all, Recently a thread on duped dads sprouted from a news piece. Wow. That would really suck. How about this one? I think this sucks too. (URL) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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