Thanks, Michael, for your thoughts. You are quite right about kids being in more danger with relatives and people known to them.
I do not believe that all gay men and lesbian women are out to prey on our children. And while I am on the subject, I also believe that children are just as safe in their care in the school system as they are in the care of hetrosexuals; and, I could also care less about gays in the military. As long as they are competent in the job they are assigned to carry out, their sexual habits are of no concern of mine. And, according to what I have read regarding pedophiles, they are statistically hetrosexual white males. Pamela Taylor (Tampa) --- michael libby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 20 March 2002 02:51 pm, Thomas Swift > wrote: > > I had no clue as to how many special interest > forums > > that Yahoo has going, so today I took a look. > From: > > > Loring_men_and_boys > > Like the boy who cried wolf, if you keep crying > "homosexual! special > interests!" at everything involving gay people, you > might end up being > ignored. Your accusation of pedophilia may be spot > on, but you haven't > given one shred of real evidence to support that. > And if you do get some > real evidence, I think it would be best to give it > to the FBI, not us. For > all we know the group was started by the FBI and the > MPD in a joint > investigation not unlike the "Candyman" operation. > > Anyway, children are at much higher risk of injury > and abuse of all types > from relatives and acquaintances and even other > children, so that worrying > about a few gays on the internet seems like a waste > of time. And in a city > where 3,000 children will be homeless tonight, I > think we have much bigger > concerns than 124 members of Yahoo! group #7. In > fact, I'm very concerned > about this homelessness because kids being homeless > for more than thirty > days is the biggest determinant in juvenile > prostitution(1). > > Now without evidence of actual criminal behavior, > what do you want Yahoo! > to do, rely on *your* best judgement as to what > groups they should carry > and should not carry? While Yahoo! has a right to > determine what groups > they will and won't allow, I think they are > rightfully cautious about > being overzealous in policing that sort of stuff. > When AOL tried to > protect children from the "EVIL" people not long > ago, they caught a lot of > flack from their customers for really screwing it > up. > > - Michael Libby (Cleveland/North Minneapolis). > > - --------- > > 1 - Hofstede Report on Juvenile Prostitution in > Minnesota: > http://www.ag.state.mn.us/office/Crime/hofstede_1.htm#DANGERS%20OF%20JUVENILE%20PROSTITUTION > > > > ______Michael_C_Libby__{_x_(at)_ichimunki_(dot)_com_}______ > | unsolicited hotmail/yahoo email is deleted due to > spam | > | my website: http://www.ichimunki.com/ > | > |____ public key at > http://www.ichimunki.com/public.key ____| > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE8mTer4ClW9KMwqnMRAq+FAJ9I/v+RFklNFQHDKFlStbiPycsorwCdEtTZ > u9nEkDBaC+bvtZ2jmVvtevc= > =CEHU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
