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Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:00 AM

They called me a child pornographer

I took some photos of my kids naked on a camping trip. A drugstore employee called the police -- and my family's life became a living hell.

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Sunday, May 27, 2007 07:59 PM

Out of their minds

I was outraged by this. The social system is operating off of/riding the crest of society's fear and lack of sexual understanding, operating virtually unchecked, and with no basis in reason or logical thought. Anyone who stands against it appears to stand against protecting children, and are associated with or thought to be among the pedophiles.

I worked some time in the Human Services in my area, and am all too familiar with what the system REALLY does: destroys families, displaces children, and misses most of the REAL cases of abuse. So many times I have seen children ripped away from their parents, forced to live in an institution and then foster care, while we (those working in the system) KNEW the parent had done nothing wrong. But the bureaucracy and policy of the system left us with nothing to do to help. We simply had to proceed as though the parents were guilty.

Because that is how it is handled in the system: You ARE guilty BECAUSE OF the slightest suspicion cast upon you. Time has come for a cleansing and regulating of the Social Services System. The time has come when we should not feel afraid to confront a corrupt system, and be made to appear in league with the wrongdoers. The time has come for western society, and America and the UK specifically, to rethink human sexuality and the truth of "childhood", before we are driven further into a no-win, violence bound situation CAUSING children to get hurt.

Sunday, May 27, 2007 08:01 PM

Out of their minds

I was outraged by this. The social system is operating off of/riding the crest of society's fear and lack of sexual understanding, operating virtually unchecked, and with no basis in reason or logical thought. Anyone who stands against it appears to stand against protecting children, and are associated with or thought to be among the pedophiles.

I worked some time in the Human Services in my area, and am all to familiar with what the system REALLY does: destroy families, displace children, and miss most of the REAL cases of abuse. So many times I have seen children ripped away from their parents, forced to live in an institution and then foster care, while we (those working in the system) KNEW the parent had done nothing wrong. But the bureaucracy and policy of the system left us with nothing to do to help. We simply had to proceed as though the parents were guilty.

Because that is how it is handled in the system: You ARE guilty BECAUSE OF the slightest suspicion cast upon you. Time has come for a cleansing and regulating of the Social Services System. The time has come when we should not feel afraid to confront a corrupt system, and be made to appear in league with the wrongdoers. The time has come for western society, and America and the UK specifically, to rethink human sexuality and the truth of "childhood", before we are driven further into a no-win, violence bound situation CAUSING children to get hurt.

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