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finska ago

Excellent post! It is becoming clearer how this went down. I wonder though if a child who is being abused themselves can truly understand the harm in introducing other kids to their pedo abusers. Esp if they have maybe fallen in love with their abuser or are suffering stockholm syndrome and /or are getting desperately wanted attention. I have personal experience witnessing a situation like this as a teenager and not understanding what was happening let alone all the complexities. The real crime is what you do or dont do about it as an adult when you should have developed better judgement.

migratorypatterns ago

I've heard that argument before, and, yeah, you can blame them.

You can't turn a good person bad. Yes, you can tempt and trick them into doing bad thing, but if they were abused ... they'd never subject someone else to that abuse. Never. It shows a malevolence. And not all kids are malevolent. Some pet cats ... some kill them. That's the difference. For Feldman to have allegedly protected so many pedos and actually say that Haim? He's evil ... out and out evil and sick to his core.

finska ago

He probably is evil now....when he was a child though he maybe thought he was helping his friend to get benefits cos he too had been conned that this was a good thing. They dont call it grooming for nothing. I saw friends of mine given surf boards, the use of high end cars, party houses....most of the kids in the local area thought it was fantastic. We didnt want to believe there was a dark side to this. One day I asked a 17yr old friend if mine if he had evet been molested by this provider of gifts. He said to me that he wouldnt call it that because when someone sucks your cock it feels good.

migratorypatterns ago

Now this is true. This I would believe.

Good perspective and I don't feel you're at all an apologist. Just showing what goes on in a kid's mind.

finska ago

The good news is this wealthy notorious pedo (who I personally knew) ended up dying in jail!

migratorypatterns ago

Well, there's karma.

Now if we can just get them IN jiail ...

finska ago

Unfortunately this man had molested boys all over the country and overseas. It was a huge case and ended in an international man hunt....who knows why some go down and others never get caught. I have to admit as teenagers we all enjoyed the parties at his places.....he always had teenagers (both girls and guys so it 'seemed' normal) around doing odd jobs on his farm....we liked the chance to earn pocket money and he just seemed like a nice guy......we nearly felt sorry for him....thats the problem with these people kids just cant see through their cons.

migratorypatterns ago

I think each pedo is different. Obviously, Haim hated the pedo who raped him at 14 so there was no identification and no misplaced sympathy or affection. He straight up couldn't stand him. And pedos cultivate whatever works. They never stop and that's what makes them so dangerous.