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Re: Sex Crimes
Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com)
Thu, 10 Oct 1996 21:57:14 -0800
omar shafey wrote:
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> In article <325DB10D.3BE4@megafauna.com>, steve@megafauna.com wrote:
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> > Bill Miller wrote:
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> > > In article <53h9ij$5gq@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, bterr@aol.com (Bterr) wrote:
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> > > > Cross gender assault exists in Western and non-Western cultures alike.
> > > > However, any attempt to discuss sexual homicide would require a very
> > > > precise definition of terms. All I can really say at this point is that
> > > > it appears to be on the increase in contemporary America, at least as it
> > > > is currently understood and defined by law enforcement authorities and the
> > > > courts.
> > >
> > > I am specifically interested in whether it is only in Western civilization
> > > that pedophilia exists and is such a problem.
> >
> > No way. In some traditional Islamic cultures (I'm thinking specifically
> > of North Africa) adult men and young boys commonly have sexual
> > relations, and no one thinks much of it.
> >
> > Steve Barnard
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> As another Judeo-Christian religion based on the Old Testament, Islam does
> not condone sex between men and boys, men and men, women and women or
> unmarried men and women. If you have a reliable reference to the assertion
> made above regarding "traditional Islamic cultures" please provide it. If
> you cannot provide an authoritative reference then please desist from
> making grossly ignorant comments about cultures, especially those to which
> you do not subscribe, a habit which continues to give anthropologists a
> bad reputation as insensitive racists.
As I replied to you by email, my reference is the evidence of my own
eyes. It is irrelevant whether Islam condones or comdemns the
practice. Christianity condemns adultery, but it is extremely common in
Christian societies. My hunch, and it's just a hunch, is that the
common Moslem practice of polygamy has the effect of promoting
homosexuality. (And I'm not expressing any value judgement, for or
against.)
Steve Barnard
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