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Views on Policies and PJ

Posted by Mesmerised on Sunday, July 19 2009 at 8:20:36PM
In reply to My Conclusions based on Mes's review posted by Dissident on Sunday, July 19 2009 at 09:04:37AM

what does she think of the increasingly draconian laws passed against MAA's every single year, the strong opposition the government shows to any type of expression of MAA sexual desires

My second...conclusion is that policy, media and charity approaches which demonise paedophiles make the situation worse... The kinds of checks which have recently become law in the UK, which use a database of criminal records... may indeed assist in keeping some sex offenders out of some posts and I would not argue to rescind such legislation, but on a global level they are unworkable... Even in highly bureaucratised countries... they may be counter-productive in that they promote a false sense of security... Both practitioners and policy-makers need to pursue methods of child protection which are sensitive, which do not make assumptions, and which focus primarily on what people do without being blinded by who they are.

and the vigilantes who routinely try to entrap hebephiles or Non adults with hebephiliac inclinations in chat rooms?

Her comments on PJ are in the section describing how the Project was set up, and I hadn't read that quite as closely. But I get the feeling that she is going out of her way not to piss them off:( She does criticise them for not distinguishing between peds who abide by the law, and those who don't, but she also says her remarks shouldn't be taken as criticism! Which is sort of contradictory.

She is approving of their chat room operations. Of course I agree that actual rapists and molesters need to be apprehended - which goes without saying; but what she doesn't seem to question is the morality of the entrapment procedure (effectively encouraging illegality) and that most of the individuals entrapped are not rapists and abusers. She also doesn't question PJ's motivations - I wonder if she is aware that to PJ, child protection is a mere "side benefit". Might be interesting to talk with her about these things.

She describes how the wikisposure campaign, etc., probably resulted in peds being more cautious, and thus the numbers of respondents may have been fewer as a result. She then adds this lengthy parenthetical 'aside':

I would like to note... although the work of Perverted Justice incidentally happened to reduce my access to a large sample [of peds] my comments on this volunteer organisation... should not be taken as criticism. [PJ] does not make a clear distinction between those adults who are sexually attracted to children and those adults who intend to have sexual contact with children, nor does it make any distinction between those individuals or websites promoting sexual contact with children and those maintaining a law-abiding stance. This is very regrettable, but when [PJ] identifies and prevents men sexually abusing children then any individual concerned about children can only approve. Since its inception, [PJ] has played a significant role in obtaining convictions against over 300 men who had actively sought sexual contact with children. They have done this by posing as children... in chat rooms... the man is arrested when he arrives at the house... In some cases, the details are truly chilling:... one man... who had previously been convicted of raping a young girl, arrived... with a rope, gags handcuffs and a knife. In such cases one can only be profoundly grateful for the work of [PJ].



Mesmerised





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