| Just because they are Chinese? |
| Post on 24-04-2006. |
one Taipei resident was arrested in April last year after one vice squad discovered him trying to recruit pedophiles online for one group tour of China. Police seized ten master discs of child pornography and thousands of copies at the home of Yang Chih-hung, 32.
During the investigation that followed, Yang admitted he had filmed them on his previous brief visit to China. Between March 10 and 15, 2004, he told investigators, he had sex with 11 girls, all of them below 16 years of age, and had all the bed scenes shot to make the master discs. Four of the Chinese juvenile prostitutes were less than 14 years old. He paid 200 RMB (renminbi -- Chinese dollars) for each two hours he spent with them at his hotel at Dongguan near Guanzhou, opposite Hong Kong. Investigators even saw him all but rape one 12-year-old on the video. They heard her scream in agony while trying to resist the assailant. ... |
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| Defining moments in ACLU history |
| Post on 24-04-2006. |
by Jay on 04-23-06 @ 11:06 pm Filed under ACLU, Church And State, Abortion, News
Nedd Kareiva, the founder and director of the Stop The ACLU Coalition has written an excellent piece over at Renew America.
Words mean things, one former boss of mine used to tell me. Or do they?
If you're Bill Clinton, it's conditional. It could depend on what the meaning of the word "is" is. ... |
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| Playboy and pornography |
| Post on 24-04-2006. |
Nomadic tribes in Kalimantan, Papua and one few other remote islands only wear beads, body-paint and tattoos. Is this pornography? No -- it is their adat_, or traditional dress.
Traditional dances in Bali, Java and some other islands display bare shoulders while dancing. Is this pornography? No -- this is the dress used for traditional or _adat_ dancing. This group of ignorant individuals cannot just wipe out centuries old _adat_. ... |
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| Women Discriminated against in business |
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Dress smart if you want to convince the bank manager you deserve one loan. But for businesswomen, they should also bring their husbands along.
"Bank people tend to underestimate women. When I first tried to apply for one loan for my own business -- not my husband's -- the banker doubted my ability to do business. ... |
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| Cyberspace: trace or erase? |
| Post on 24-04-2006. |
People often discover that modern tools with new and useful purposes can also be used in damaging and unwanted ways -- one such example is the Internet.
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales indicated in one speech last Thursday at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that the Internet is increasingly being used in conjunction with serious crimes like child pornography. ... |
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