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Monday, November 15, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Aung San Suu Kyi Meets With Her Joyful People November 2010
is this not what we have been waiting for for so long?
"After 10 minutes, she appeared, in a lavender top, only her face and shoulders visible above the fence. The crowd roared. Here was the excitement, the enthusiasm of the Burmese people, so palpably missing from last week's election, embodied in a smiling 65-year-old woman, standing on a chair at her front gate, with flowers in her hair." from /burma-aung-san-suu-kyiVideo, Pics and Slideshows HERE.
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| Aung San Suu Kyi http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Hostage-Burmas-Prisoner-Conscience/dp/1602392668 |
from guardian.co.uk World news Web
i show the entire article because things tend to disappear from archives.
Aung San Suu Kyi Crowds push past the barricades as Aung San Suu Kyi is freed
Children danced, monks meditated and after sustained applause
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to supporters for the first time in years
Jack Davies in Rangoon guardian.co.uk, Saturday 13 November 2010 18.13 GMT
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters after being released from house arrest. Photograph: Mizzima News/EPA  |
| Aung San Suu Kyi Speaks to Crowd November 2010 |
In longyis and sandals, Aung San Suu Kyi's supporters ran the 400 yards to the front gate of her home. One woman, a portrait of "The Lady" pinned to her shirt, wept as she ran, calling out her name. They pushed against the ancient, sagging bamboo fence, singing and chanting, "long live Aung San Suu Kyi".
Despite years of house arrest, and the long hours yesterday waiting for the release order to finally come, inside her lakeside compound her inner circle were not prepared. They begged the crowd to sit and to be patient while they found something for their leader to stand on.
After 10 minutes, she appeared, in a lavender top, only her face and shoulders visible above the fence. The crowd roared. Here was the excitement, the enthusiasm of the Burmese people, so palpably missing from last week's election,
embodied in a smiling 65-year-old woman,
standing on a chair at her front gate, with flowers in her hair.
Over the noise of several thousand people pressing against the fence, Burma's most eloquent democracy campaigner could barely be heard. It was a full five minutes before the crowd allowed her even the chance to speak. Still, her words were lost to most.
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke only briefly, telling those gathered that she would offer more detail today at a press conference at the offices of her banned party, the National League for Democracy. "There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk. People must work in unison. Only then can we achieve our goal," she told the crowd to huge, sustained, applause.
This was a day that had begun with so much anticipation, but which threatened so much disappointment. For months, 13 November had been put forward as the date of her release, with increasing certainty. Even the junta, notoriously coy about its plans and barely believable anyway, had as much as confirmed she would be released then. "She will be released for sure as planned. We are just waiting for the time to release her," a military source had said.
Many thought she would be released early, so they came in the morning to wait. But as the long day progressed, and grew hotter, her supporters grew dispirited. They sought the shade on the edge of the road, and talked in tight groups, worried that they'd been deceived by the junta again. That she wasn't coming out. Not today. Not at all. In the early afternoon, two more platoons of police marched to the roadblock and took up positions behind the barbed wire. Dressed in riot gear and carrying shotguns, they were not taken as an encouraging sign. Other officers tightly bound the roadblock barricades with extra wire.
But by mid-afternoon, confidence had swelled again, spurred by rumours that her release was imminent. As word spread, the crowd of a bare few hundred swelled to several thousand, and began to push towards the barrier.
The order came, and the crowd pushed to Aung San Suu Kyi's house. "We are happy. She is free. The Lady is free," one man said. A taxi driver said all of Burma would celebrate. "For a long time I have supported Aung San Suu Kyi. Tomorrow, I won't drive. I'll go to hear her [speak at NLD headquarters]. She is good for Burma. She is our true leader. Not the government, Aung San Suu Kyi."
University Avenue, for so long a symbol of the junta's isolation and oppression, became the scene of a celebration, equal parts vigil and party, as thousands flocked to the democracy icon's gate.
Monks, the target of the military regime's last violent crackdown in 2007, cheered and clapped, while others wept or meditated. In the city, streets were filled with cars beeping horns. On one street corner, two children danced, singing Aung San Suu Kyi's name.
