I have never seen a news report dedicated to the dress of the Amish, Hassidic Jews, Buddhist Monks, or Krishna followers, indeed, I have not seen the media go out of their way to smear these people or their way of life, and yet it is open season on this sect currently in the news---why? For a culture that outwardly applauds diversity, I see a lot of prejudicial reporting geared at conformity lately.
I have seen the children of HUNDREDS of American Citizens be removed from their home on the "report" of abuse by ONE 16 year old girl. Can we all say "Police State"? Holy cripes, this is outrageous!
We have reports of a few girls in the sect who are underage being pregnant. HELLO! Have you compared this to the NATIONAL average? Are you even flipping aware that the United States has the highest Teen pregnancy rate in the WORLD? Do you think that in a "religious community" that this might somehow be different? Oy!
There was a report of the "Lost Boys" of Polygamy this morning. Again, without any comparison to the statistics of the greater society. You are aware that many teenage boys reach the age of 18 without a damn CLUE of what they will do with their lives, or the skills to enter the workforce. Holy cow, the bias and prejudice of the media while covering this story has reached new heights of idiocy.
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Let's take another "for instance" here, Why has the Government NOT taken a stronger stance and a wider investigation of the Roman Catholic Church, where child abuse, sexual abuse, etc. is even more widely reported?
How do we know any of these teen pregnancies were the result of sexual abuse and NOT merely teen curiousity and the result of sex with other teens in the community or even OUTSIDE of it?
The problem here is that despite all the "investigation" I have seen little in the way of FACT, a whole HELLUVA lot of assumptions, and in the end, bias reporting by the media.
What is truly sad is that if, in fact, none of it turns out to be true, if nothing is ever proven in a court of law, the only thing that will be remembered is the idiotic reports and speculations currently in the press.
If the Government is allowed to run willy nilly over the rights of its people, especially where religion is concerned then are we truly a free people?
Are we to now demand that the Catholic Church stop dressing women in those funny "habits" and subjecting them to what WE percieve as "a hard life" in the convent? What about that funny garb that the bishops and the Pope wears? Should we demand he "tune in" to today's society and wear a necktie and suit?
Are we to demand of these girls that they wear make-up and style their hair differently, because they "look older" than their years?
Where will it end? When we are all dressed in Grey and wearing funny hats?
These people live in homes -- each family has its own house, etc. But EVERY child was taken.
I am more concerned at this point about the long term psychological effects of the separation of all of these children from their parents, their home and the ONLY life they have known up to this point, and being suddenly, without explanation exposed to a life that is vastly different.
Who will answer for THAT abuse?
I for one wouldn't want to be the person who did nothing while the investigation that could last for many more months or maybe years lasts and then find out they where true and having to live with the knowledge that my actions caused more lasting sexual abuse when the children in question could've bee removed earlier.
Child sexual abuse should ALWAYS be taken seriously.