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Matariki

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55. WTF is this bs?

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 09:33 PM

Nov 2013

Some bullshit article on the 'evidence' of one guy and everyone in this thread believes it?

"Child-Rape Assembly Line among sects of fundamentalist Jews"? Seriously? There's an unbelievably sensationalistic headline if I've ever seen one. What next, candles made from babies?

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The Child-Rape Assembly Line [View all] Snowfield Nov 2013 OP

gross and shocking. Sheri Nov 2013 #1

real, unfortunately Snowfield Nov 2013 #7

wow. Sheri Nov 2013 #10

Brings to mind Penn State and the BBC AngryAmish Nov 2013 #2

HARDLY. Sandusky was ONE man, not near what this witness, or OP headline, claims. WinkyDink Nov 2013 #9

Sandusky got away with it for years LiberalEsto Nov 2013 #22

Disgusting behavior leftynyc Nov 2013 #3

Sexual abuse is unacceptable. In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #4

Between Catholic priests and Hasidic rabbis, hell is for children. mountain grammy Nov 2013 #5

You left out the baptists and the evangelicals BlueToTheBone Nov 2013 #35

There is no large group that doesn't include child molesters. n/t pnwmom Nov 2013 #47

Sickening MoonRiver Nov 2013 #6

One might speculate that heavily patriarchal authoritan hierarchies LiberalEsto Nov 2013 #8

i think you're right about that. Sheri Nov 2013 #12

speaking out against it every. single. time. it is thru out our culture. gaining momentum. seabeyond Nov 2013 #14

yeah, but if you speak out they'll call you a "angry" feminist Sheri Nov 2013 #18

i am old and tired. let people walk. i am done with accepting our girls being raped, put on the seabeyond Nov 2013 #20

i will never "accept" rape. Sheri Nov 2013 #23

what i am saying, is i think just support does that. instead of dismissing, denying, ignoring. seabeyond Nov 2013 #25

in case nobody has told you recently, you rock! Sheri Nov 2013 #26

see... how effective. and your simple comment to me, instead of staying quiet, seabeyond Nov 2013 #28

the internet does promise to make things a lot better. Sheri Nov 2013 #31

You do realize that the OP described a sexual assault on a boy. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #41

ah grumpy. and here you are. such a contribution to the conversation. yes sir. hmmm. seabeyond Nov 2013 #42

It's the same problem though. Not just child abuse, but abuse of all vulnerable people. nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #50

Enforcing the laws & making them do prison time LiberalEsto Nov 2013 #16

all of this. and yes. so damn important for there to be a penalty for this, and we are seeing more seabeyond Nov 2013 #17

good list! Sheri Nov 2013 #21

what would happen if in mass he was actually supported. by people that a fearful of speaking out. seabeyond Nov 2013 #24

i'm catholic, not orthodox jewish. Sheri Nov 2013 #27

i am non religion. i can respect most al religion. i can also call out most religion, seabeyond Nov 2013 #29

i enjoyed it too. Sheri Nov 2013 #32

what do they call it.. non practicing catholic, but always a catholic, lol. seabeyond Nov 2013 #34

the american catholic church used to be pretty liberal. Sheri Nov 2013 #37

yup. nt seabeyond Nov 2013 #38

agreed. well put. nt seabeyond Nov 2013 #13

wtf? whttevrr Nov 2013 #11

A terrible situation in a terrible context. enough Nov 2013 #15

Absolutely LiberalEsto Nov 2013 #19

The Haredi are by far the largest growing demographic in Israel LittleBlue Nov 2013 #33

Theoretically, if Haredis became the overwhelming majority LiberalEsto Nov 2013 #36

You win the thread. This is being done nationally by conservatives: freshwest Nov 2013 #40

Is there any major religion that does not have a systematic child abuse problem? Quantess Nov 2013 #30

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. PassingFair Nov 2013 #39

Good grief that's disturbing. polly7 Nov 2013 #43

Read Deborah Feldman's "Unorthodox." Brigid Nov 2013 #44

Rabbi Rosenberg's graphic descriptions are the outrage of a righteous man Hekate Nov 2013 #45

Are the parents aware? nm rhett o rick Nov 2013 #46

The article gives examples. Some parents become aware pnwmom Nov 2013 #48

That's kinda what I figured. I see that as a failing in some churches. They train people to rhett o rick Nov 2013 #51

There seems to be a pretty stark difference here because of the extremes pnwmom Nov 2013 #53

I agree that the Catholic Church isnt as bad as this case, but rhett o rick Nov 2013 #60

The post Vatican 2 generation of young Catholics didn't get that kind pnwmom Nov 2013 #61

Where is civil law in all of this? And why are the women subjecting pnwmom Nov 2013 #49

When a community is this insular, with its own court system etc., secular authorities in most cases nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #54

Closed, rigidly patriarchal religious sects = abuse Warpy Nov 2013 #52

WTF is this bs? Matariki Nov 2013 #55

I read this thread earlier and wondered about the veracity. Nine Nov 2013 #58

I'm sure abuse happens in Orthodox Jewish communities same as everywhere else, tragically Matariki Nov 2013 #63

That's the sense I got too. Nine Nov 2013 #64

holhy shit, that's fucking horrible gopiscrap Nov 2013 #56

There seems to be a statistical correlation between extreme religious fundamentalism and Massively Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #57

sick rapists Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 #59

I am sick to death of children being forced to carry these burdens FedUpWithIt All Nov 2013 #62