The picture has no relation to the story below. It is picture I found on my Dell computer hard drive. I am using it to symbolize what some of us may think an American family may look like. Or, should look like. Again, this is NOT THE FAMILY OF THE STORY BELOW.....By Hari Seldon
It is not often that I react on impulse. However, click on this link here>> CNN News story makes me wonder what is happening to those values, ideas, and beliefs. It makes me question who we are as a people. This is what I mean.
Is the story a symptom of the times? Or have we as a culture, as community of individuals just hidden these perverse crime stories? Has the Internet change the nature of secrecy? Has the Internet changed the expectation of privacy? Or are we and do we expect the same level of privacy with the Internet? Can we? My immediate reaction to these are—No. But on some level, the Internet can be a closed community. Groups, cultures, and counter-cultures, and corporate entities and interests are a mixed in this convoluted world of globalization is responsible for this type of pandering. This couple felt comfortable enough with the “perceived virtual world” of the Internet of “anything goes” that they thought a raping of their three year old child was acceptable.
So, what I am going to do here is instead of letting myself expound on this issue, I will let you, the community of bloggers, speak of this issue. What do you think this means for our culture? What does it say about us as a nation? Is this acceptable behavior? Etc….. I will publish all comments. If you wish to do a post, or to add additional information, email me at gksden@gmail.com, and I will send you an invite from Blogger.com and I will give the first 20 persons to do so 30 Blogexplosion credits.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
11 comments:
The link is not working, it has one too many http://
http://http//www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/07/30/family.rape.ap/index.html
Anyone wanting to view the article may right click and copy link, paste it and then delete the first http:// before hitting GO or return.
Oops, I fixed it-yall. Thnx CC
Unfortunately, incest is as family oriented as bible reading.
Traditionally it was the male that committed the incest, as was in my family. It is unusual that a mother be involved, but but women are not immune to being mentally ill.
That is what incest is, a mental illness. The abuser was usually abused as a child and it just cycles through generations.
I think they should both be shot, but we will probably house them at public expense of $30,000 a year in a prison.
Funny, we spent far less than that per pupil to education our children. Now, that says something about our society.
FYI - I had to search on CNN to find the story.
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I think that as life and living become more complex, people become more perverse. I had not seen the story you linked to and frankly, I was glad about it. You can't help but wonder what sick things went on between mom and dad in their lives.
I taught an elementary school aged child maybe 20 years ago whose Aunt held her down while her Uncle raped her. My own personal view is that the sickness has always been there - look at Sodom and Gommorah - but now we find out about it more easily.
Only 30 credits? Write your own copy, Mister, you're cheap.
I don't think that the internet had anything to do with the man's behavior. I think that eventually he would have found someone to swap video with or a pal to continuously rape children together. I think that the internet is a useful tool but is introduced way to early in life. I remember having to go to the library and research, now our children use the internet as acceptable "resources". Our society is teaching our children to be lazy and take the easy way out. Because of this I think that the vices of pornography are more readily available and at an earlier change. It could be a contributing factor to behavior becoming possible worse, but it is by no means the cause of degenerate thinking. I think the roots are a little deeper than that. I think there should be stricter regulations on the net. If you have a pornographic site, then you are not allow to remain "virtual".
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ps...I think you should change the picture b/c it isn't relative to the story and as a mother...I wouldn't want someone to mistakely associate that pic with the story.
Good comments by you Ellie, I believe you have a point. The Net is just another resource to be exploited. Tools of a society are neither "good" or "bad" it is how they applied that such "judgment values" are attached.
Thank you for your feedback
I am pretty sure these people were doing sick and twisted stuff to their kids before they got that AOL cd in the mail. The internet just helped them find friends with common interests a little easier.
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