As cited in Ibn Abbas: The apes are Jews, the people of the Sabbath; while the swine are the Christians, the infidels of the communion of Jesus.
(The American Civil Liberties Union) is defending the North American Man-Boy Love Association in a $200 million civil lawsuit filed by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Curley. The Curleys claim that Charles Jaynes was driven by the literature and website of NAMBLA, an outfit that advocates sex between grown men and little boys, reportedly as young as age 8.
Jaynes did not simply read NAMBLA's materials and ponder its message. He and Salvatore Sicari actively sought a boy with whom to copulate. They picked 10-year-old Jeffrey Curley of Cambridge, Massachusetts. They lured him into their car as he played outside his home in October 1997. When Curley resisted their sexual advances, they choked him to death with a gasoline-soaked rag. Then they took the boy's body across state lines to Jayne's apartment in Manchester, New Hampshire. They molested the cadaver and stuffed it into a cement-filled Rubbermaid container. Finally, they crossed state lines again into Maine, whereupon they tossed Jeffrey Curley's remains into the Great Works River, from which it was recovered within days. Jaynes and Sicari were convicted of these crimes in 1998, for which they are serving life sentences.
So why blame NAMBLA? Is it any more responsible for this atrocity than is Vintage Books, the publisher of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita? Imagine that Jaynes and Sicari had read that 1955 novel about a middle-aged intellectual's affair with a 12-year-old girl. What if these two men found an equally young female who they abused and killed, just as they murdered Jeffrey Curley in real life? Putting aside the fact that Lolita is a work of fiction, would Vintage Books face civil justice?
Probably not, nor would NAMBLA if it limited its output to fictional depictions of "man-boy love." It is difficult to pin imaginary crimes on actual criminals who turn make-believe into mayhem
Police found publications from NAMBLA in Jaynes' car, where Jeffrey was killed, and a diary in Jaynes' apartment where he had written about seducing young boys and told how NAMBLA changed his life:
"This was a turning point in discovery of myself.... NAMBLA's Bulletin helped me to become aware of my own sexuality and acceptance of it," Jaynes wrote.
"As a result of reading a NAMBLA bulletin, he came to cope with his feelings and his desires and then he came to realize it's OK to rape little boys and that's what he went and did," Frisoli (the attorney for the boy's parents) claims.
One of NAMBLA's publications is titled The Survival Manual: The Man's Guide to Staying Alive in Man-Boy Sexual Relationships. According to to Frisoli, "Its chapters explain how to build relationships with children. How to gain confidence of children's parents. Where to go to have sex with children so as to not to get caught." Bill O'Reilly of Fox News added that the NAMBLA web site "actually posted techniques designed to lure boys into having sex with men and also supplied information on what an adult should do if caught."
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Incredibly, the ACLU's Massachusetts executive director, John Roberts said,"There was nothing in those publications [of NAMBLA] or web site which advocated or incited the commission of any illegal acts, including murder or rape." ACLU Massachusetts Legal Director John Reinstein added, "Regardless of whether people agree or abhor NAMBLA's views, holding the organization responsible for crimes committed by others who read their materials would greatly endanger First Amendment freedoms.
Then in an incredible leap of logic, Reinstein said, "The Supreme Court has made it clear that a speech or publication is protected under the First Amendment unless it is 'directed to inciting or promoting imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.'NAMBLA's materials are simply not in this category. (Emphasis mine.) While NAMBLA may extol conduct which is currently illegal, its materials fall far short of speech that may be prohibited.
A lawsuit filed today on behalf of author Studs Terkel and other Chicago-area professionals seeks to stop AT&T from giving customer phone records to the National Security Agency without warrants.
USA Today reported on May 11th that AT&T and other phone companies complied with an NSA request for millions of phone records after the September 11th attacks.
AT&T has said it's obliged to assist government agencies responsible for protecting the public, as allowed within the law.
Harvey Grossman of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois says the NSA program could interfere with the ability of lawyers to deal with their clients and doctors to communicate with patients. He says people will be less inclined to speak by phone if they think the government collects lists of the numbers they are calling.
Serbia was not adopting the proper social and economic reforms.
Every Friday at 2:45pm, Niles West Qur'an Study gives students the opportunity to perform Friday prayer and to increase their knowledge about Islam. All students, regardless of religious orientation, are encouraged to attend.
Meetings, Friday 2:45 Rm 2225
If Arnold Schwarzenegger had migrated to Mexico instead of the United States, he couldn't be a governor. If Argentina native Sergio Villanueva, firefighter hero of the Sept. 11 attacks, had moved to Tecate instead of New York, he wouldn't have been allowed on the force.
Even as Mexico presses the United States to grant unrestricted citizenship to millions of undocumented Mexican migrants, its officials at times calling U.S. policies "xenophobic," Mexico places daunting limitations on anyone born outside its territory.
In the United States, only two posts - the presidency and vice presidency - are reserved for the native born.
In Mexico, non-natives are banned from those and thousands of other jobs, even if they are legal, naturalized citizens.
My first complaint, heartbreak really, is that if you were to search her name on NOW's website, NOW.org, there is absolutely nothing whatsoever.
Bush Derangement Syndrome: the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency -- nay -- the very existence of George W. Bush.
The proposed ordinance would mandate retailers occupying at least 75,000 square feet and grossing $1 billion or more in annual revenues to pay all employees $10 per hour, plus $3 per hour in benefits, if they work at least five hours per week.
The current version of the ordinance, introduced in March by Ald. Joe Moore (49th), would apply to new and existing stores. It would reportedly impact at least 35 stores currently operating in Chicago--not only large discount chains like Target and Wal-Mart, but also stores like the Nike Town on North Michigan Avenue.
"I believe it's important that we set a floor beneath which no one can drop," Moore said. "Everyone deserves to be paid a decent wage and benefits that are sufficient to support themselves and their families, and keep them out of poverty."
"The communities, especially on the West Side of Chicago, are excited about opportunities for jobs. We need jobs. Our communities are filled with the young and the old standing on corners with nothing to do, some laid off from companies that have closed down or moved away, some ex-offenders looking for a new start," said Frankie Freenie of the Nobel Neighbors Association in Humboldt Park.
Drive around Austin and you'll see housing stock is in pretty good shape but the local retail is devastated. There's no local retail for Wal-Mart to put out of business. Any kind of investment can only do good for the neighborhood.
