Paedophile Imperialism

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PostPaedophile Imperialism
by Cal » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:27 pm

Spiked.com on the undignified spectacle of opportunistic Home Secretary Jacqui Smith quickly jumping on the Glitter Band Wagon last week to start amending our basic civil rights at home and abroad 'in the name of the children!'...

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The British government is exploiting the odious Gary Glitter to smash freedom of movement and hector governments in the Third World.

Be it terrorism, or now child abuse, the politics of fear is one export that Western governments have a monopoly in producing.

The reckoning is still to come. Having been freed after serving 27 months in a Vietnamese prison for committing obscene acts with two girls then aged 11 and 12, 64-year-old Paul Gadd, otherwise known as ‘pop-star paedo’ Gary Glitter, was due to arrive in the UK this morning.

If his case ‘proves’ anything, it is that the paedophile panic, so passionately indulged by our leaders, is a threat to the sanity of society and to civil liberties, too.

This is dangerous stuff. Activists and officials seem keen to use the politics of fear to meddle in other, apparently untrustworthy states. Internationalised, the paedophile panic paints other countries as cesspits of abuse and slavery, and it permits the massive simplification of genuine problems of child exploitation.

As the media’s eyes focus on Gary Glitter and what he will do next, those of us concerned about justice, freedom and social sanity might do better to keep an eye on the Glitter-obsessed Home Office.

Tim Black is senior writer at spiked.


Full report (a very interesting read) here:

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php? ... icle/5600/

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PostRe: Paedophile Imperialism
by Eighthours » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:29 pm

Cal, I never knew that your name was Tim Black. Now I do.

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PostRe: Paedophile Imperialism
by Octoroc » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:36 pm

That has to be one of my all-time favourite thread titles.

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PostRe: Paedophile Imperialism
by Commander Jameson » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:38 pm

This all now par for the course. I don't see any successive governments changing this either. Every time someone says 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear' I die a little inside.

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PostRe: Paedophile Imperialism
by Octoroc » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:41 pm

Commander Jameson wrote:This all now par for the course. I don't see any successive governments changing this either. Every time someone says 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear' I die a little inside.


True, but then as a recreational drug user I actually DO have something to hide. :lol:

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PostRe: Paedophile Imperialism
by TheTurnipKing » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:43 pm

This is doubly hilarious as it seems that your average politician has more than average to hide.

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PostRe: Paedophile Imperialism
by Pan » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:49 pm

Cal wrote: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith


Aston Villa season ticket holder. Not all bad then.

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PostRe: Paedophile Imperialism
by Extralife » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:51 pm

I started reading without looking at the author and got down a paragraphy before thinking "This is Cal again, isn't it?" and scrolling up to check. :lol:

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PostRe: Paedophile Imperialism
by Chris » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:52 pm

Pan wrote:
Cal wrote: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith


Aston Villa season ticket holder. Not all bad then.


:lol: Don't tell them that!

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PostRe: Paedophile Imperialism
by Alvin Flummux » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:55 pm

Anung Un Rama wrote:If he is a "Pop-Star Paedo"

Can i be the "Duke of Date Rape"


I'll be the Mayor of Mongling. :D


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