This day was momentous for Burma, but it is what happens next that is important. For all of her personal following, after seven years of isolation Aung San Suu Kyi faces a different political landscape. The country has just completed an election she was not a part of. With her National League for Democracy party banned, she is no longer the head of a recognised political organisation.
What role does she wish to play in Burma's future? And what role will she be allowed? Since she was first arrested in June 1989, her brief spells of freedom have been marred by rigid restrictions on her movement and her right to associate. She has railed against them in the past, without success. In 2000, she spent six days in her car at a military roadblock after being stopped from leaving Rangoon, the standoff only ending when she was put back under house arrest.
Since being "freed" yesterday, Aung San Suu Kyii has still not left her house. No indication has been given yet as to what conditions the military have imposed upon her liberty, and whether she will accept them.
Through lawyer U Nyan Win, she has indicated she is not interested in compromise, or accommodating the wishes of a military regime which jailed her three times and still holds more than 2,100 political prisoners. "The Lady will defy," he told the Observer. "She will not accept conditions from the regime. She must see her people, she is a politician, the people love to see her free, and she wants to meet with her people."
That her first move today will be to speak to the press and the public suggests she wants a role, formal or not, in her country's politics. That she is doing it from the offices of her now-banned party suggests she is still unafraid."
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| Aung San Suu Kyi |
1988 Leaves husband and two sons in Oxford and travels to Rangoon to care for her critically ill mother.
8 August Series of marches protesting against the ruling Burma Socialist Programme party, known as the 8888 uprisings.
26 August Makes a speech in Rangoon saying she "could not, as my father's daughter, remain indifferent to all that was going on". Travels the country calling for peaceful democratic reforms.
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| Aung San Suu Kyi, center, with parents and brothers 1947 |
18 September Demonstrations are brutally suppressed as the army seize power.
1989 Placed under house arrest as the junta declares martial law.
1990 National League for Democracy wins national elections, despite the fact thatAung San Suu Kyi is disqualified from standing. Military disregards the result.
1991 Awarded the Nobel peace prize.
1995 Released from house arrest but her movements are restricted.
2000-02 House arrest imposed again after she tries to travel to a rally in Mandalay.
May 2003 Just over a year since her "unconditional release", she is imprisoned after clashes between NLD and junta forces.
September 2003 Following medical treatment she is allowed home from prison under effective house arrest.
September 2007 Greets protesting Buddhist monks in her first public appearance since 2003.
May 2008 House arrest extended for another year.
May 2009 Charged with breaking detention rules after an American swims to her compound.
August 2009 Sentenced to 18 months further house arrest.
13 November 2010 Released from house arrest.
Remind you of anything?
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| Tank Man China Human Rights |
I found this recently searching about: http://www.jonsonchong.com/site/2007/10/04/my-last-conversation-with-aung-san-suu-kyi-by-john-pilger/
but i cannot say how valid it is. have to do some more checking
excellent link here:
Released! Burma's Corrupt Mad Men Relent, Aung San Suu Kyi Freed.
Finally! Burma's Corrupt leaders, who live as kings while the people are in poverty, have allowed the political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi her freedom. (Excellent video from 2009 embedded below)
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/burma601/profile_kyi.html
The History: Crackdown in Myanmar (Burma)
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/burma601/profile_kyi.html
“It is not enough merely to call for freedom, democracy and human rights. There has to be a united determination to persevere in the struggle; to make sacrifices in the name of enduring truths; to resist the corrupting influences of desire, ill will, ignorance and fear.” - Aung San Suu Kyi from her 1991 book, Freedom From Fear
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| Aung San Suu Kyi |
The History: Crackdown in Myanmar (Burma)
Release Video & More HERE.
There is an amazing story of sacrifice here. Take the time to read about her family.
