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- arrogantprick, on 11/01/2007, -4/+359We're no longer innocent until proven guilty.
- DruSam, on 11/01/2007, -2/+286This country is living in complete fear. Fear is outweighing logic. This needs to stop right now.
- inactive, on 11/01/2007, -4/+203It is amazing how successful the years of media propaganda on child abductions and molestations have been.
- CaponeX, on 11/01/2007, -3/+136This won't end well.
- tantheman67, on 11/01/2007, -1/+120I am a 24 year old guy and i think twice about taking my little brother out to the mall or my niece out to the playground. even smiling at a child that is staring at me in the mall or walking around i feel like i will be labeled a sexual predator
- iceman0113, on 11/01/2007, -1/+117This is ridiculous. What about divorced parents? Father's won't be able to be fathers because they shouldn't be left alone with their own children? How about crossing the street? "Why aren't you holding my hand while we cross the street?" "I'll be called a pedophile if I do so."
Good ***** game Virginia. - inactive, on 11/01/2007, -2/+117While I understand trying to protect children, at the same time, way to encourage fathers, or any potential male role models, from being involved in children's upbringing. Contrary to radical feminism, this is in fact putting women solely in charge of child-rearing. Only a woman is allowed to be seen with a small child and not thought of as a pedophile.
- indyGuy, on 11/01/2007, -0/+111Sorry, but as a parent, I say UN-*****-BELIEVABLE.
- Cloned, on 11/01/2007, -0/+91I used to work for an afterschool program for kids. I loved it. And both the kids and my coworkers loved me. Summer came, and I went to apply at a kids camp to be a counselor. I thought they were going to hire me right away because of my experience. You know what they told me? "We are being very cautious with accepting male caretakers right now. If we do hire you, you will only be able to work with the older kids and you must be in the presence of a female caretaker when you are with any of the children."
***** that. - bakajoe, on 10/11/2007, -3/+90Thats right only Men can abuse kids. Women would never do a bad thing.
- Hetman, on 11/01/2007, -5/+83You cant win if your a man. Hang out with your children you are branded a pedophile. Dont hang out with your children you are branded a deadbeat dad. There really is no reason to stick around after you have planted your seed.
- PamalaLauren, on 11/01/2007, -0/+74I think what's more disturbing is that a man's life can be potentially ruined by someone who thinks he doesn't look right to be holding a childs hand. My mom doesn't understand why my husband has a hard time even cleaning my daughters private areas. I know exactly why because should someone see him (if he's changing her diaper in a bathroom or in the trunk, yes we have a area in the trunk for that) they might assume he's molesting her. It's sad that fathers can't be fathers without fear of being accused of abuse.
I don't think it's feminism so much as it's people who've been molested or abused as children now overreacting because no one protected them. - abdrahman, on 10/11/2007, -17/+87"We are a generation of men who have been raised by women", as I believe the quote goes. Women have now corrupted men to think as irrationally as they do; everything is about emotion and fear, not about rationality and logic... then people wonder why this country is ***** up.
- auxplage, on 11/01/2007, -0/+63My girlfriend and I baby sat a few kids before for a few hours (They were all over 4). When the parents of the various children arrived back home one of the little girls said that I refused to let her use the bathroom.
I seriously thought that they were going to press charges or something. My girlfriend assured them that I did no such thing.
Guys cannot be around children alone. EVER. There has to be at least one female there to make "we are not doing anything inappropriate."
I am never watching kids again for anybody. - sactoeric, on 11/01/2007, -0/+59I'm about to be a father for the first time and reading this is seriously breaking my heart. What kind of world do we live in where a father can't love, care and protect his child without fear of being thought a pervert. The real perverts here are those who thought up this campaign!
- abdrahman, on 11/01/2007, -0/+56I don't even help kids get up after they trip, or even ask if they are okay anymore; I know their parents probably think I am an *****, but I am not going to risk getting labeled a sexual predator because I helped a five year old girl who was hurt.
- Battlecry, on 10/11/2007, -5/+60Depends on if she's riding frontwards or backwards :)
- Easty, on 10/11/2007, -1/+49A win for moral panic!
- shadowkiller137, on 10/11/2007, -3/+49frankly this is *****
- NikoKun, on 11/01/2007, -1/+43When I was a kid, if I did something wrong... I got spanked... It was scary as a kid, but i got over it, and i learned not to be a spoiled brat, or not to break things... XD
These days if a parent spanks their child, they'd get arrested for child abuse and the stupid child services takes the children away and puts them in foster homes... -_- Stupid *****... I'm not saying violently punishing children is right... but there is a limit, and these groops claiming "child protection", probably harm more lives than they save... -_- - HexeL, on 11/01/2007, -3/+43So no man can any longer display affection towards any children? Even those he's related to?
We men have to start pushing back against these fear mongers or we're all going to be labeled rapists ever more blatantly. - mortigon, on 10/11/2007, -1/+39This is yet another way to start a witch hunt
- BobbyMC, on 07/21/2008, -0/+37Ah, the Peppy defense. As long as someone "trusts their instincts" the end result is irrelevant.
