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Last Updated: 3/1/04; 1:48:34 AM
BET.com: Did Marcus Dixon's punishment fit the crime? A very interesting forum (again!)... I think I made some points that hadn't really been made (not particularly surprising, since I am a radical--I mean, what percentage of Americans do you figure go around espousing the idea that statuatory rape laws are an indication of the fact that people under 18 are denied basic civil rights in this country?!). ;) What I think Jan 26 2004 10:56:53PM Greetings to all. Here is what I think: -> I think that Marcus' size, the fact that the girl had some vaginal bruising (hello folks, if a small woman chooses to loose her virginity to a large man, it's probably going to result in some vaginal bruising--duh!), the fact that he had turned 18, and the fact that she had not yet turned 16 are all irrelevant to the case in terms of how it should have been tried in a just world. The relevant facts are simple: a) the sex was consentual; and b) they were both students in high school, thus peers; therefore, no crime of any kind was committed by Marcus. -> I think that the only reason the case came to trial in the first place is because of racism. ... 10 years in prison for consentual sex—only in America (*and other fundamentalist theocracies) Check out this visitor to my blog... VISITOR ANALYSIS Hopefully just a UU who happens to work for the Federal Reserve or something! Kinda scary though. Of course I'm probably on someone's list somewhere, especially since I was harassed by some federal cops in Sacramento (after the protest back in June of last year against the WTO biotech ministerial)... (If you want to know all about who's visiting your blog or website, you can sign up at StatCounter too, but you'll have to wait until the get more servers in February...) Kofi Annan on the "War on Terrorism" [ABC News] ...in unusually blunt criticism apparently aimed at the Bush administration, [Annan] said that the war against terror also carried the risk of aggravating such tensions, "as well as raising concerns about protection of human rights and civil liberties." The war on terror also has redirected world attention "dangerously away" from other pressing concerns such as poverty, hunger and disease, Annan said, adding that it was "time to rebalance the international agenda." "The most privileged members" of the United Nations, he said, were "currently and understandably preoccupied with terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. (But) the U.N. must also protect millions of our fellow men and women from the more familiar threats of poverty, hunger and deadly diseases." ... My comments: Yeah for Kofi Annan! Leave it to the Bush administration and the average US citizen to be utterly unaware of and unconcerned about the perspective and needs of the majority of the world... The fundamentalist government of Iran sucks, and I support all movements to oust it, but even its foreign minister knows that the Bush regime is one of the world's "most dangerous"! Regime Change Begins at Home!! P.S.
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