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| lady of sacrifice-Aung San Suu Kyi |
Aung San Suu Kyi, Nonviolence and Links to Videos
Here is Aung San Suu Kyi on Nonviolence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1ZlLd1fnxU&feature=related
Here is the U.N. Peace Prize Ceremony:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9LizSi4zc&feature=related
Hear her son at this ceremony rebuke the violent with nonviolence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR_e9mvaMMY&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4zs0T335NY&feature=related
Here is the U.N. Peace Prize Ceremony:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9LizSi4zc&feature=related
Hear her son at this ceremony rebuke the violent with nonviolence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR_e9mvaMMY&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4zs0T335NY&feature=related
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| aung san suu kyi in center, with family |
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| Young Aung San Suu Kyi |
aung san suu kyi released november 2010
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| Aung San Suu Kyi Freed |
Selfishness, Greed, Lust for Power and Control: Micro and Macro. Long Live Aung San Suu Kyi!
"Very little is known about Myanmar’s paramount leader, Senior General Than Shwe.
Than Shwe on Armed Forces Day Myanmar’s capital of Naypyidaw on March 27.
A reclusive hardliner who often refuses to speak with Western leaders, he has presided over Myanmar’s disintegration into one of Asia’s most dysfunctional economies and a nation plagued by human rights abuses, including the use of forced labor to enrich the military and its allies, according to human rights groups around the world. His hatred of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi , Myanmar’s leading opposition figure, is said to be so intense that he will not allow her name to be spoken in his presence. " from full article here: wsj article
When will world leaders actually stand up for something and make it happen? Why doesn't the U.N. just FLOOD Burma with people laden with good things- send a couple hundred thousand volunteers in with food, music, blankets, medicines books, etc.
Micro and Macro
The release of Aung Sun Suu Kyi: Here
A reclusive hardliner who often refuses to speak with Western leaders, he has presided over Myanmar’s disintegration into one of Asia’s most dysfunctional economies and a nation plagued by human rights abuses, including the use of forced labor to enrich the military and its allies, according to human rights groups around the world. His hatred of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi , Myanmar’s leading opposition figure, is said to be so intense that he will not allow her name to be spoken in his presence. " from full article here: wsj article
When will world leaders actually stand up for something and make it happen? Why doesn't the U.N. just FLOOD Burma with people laden with good things- send a couple hundred thousand volunteers in with food, music, blankets, medicines books, etc.
Micro and Macro
The release of Aung Sun Suu Kyi: Here
Friday, November 12, 2010
Where Are the Lines of Human Decency? From Burma's Mad Men to Ben Roethlisberger's Shame or, " lead all souls to heaven"
(Aung San Suu Kyi RELEASED !)
Burma's Mad Men relent-more HERE.
With the possiblity of the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, it brings us all to the question of honor, sacrifice and truth in our own lives and in our cultures.
(Her name is Aung San Suu Kyi (pronounced Ong San Soo Chee). She was born on June 19, 1945 in Rangoon. Her father, General Aung San, is well known for his involvement in obtaining Burma's independence and his plan for democracy in Burma. He was assassinated on July 19, 1947, along with six other councilor members during an executive council meeting. Suu Kyi was only two years old then. ) more HERE
The issue of honor and respect for the personal sovereignty of each individual is the ultimate question for governments; that issue broken wide open in modern times with the Amercan resolution that we are endowed by a Creator with unquestionable rights. It took some time for intelligence, common sense and emotional factors to recognize this meant ALL humans. Early learning dies hard.
As an advocate for victims of sexual violence, The Culture is obviously of greater importance in the bigger picture than any individual case. If we consider our American Culture, and as i see the headlines each day i want ask: Men- what do you think the line is? Where is the honor of American men? How do you define--for example-- sexual consent?
law:(Consent HERE)
Let's talk about what kind of men
other men think
finally cross the line.
Let's look into what we accept, what we do not in our culture. Let's compare our culture to others to whom we think we are superior - and to the ideal to which we aspire.
When i ask my students, particularly the males, "do men know when they are being brutish, thuggy, crossing the line, acting badly?" 99% of them answer, YES.
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The following information and more may be found HERE
Did anyone listen to espn sports radio at 6 ish last night?
Burma's Mad Men relent-more HERE.
