tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post8565968942966611290..comments2024-02-28T04:20:40.719-06:00Comments on THE LAST LIBERAL STANDING: ALERT: Texas Child AbuseBob Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18171655256407149176noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-78645736884563611672008-04-18T00:49:00.000-05:002008-04-18T00:49:00.000-05:00I have an unusual perspective on this situation, s...I have an unusual perspective on this situation, since I know the youngest daughter of a Salt Lake polygamist family. It's a gift that keeps on giving. My friend's, well call her April, mother is related to the Jeffs. Sounds like a close connection, but scratch any polygamist, do a DNA sample, and they are mostly related.<BR/><BR/>I have been a dinner guest of the 93 year old great, great grandmother of thousands, and listened to her stories. My friend, April, is endlessly going to baby showers and birthdays, and anniversaries and funerals. She barely has time to work. This family is connected to the Colorado City group that Warren Jeffs left with many men's "wives" and children. This is what patriarchy and family values gets you in the most extreme of american fundamentalist traditions--women and children as interchangeable parts to be taken "husbands" as punishment and reassigned to other men as reward, relocated and kept isolated, uneducated, fearful, and completely dependent. The first time a girl child menstruates she is ready for marriage. This marriage takes place in their temples, a modern day sacrificing of the virgin. I started my period at eleven--that would have made me some prime chicken for an old fart with ten or twelve wives. This is some mighty fine liberty and civil rights you are espousing here. Let's have a talk at my place, because I have a very different take on this story and I'm a lot closer and quite well informed on the topic. Much like the word Blog, from weblog we have shortened the word Polygamist to Plig or Pligs. Mormons are Mos. Not meant to be offensive, just giving you a little taste of Utah slang.Utah Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385093247915560752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-71099489238931902432008-04-16T09:12:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:12:00.000-05:00The key concept is law enforcement. Protective ser...The key concept is law enforcement. Protective services for children is a matter of great concern, and so Wizard's point is well-taken. The two objectives turned out to be incompatible in the case of the Branch-Dividians, <I>circa</I> 1992. I recall, at that time, on that day, I was in favor of the final raid occurring. I was shocked at the result, of course. However, that's another story.Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-15621634305452512732008-04-16T05:20:00.000-05:002008-04-16T05:20:00.000-05:00the dancing patriot.... You make an excellent poi...<B>the dancing patriot</B>.... You make an excellent point, one that I'm about to echo in my next post (although I hadn't thought of the police officer's family as an example).<BR/><BR/>You are totally correct. Our prosecution of this case is arbitrary and hardly protects the most vulnerable among us.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading and commenting here today. I hpope you'll stop by often.Bob Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171655256407149176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-91402068814661926832008-04-15T23:46:00.000-05:002008-04-15T23:46:00.000-05:00Google "police officer charged" then add whatever ...Google "police officer charged" then add whatever crime comes to mind. Try child rape, assault, abuse, child neglect, child abuse, beating, abuse of a corpse, etc. You'll find thousands of results.<BR/><BR/>Post traumatic stress disorder as well as substance abuse is a recognized occupational hazard of being a police officer. <BR/><BR/>Obviously the families, spouses and children of every police officer is at a much greater risk and very likely a victim already! We the POLICE STATE must immediately segregate the potential victims from their suspected abusers and interrogate them immediately! If we do not get the answers we suspect during the first week, we should separate the families further and institute more aggressive questioning until we get the answers we KNOW to be true.The Dancing Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235876057469926550noreply@blogger.com