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*[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-nccl-was-right-to-affiliate-with-pie/14718#.Uw-Is4XbBug The NCCL was right to affiliate with PIE] - If civil liberties groups won't defend free speech for the unpopular, what's the point of them? (Brendan O’Neill - spiked, UK) See: [[PIE]].<!-- Added 2-27-14 --> | *[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-nccl-was-right-to-affiliate-with-pie/14718#.Uw-Is4XbBug The NCCL was right to affiliate with PIE] - If civil liberties groups won't defend free speech for the unpopular, what's the point of them? (Brendan O’Neill - spiked, UK) See: [[PIE]].<!-- Added 2-27-14 --> | ||
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- The NCCL was right to affiliate with PIE - If civil liberties groups won't defend free speech for the unpopular, what's the point of them? (Brendan O’Neill - spiked, UK) See: PIE.
- German politician Edathy rejects child porn allegation - Sebastian Edathy the politician who last year presented the German parliament's acclaimed report on bungled police probes into a neo-Nazi murder spree has denied a media allegation of possessing child pornography. ( Deutsche Welle)
- Labour’s paedo problems: no reason to gloat - Harman and pals are discovering the cost of putting the past on trial. (Tim Black - spiked, UK)
- Jesse Ryan Loskarn, former Lamar Alexander aide, dead in suicide - Jesse Ryan Loskarn, a former aide to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) who faced charges of possessing and distributing child pornography, hanged himself and died Thursday in a Maryland home, his family and police officials said Friday. (washingtonpost.com) Article related to Azov Films Prosecutions.
- Is pedophilia a sexual orientation? - Dr. James Cantor of CAMH has shown pedophilia is like a sexual orientation — a deep attraction that cannot change. Now, pedophiles who have never molested children are seeking social acceptance. (Toronto Star)
- Jailed Canadian alleged to be at centre of international child-porn crackdown - Toronto resident Brian Way, 42, of Azov Films faces two dozen charges, including multiple counts of making and distributing child pornography. (Yahoo News)
- Yewtree: more propaganda than police investigation - The failure of a few prosecutions won't stop the crusade. (Frank Furedi - spiked, UK)
In Other News
- Scotland: Every Child to Have “State Guardian” From Birth - Every child in Scotland is to be assigned a “state minder” from birth under draconian new proposals that would enable the government to spy on families under the justification of preventing “child abuse”. ( PrisonPlanet.com)
- Capitol Punishment: The Troubling Consequences of Federal Child Pornography Laws - The legislative scheme underlying current child pornography laws in the U.S. goes much further than addressing the actual harm caused by viewing or possessing such images. ( The Huffington Post)
- Our misguided child porn laws do little to protect children - The legal treatment of people caught with child pornography is so harsh that they can end up serving longer sentences than people who actually abuse children. (The Washington Post)
- Ex-missionary jailed for porn with Amazon tribal children - A former missionary who admitted taking pornographic photos of children while working with a tribe in the Amazon region of Brazil was sentenced on Tuesday to 58 years in a US prison. (South China Morning Post)
- Glasgow teacher Peter McGinniss jailed for grooming boy - Teacher jailed 2 yrs for taking a boy on trips during the school holidays and took the boy on overnight stays to a hotel and a log cabin. (BBC, UK)
- Teen Commits Suicide One Week After Arrest For Streaking During Football Game - Christian Adamek 15, kills himself after 'facing expulsion and being put on sex offender registry' for streaking prank at high school football game (Youtube)
Art and Entertainment
Griffin Gluck cast in new series
Fans of Griffin Gluck the former star of ABC's Back In The Game will be happy to learn that he has been reportedly cast in the new Fox’s drama Red Band Society.[1] [2] The new series will be based on the Spanish drama Polseres vermelles. According to SpoilerTV, "Gluck will play Charlie, a smart, insightful and mischievous 13-year-old hospital patient who’s been in a coma for a year because of an accident. Under its new model, Fox reportedly gave Red Band Society a go on a “series prototype”, a pilot-type production order, plus additional backup scripts".
Australia bans award-winning Swedish film Children's Island over child porn concerns - Censors have refused classification for a 30-year-old award-winning Swedish film (aka Barnens ö), in effect banning it, after an application by the Australian Federal Police. (The Sydney Morning Herald, Au)
Books and reviews
- Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us by Jesse Bering – review (The Guardian UK) - We cannot choose who we are sexually attracted to – so stop judging.
New on DVD
- Ender's Game (IMDb) - Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, a genocidal alien race which nearly annihilated the human race in a previous invasion. (Available 2/11/14)
- The Way, Way Back (2013) - (Available on DVD: Oct 22, 2013) - Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