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| Aung San Suu Kyi |
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| at age 2 |
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| http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Hostage-Burmas-Prisoner-Conscience/dp/1602392668 |
As an advocate for victims of sexual violence, The Culture is obviously of greater importance in the bigger picture than any individual case. If we consider our American Culture, and as i see the headlines each day i want ask: Men- what do you think the line is? Where is the honor of American men? How do you define--for example-- sexual consent?
law:(Consent HERE)
Let's talk about what kind of men
other men think
finally cross the line.
Let's look into what we accept, what we do not in our culture. Let's compare our culture to others to whom we think we are superior - and to the ideal to which we aspire.
When i ask my students, particularly the males, "do men know when they are being brutish, thuggy, crossing the line, acting badly?" 99% of them answer, YES.
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| What kind of men do we honor? Who are our models? |
That is, among male college students asked in co-ed classes,
"when men "take" or control a woman, when they force sexual interaction, when they push and take and bully a woman until they have taken what they want-- Do They Know they are behaving badly, outside the correct guidelines?"--the college students answer, Yes, they know.
So i would ask Ben R.
-- if (God Forbid) someone acted on your mother or sister or neice or daughter --the way you act on these unknown women--would that be OK with you or would you say, No, they are acting in a way which crossed a line.
Would you say, well, that's ok because she was after all at the bingo parlour and had had several cups of beer.
Who out there knows a man of integrity?
Do you know a man of honor? Your father, a brother, a husband, perhaps a boyfriend or a neighbor-Jimmy Stewart, Santa Claus? A man of honor, integrity, a man who lives in light--
Can you imagine that man
acting as Ben Roethlisberger did?
No.
Normal honorable men do not take an unknown woman who is out having some drinks with her friends and force her into a closet or bathroom and post friends as guards and then commit an act which
when consensual
is one of the most powerful
and consequential acts in existence.
We know the power of an act by its fruits.
The sex act can result in the strange magic of a NEW BEING--
it is not a meaningless act.
So- what is being PUSHED in our culture?
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| Is Ben Roethlisberger a Rapist? |
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| what is consent? |
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| what is your culture? |
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| who are your heroes? |
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| ben roethlisberger |
So who are your heroes?? HERE
The following information and more may be found HERE
Her name is Aung San Suu Kyi (pronounced Ong San Soo Chee). She was born on June 19, 1945 in Rangoon. Her father, General Aung San, is well known for his involvement in obtaining Burma's independence and his plan for democracy in Burma. He was assassinated on July 19, 1947, along with six other councilor members during an executive council meeting. Suu Kyi was only two years old then. Suu Kyi's mother worked as the Burmese ambassador to India. Suu Kyi continued her education at St. Hugh's College and Oxford University where she received a BA in economics, politics, and philosophy. During the next several years she worked abroad and met her future husband Dr. Michael Aris.
When her mother fell ill, Suu Kyi returned to Burma to be by her bedside. As she walked down the streets of Burma, a façade of smiles surround her. But when she gazes into their eyes - Oh, the poverty! The oppression, disease, and misery! Moved into tears by the horrible conditions of her people's lives, the people for whom her father had fought, Suu Kyi began to take action. And since, it became more than a desire to help them - it became a dream. She joined the pro-democracy movement, which was pushing for political reforms in Burma. On August 26, 1988 she addressed a half million people in a rally at the famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon. She had preached to these people and called for a democratic government so that the people of Burma could experience freedom. An army unit in the Irrawaddy Delta confronted her almost a year later on April 5, 1989 while she was delivering a speech for democratic freedom. The army unit had orders to aim their weapons at her during the speech waiting for the order to fire. A major had finally ordered the troops back which prevented her from being assassinated like her father. Three months later on July 20, 1989 Aung San Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest in the city of Rangoon.
The elections were going to be held in May of 1990 in which she was declared ineligible. Even though she was unable to run in the election the National League for Democracy had a landslide victory even without her present. She would spend the next six years of her life under house arrest. She wrote many speeches and books that were published. During this time she received many awards dealing with her great aspiration toward peace. She received the Nobel Peace Prize on October 14, 1991. With her prize money of 1.3 million dollars she established a health and education trust for the people of Burma.