Shrewd. I think any attorney would be hard pressed to barrel roll their way out of this air tight logic trap. - KanosWRX, on 10/11/2007, -0/+37I agree, the odd thing is, why do we hear so many stories about women teachers having sex with their students??? Seriously the people that come up with these things need to be put on a shuttle and sent to the sun!
- gunnar3, on 10/11/2007, -0/+37Very Orwellian, "Only you can stop thought crime!"
- geometry, on 10/11/2007, -4/+39No, but that makes you a pussy. LOL j/k
- davidrools, on 10/11/2007, -1/+34FTA: "Rebecca Odor, who directs the sexual and domestic violence prevention division..."
she stinks - rnwen2750, on 10/11/2007, -3/+34Okay, so I agree with your statement in a way. I would say that we have lost our hope in innocence as a society. I mean, WTH? Holding their daughter's hand? I hold my mom's hand. Does that make her a pervert?
- trer, on 10/11/2007, -2/+32So I should let a car hit my daughter as we're crossing the street because if I hold her hand to keep her safe, I'm a child molester.
- ROFLance, on 11/01/2007, -1/+31'We want to teach them to trust their instinct and, if it doesn't smell right, take action,' Odor said.
- superyounan1, on 10/11/2007, -1/+31so now when I have kids, I need to look around and make sure no one is watching before I give them a hug or kiss? or else same imaginative wacko looking out their window is going to pick up the phone have ruin my life and reputation?
- johnhummel, on 10/11/2007, -0/+26No kidding! I mean, it's not like you see attractive 20 to 30 something teachers sleeping with their male students -
Oh, wait. - Battlecry, on 10/11/2007, -6/+31... You are what you eat? :)
- mgalovic, on 10/11/2007, -1/+26The family law courts are so extremely biased to begin with, this is just another nail in the coffin of the father's rights movement. Here is the way this is going to work: someone will incorrectly suspect a father / grandfather with their daughter / granddaughter as a child abuser, the courts will grant a temp injunction which will at the very least smear the adults name until the backed up court gets around to a hearing 1 to 2 weeks later. Here's the why: in the eyes of the American public, a dead or abused woman or child is way worse than a dead man so it's ok to trample a man's rights as long as the former doesn't occur.
- nipterink, on 10/11/2007, -3/+28well i'm sure he's still presumed innocent. it's just overly cautious.
what happens if she's ridding on his shoulders? - islingt0ner, on 10/11/2007, -2/+26I laugh at the world we live in. what else can I do?
- Yage2006, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24The U.S is getting waaaaaaaaaaaaay to uptight.
- KanosWRX, on 10/11/2007, -2/+23Wow Virginia really is working hard to become the worst Freaking state in the Country. First the Civil fines for traffic offenses that can bankrupt the poor, now this. It just disgusts me to say I live in Virginia now. When will it end.
- rnwen2750, on 10/11/2007, -2/+22... But I'm a girl so that makes me... ;)
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -46/+66This is just an example of radical feminism, from decades of "every man is a rapist" BS on the liberal university campus to official mainstream policy and the national psyche.. It may be well intentioned but it's misdirected too. Gay men are far, far disproportionately represented as pedophiles.
- esac, on 10/11/2007, -3/+22Mirror: http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=857
- wishninja, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20We used to have a constitution that protected us against this.
- joklem, on 11/01/2007, -1/+19In my time my father would have spanked my ass and I would have behaved. Nowadays, you see mothers with kids that do what they want and they do nothing about it. This is why the society is getting more and more on the side of pussypower.
- BAKER, on 10/11/2007, -2/+20So would it racist if the billboard had a black man in a Ferrari with the tag "It doesn't seem right with him driving that." ?
It's pretty obvious what the billboard is portraying. - BenKenobi88, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18No, the ad seems to imply that seeing a parent holding hands with a child might look suspicious because of the physical contact, because the parent is touching the child, which could mean the parent sexually abuses the child.
Which is just ridiculous. - BAKER, on 11/01/2007, -1/+18Being told that I can't spend time with little girls in my distant family because of my gender is one of the most hurtful experiences in my life.
I love kids and wanted to pursue a career in early childhood education. My high school counselor tried talking me out of it because "people might think you are up to something".
It's ridiculous people don't see the blatant sexism in child care. And this billboard just enforces that. - renegadeafk, on 11/01/2007, -0/+17That's ***** ridiculous
- EXreaction, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17That is one hell of a double post...
3 hours in between the exact same post you made before. - johnhummel, on 10/11/2007, -4/+20No, it only shows a man and a child holding hands with the tag line "It doesn't feel right when I see them together". Now, if they had shown, say, a child with a sad face and something saying "I know that something's wrong, but don't want to get involved", or something like that - fine. The basic message of "Hey, if you think a child is being abused, don't turn away and act like a douche - report the pedophile!" is fine. But "Look - hand holding is teh evil!" is overkill, and frankly silly.
- funkypenquin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Please take note that there is contact info , at the bottom of site for both the newspaper that reported this and to the government official in charge of this campaign . Please use you collected voices of outrage for something positive.
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