A: Get her hair wet, slick it back, and she looks 11.
Yeah, I know, kind of creepy. And disconcertingly, there are guys who are even creepier, and who would substitute 10 and 7 for the ages in that joke. In fact, one of them is causing quite a stir in our normally tranquil Ellay.
The guy is Jack McClellan, and for those of you who don't know, he's a proud, self-proclaimed pedophile whose preference is for pre-pubescent girls, and he's been spotted sliming around the greater LA area for a couple of weeks now - everywhere from Santa Monica to Santa Clarita.
Hey little girl, wanna piece of candy?The thing is, he's not even trying to hide it. He's actively courted publicity by appearing on national news programs; he's started a website in which he rates parks, amusement parks, etc according to the amount and quality of little girls present and posts pictures of those that have given him a chubb; and he has openly defied public sentiment and wrath by not apologizing for himself. The police and courts can't do anything because, well, aside from being almost thoroughly repulsive Ole Jack hasn't actually done anything illegal. His website does not feature pornographic images or fantasy tales of children, and he has not been caught or accused of molestation.
It's a bit of a dilemma for the good people of LA, because they know this guy is a scumbag, but they can't do anything about or to him.
Surprisingly, politicians (who normally shy away from these easy, unequivocal, hot-button publicity-heavy issues) have been very vocal in their condemnation of Jackie-boy, and local community groups have taken to demanding that something be done to stop this guy. Unfortunately, seeing as how there's been no crime, posturing, shouting, and grandstanding are about all that can be done.
Unless some new laws get passed. Which is what some of the more aggressive folks are advocating in order to be sure that guys like Jack are stopped before they start. Now, I'm not convinced it would be double-plus good to start making what a guy thinks or any perversions he holds deep in his bosom a reason to make them an un-person. While the MiniTruth may assure us that only icky guys with icky thoughts would be busted this way, I just get uneasy having to trust O'Brien with the choice of who gets sent to Room 101 and who doesn't.
Big Brother loves youThe problem, however, is that in this age of ambiguous rainbow threat-levels, wild-eyed islamic boogeymen hiding in the shadows, nefarious illegal aliens coming to steal our jobs and destroy our language and cultural heritage, minorities daring to complain about things that offend them, homosexuals wanting to be allowed to marry thereby threatening to subvert our children and convert them to bestiality, and godless liberal traitors working to overthrow our Good and Pure country by not supporting our president during wartime, people are willing to allow laws passed which would criminalize thought. After all, it will help keep us safe, and besides, if you don't have these icky thoughts, you have nothing to fear.
Right?
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Yep, as icky as this guy is, I don't support thought control. I mean, if I did, I might want to arrest everyone online who makes physical threats and posts pics of weapons, and THAT would certainly be uncool. Responding to Jack's free speech with vigorous counter-speech is the way to go, just as with many other ickballs we may encounter who haven't actually done anything against the law that we know of (yet).
"It's a bit of a dilemma for the good people of LA, because they know this guy is a scumbag, but they can't do anything about or to him."
In other words, he's doing to L.A. what the White House is doing to the entire world.
There's a lot of buzz about him up here in Rain City too, since until he fled to LA, he was an unwelcome resident here. In the aftermath of the recent rape/murder of a young Ukrainian girl in Tacoma, people are especially anxious. It's natural we want to figure out a way to protect children by identifying these guys before they actually commit a crime. And maybe that's one of the "services" the internet provides: it creates a kind of global village in which the public can be made aware of potentially dangerous individuals and public censure can be focused on them. So at least they know they are being monitored and their activities are being scrutinized.
I have to add to the above, we have to keep in mind that thoughts and fantasies do not necessarily translate into deeds. And a good thing that is, too!
It is a tricky problem because apart from being creepy and not what we would term normal behaviour, he is not doing anything unlawful.
There are many things i see on the internet that i disagree strongly with but as Miz Uz & Constance mentioned, you cannot go around busting people for their thoughts however much we despise them.
I think the consensus is that while this guy is just completely repulsive, the idea of creating laws making thought, perversion, or ickiness a criminal offense is just wrong.
That being said, if this guy does get caught with his hand in the cookie-jar (so to speak), I doubt anyone will be too sympathetic if he were to get broken in two.
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