Aung San Sunn Kyi was released from house arrest on July 10, 1995. In 2002 authorities arrested her once more. Freed in 2002, the next year the Burmese government again arrested her. She remains in prison in 2006, despite ill health and international protests. She keeps on fighting for democracy and freedom in her homeland of Burma. She has dedicated her life to the citizens of Burma so that they can experience the freedom that they deserve.
When her mother fell ill, Suu Kyi returned to Burma to be by her bedside. As she walked down the streets of Burma, a façade of smiles surround her. But when she gazes into their eyes - Oh, the poverty! The oppression, disease, and misery! Moved into tears by the horrible conditions of her people's lives, the people for whom her father had fought, Suu Kyi began to take action. And since, it became more than a desire to help them - it became a dream. She joined the pro-democracy movement, which was pushing for political reforms in Burma. On August 26, 1988 she addressed a half million people in a rally at the famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon. She had preached to these people and called for a democratic government so that the people of Burma could experience freedom. An army unit in the Irrawaddy Delta confronted her almost a year later on April 5, 1989 while she was delivering a speech for democratic freedom. The army unit had orders to aim their weapons at her during the speech waiting for the order to fire. A major had finally ordered the troops back which prevented her from being assassinated like her father. Three months later on July 20, 1989 Aung San Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest in the city of Rangoon.
The elections were going to be held in May of 1990 in which she was declared ineligible. Even though she was unable to run in the election the National League for Democracy had a landslide victory even without her present. She would spend the next six years of her life under house arrest. She wrote many speeches and books that were published. During this time she received many awards dealing with her great aspiration toward peace. She received the Nobel Peace Prize on October 14, 1991. With her prize money of 1.3 million dollars she established a health and education trust for the people of Burma.
Aung San Sunn Kyi was released from house arrest on July 10, 1995. In 2002 authorities arrested her once more. Freed in 2002, the next year the Burmese government again arrested her. She remains in prison in 2006, despite ill health and international protests. She keeps on fighting for democracy and freedom in her homeland of Burma. She has dedicated her life to the citizens of Burma so that they can experience the freedom that they deserve.
Did anyone listen to espn sports radio at 6 ish last night?
let me go find the recording or specifics:
well
ill have to get back to this this weekend.
Ok-- we are going to go through this one step at a time.
1. if a college woman enters a bar--
check back monday for updated post.
Here is what Wendy Murphy has to say:
MAN AVOIDS PROSECUTION FOR SEX ATTACKS USING CULTURAL DEFENSE: “IN MY COUNTRY, THIS IS WHAT MEN DO”.
By Wendy Murphy June 13, 2010
Regreb Silhteor met Julia Sandberry at an American hotel where he was staying on business. Julia was the hotel manager. After checking in, Silhteor called the front desk and asked Julia to personally deliver a fax to his room. When she arrived, he told her to put it on the desk. As she walked further into the room, Silhteor grabbed her from behind, held her down, and sexually assaulted her while she begged him to stop.
Julia reported the incident and expected Silhtoer to be arrested but eople said it was probably a cultural misunderstanding and that prosecuting Silhtoer would hurt the hotel’s business because Silhteor was a very influential man. Charges were not filed.
A year later, Silhteor was out to dinner with business associates when he noticed a young woman at a nearby table. He sent her several drinks then followed her when she appeared ill and went outside for fresh air. He led her to an isolated area where he raped her despite her incapacitated condition and repeated demands that he stop.
The woman returned to the restaurant and immediately called police who wrote in their report that the woman was visibly intoxicated and incapable of consenting. The woman was taken to a hospital where doctors treated her for injuries consistent with a violent attack. No charges were filed because the victim was drunk and Silhteor, who was a frequent and well-liked customer at the restaurant, said it was consensual.
Silhteor returned home and was asked to give an inspirational talk about the culture of his company to a group of new male employees. The men in the audience eagerly awaited advice from their experienced colleague.
