FBI targets pedophilia advocates

By Onell R. Soto
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
10:08 p.m. February 17, 2005

Little-known group promotes 'benevolent' sex
On its Web site and newsletters, the North American Man/Boy Love Association advocates sex between men and boys and cites ancient Greece to justify the practice.

It goes by the acronym NAMBLA, and the FBI has been following it for years, linking it to pedophilia and recently infiltrating it with an agent successful enough to be asked to join the group's steering committee.

Law enforcement officials and mental health professionals say that while NAMBLA's membership numbers are small, the group has a dangerous ripple effect through the Internet by sanctioning the behavior of those who would abuse children.

"A lot of people who commit sexual crimes against children won't believe it is wrong," said Gregg Michel, a San Diego psychologist who interviews sex offenders for Superior Court sentencings. "An organization like this basically says it is not."

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050217-2208-manboy-daily.html

South Park did a great show on NAMBLA a few years ago.

..and then choose victims from a law enforement compiled book. And be prewarned about any investigation that might find you. Squash the investigation that does. Hide the investigation that gets too close.

Oh yes, make yourself appear to be tough on crime. That way no one will suspect you. Offer some group as a target, that way people look at them, not at you.

In other words, be a good RepubliCON.

on a regular basis Poppy was in office and there was a WH scandal involving orphaned male children and Midnight tours of the WH. Gary Caradori supposedly had EVIDENCE and witness testimony that one of these children fingered Poppy as being in attendance at a sex party. Caradori died in a fiery plane explosion along with his "son." before the wreckage was even cool the FBI raided his home and took all his records. NAMBLA is one SICK organization!

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Really. Wow.

"My biggest problem with it that, as children, half the membership may not fully understand what they're getting into by joining, which could mean molestation and rape, but I'm not sure that I find this particular organization any more appalling than organized religions, which have the same problems."

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Organized religion does not.

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Sigh, its an old, tired, dishonest one. BTW, I'm an Atheist and it still offends my intellect.

Bye.

...religion than there are NAMBLA members. At least attempt to be mathematically honest when comparing.

Secondly, organized religion does not exist to advocate pedophilia. NAMBLA does.

Also, though organized religion does not exist to advocate pedophilia, children are still molested due to the structure of organized religion, conditions that it creates in whose absense the molestation would not occur. The stated motives of organized religion are merely less honest in not recognizing this.

I guess we should stop that as well.

And, any intelligent human being cares about per capita ration when making comparisons. Use your brain and stop with the crocodile tears.

You are the one bringing parenthood into the argument. It isn't by my logic at all, as I was comparing human organizations, not human conditions. Also, your attempt to imply that I'm unintelligent for successfully addressing your statistical argument is much more of an irrational and juvenile emotional response than my assertion that molested children don't care about statistical relevance after the fact. That you would consider attempting to elevate your own intelligence by attacking mine shows just who is intellectually superior in this instance.

You have fun with that. I hope nobody bites and that you are left alone in your hatred.

Since it wasn't presented as a question or a poll, I assumed that the original poster was looking for peoples' opinions about the post. I gave mine, which you had enough of a problem with to start arguing with me about. Now that you are tired of arguing with me, you are trying to dismiss me. However, I still stand by my position. Now, you're excused.

Gimme a friggin break, religion has NADA to do with NAMBLA.

NAMBLA endorses OPENLY the molestation and exploitation of children.

I'm saying that NAMBLA and organized religion are both organizations whose members molest children. I am also saying that NAMBLA is more honest than organized religion by stating its practice where organized religion tries to hide the fact that, due to its organization and beliefs, child molesters are allowed to assume positions of power within them and molest more children with greater freedom and less risk than members of the FBI-monitored NAMBLA.

coach organizations or the organizations of school teachers around the globe.

Teachers, coaches, ice cream salesmen, parents, counselors, foster parents, babysitters, neighbors etc. all molest children. People who molest children place themselves in positions around "children" (where there is prey, there are predators.)

Not one church openly endorses molesting children as does NAMBLA so your statement is quite a stretch.

Why do I have to keep repeating what I did and didn't say? Re-read my posts, dropping your assumptions this time, then come back if you have something meaningful to say.

I'm not sure that I find this particular organization any more appalling than organized religions, which have the same problems.

I don't think it's reasonable to compare organized religion to NAMBLA, sorry. Doing so diminishes the fact that NAMBLA is ABOUT exploiting and harming children. Organized religion has a different goal.

Adding, I do understand your greater point. I just think it's a huge stretch to compare the two.

comprehension and should be removed from society. Period.

Get this:

"Membership costs $35 a year, according to the NAMBLA Web site. Prison inmates can join for free and get a subscription to the monthly newsletter that includes articles such as "Is Harry Potter Gay?" and "Letter from a Twelve-Year-Old." The organization links itself to the gay-rights movement, but mainstream gay organizations disavow such a parallel.

Delores A. Jacobs, who heads The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of San Diego, said her organization does not "support or in any way condone the sexual abuse or exploitation of minors by adults."

I hope they get each and every member of NAMBLA

I would argue that this is a better use of the FBI than the entire "drug war," but, then, I like smoking pot.

http://www.angelfire.com/tx/reachme/NAMBLA.html

Someone investigated this group in New York state.