Silhteor began with the basics, telling the men they had been hired by a great company that offered “opportunities for travel, excitement and tremendous wealth. You’ll have lots of women, too; any woman you want because in our country, this is what men do. I never let a woman refuse me”.
A few men looked puzzled.
“It’s not what you think. I never commit a crime because I always make sure the woman can be blamed”. He grinned and added, “One time I had a girl come to my hotel room. I knew nobody would say I attacked her because any woman who goes to a man’s hotel room wants to have sex with him”.
Several men in the audience smiled.
“Another time, a woman was so drunk I just did what I wanted. People in America don’t care about drunk women. I buy them drinks and they don’t realize I’m setting them up”. Silhteor then told his audience he might have to pay the woman a “trivial” sum to stay quiet – but “that’s OK”. “It’s like prostitution”, he explained, “only better, because we can have nice clean women instead of dirty whores on the street”.
A bunch of the men nodded; a few patted each other on the back.
Silhteor summed up his presentation by assuring his rapt audience that it was natural for men do these things. “We have the need and most women will do what we say because of who we are. But it’s good to have a lot of money, too", he smirked, "just in case they don’t”.
The men jumped to their feet applauding wildly - realizing for the first time what it meant to have this great new job.
Now if they could only figure out why a smart NFL quarterback like Regreb Silhteor insisted on spelling his name backwards.
***The underlying facts about what Ben Roethlisberger is accused of doing are essentially true. The imagined conversation he had with NFL rookies is completely made up.
well
ill have to get back to this this weekend.
Ok-- we are going to go through this one step at a time.
1. if a college woman enters a bar--
check back monday for updated post.
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| Ben Roethlisberger Rape Charges in KC Star--Oh wait was this the first or second set of charges/accusations? |
Here is what Wendy Murphy has to say:
MAN AVOIDS PROSECUTION FOR SEX ATTACKS USING CULTURAL DEFENSE: “IN MY COUNTRY, THIS IS WHAT MEN DO”.
By Wendy Murphy June 13, 2010
Regreb Silhteor met Julia Sandberry at an American hotel where he was staying on business. Julia was the hotel manager. After checking in, Silhteor called the front desk and asked Julia to personally deliver a fax to his room. When she arrived, he told her to put it on the desk. As she walked further into the room, Silhteor grabbed her from behind, held her down, and sexually assaulted her while she begged him to stop.
Julia reported the incident and expected Silhtoer to be arrested but eople said it was probably a cultural misunderstanding and that prosecuting Silhtoer would hurt the hotel’s business because Silhteor was a very influential man. Charges were not filed.
A year later, Silhteor was out to dinner with business associates when he noticed a young woman at a nearby table. He sent her several drinks then followed her when she appeared ill and went outside for fresh air. He led her to an isolated area where he raped her despite her incapacitated condition and repeated demands that he stop.
The woman returned to the restaurant and immediately called police who wrote in their report that the woman was visibly intoxicated and incapable of consenting. The woman was taken to a hospital where doctors treated her for injuries consistent with a violent attack. No charges were filed because the victim was drunk and Silhteor, who was a frequent and well-liked customer at the restaurant, said it was consensual.
Silhteor returned home and was asked to give an inspirational talk about the culture of his company to a group of new male employees. The men in the audience eagerly awaited advice from their experienced colleague.
Silhteor began with the basics, telling the men they had been hired by a great company that offered “opportunities for travel, excitement and tremendous wealth. You’ll have lots of women, too; any woman you want because in our country, this is what men do. I never let a woman refuse me”.
A few men looked puzzled.
“It’s not what you think. I never commit a crime because I always make sure the woman can be blamed”. He grinned and added, “One time I had a girl come to my hotel room. I knew nobody would say I attacked her because any woman who goes to a man’s hotel room wants to have sex with him”.
Several men in the audience smiled.
“Another time, a woman was so drunk I just did what I wanted. People in America don’t care about drunk women. I buy them drinks and they don’t realize I’m setting them up”. Silhteor then told his audience he might have to pay the woman a “trivial” sum to stay quiet – but “that’s OK”. “It’s like prostitution”, he explained, “only better, because we can have nice clean women instead of dirty whores on the street”.
A bunch of the men nodded; a few patted each other on the back.
Silhteor summed up his presentation by assuring his rapt audience that it was natural for men do these things. “We have the need and most women will do what we say because of who we are. But it’s good to have a lot of money, too", he smirked, "just in case they don’t”.
The men jumped to their feet applauding wildly - realizing for the first time what it meant to have this great new job.
Now if they could only figure out why a smart NFL quarterback like Regreb Silhteor insisted on spelling his name backwards.
***The underlying facts about what Ben Roethlisberger is accused of doing are essentially true. The imagined conversation he had with NFL rookies is completely made up.
What is the best evidence to prove rape cases? DNA, Prosecutors, and Witness Credibility
I bet Wendy Murphy's eyes are rolling. Associated Press - November 5, 2010 5:14 AM ET
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - A central Kansas prosecutor says his county's procedure for handling local rape cases is in disarray. Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder says a Hutchinson hospital has been sending some rape victims to Salina or Wichita hospitals for sexual assault examinations.
Promise Regional Medical Center says the hospital has had staffing problems, including too few nurses trained in such exams. A spokesman says the hospital prefers to have four certified sexual assault nurse examiners, but has only two. The Hutchinson News reports that Schroeder says it costs the county more money when victims are sent to out-of-town hospitals. That's because local law enforcement officers must travel to the other towns to interview victims and collect rape kits. Information from: The Hutchinson News, http://www.hutchnews.com Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
Now, of course we need better funding and resources in this regard. Of course we do!!
How long has that been clear?
And can we talk about why THERE ARE SO MANY CASES OF EVIDENCE COLLECTION?!
Can we talk about the fact that there is all this trauma and such low incarceration rates--that is, don't we need to rethink how we treat this particular crime? It is happening all over the place. Everyone has a story. Where are all the arrests, the incarcerations?
Surely we can see an overhaul is needed in the handling of this crime.
The reason i mention Wendy is that perhaps a key problem with prosecuting rape cases is focusing on the wrong evidence. Wendy Murphy, a teacher and lawyer who visted K-State a couple years ago suggested that all the focus on DNA often misses the point.
The fact is that most rapes,
(kind of like Bill Clinton and The Blue Dress --no it's not a children's story)
or
Kobe Bryant and the Big Diamond (again...
involve
a man who denies sex, until evidence of sex is found;
he then admits to sex but denies rape and
insists it was consensual.
At this point the perpetrator usually tells
people that it was
"SHE who practically Forced sex on ME!"
Perhaps if the rape victim met with a psychologist or counselor or advocate or doctor who indicated to police the probable "veracity of the claim"
and
if the jury were instructed STRONGLY that
the testimony of the witnesses IS EVIDENCE
that is, a credible witness is worth something--
perhaps we would not spend so much time and money trying to get evidence that is often not needed.
Unless almost all little girls and teenage boys and girls and women and men are lying about rape, we have a seriouly flawed way of dealing with this crime.
Here are 200 men (victims)
on
Oprah.
Oprah Winfrey Show Guests: 200 men who suffered abuse and molestation.
http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=41091&cn=2
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - A central Kansas prosecutor says his county's procedure for handling local rape cases is in disarray. Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder says a Hutchinson hospital has been sending some rape victims to Salina or Wichita hospitals for sexual assault examinations.
Promise Regional Medical Center says the hospital has had staffing problems, including too few nurses trained in such exams. A spokesman says the hospital prefers to have four certified sexual assault nurse examiners, but has only two. The Hutchinson News reports that Schroeder says it costs the county more money when victims are sent to out-of-town hospitals. That's because local law enforcement officers must travel to the other towns to interview victims and collect rape kits. Information from: The Hutchinson News, http://www.hutchnews.com Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
Now, of course we need better funding and resources in this regard. Of course we do!!
How long has that been clear?
And can we talk about why THERE ARE SO MANY CASES OF EVIDENCE COLLECTION?!
Can we talk about the fact that there is all this trauma and such low incarceration rates--that is, don't we need to rethink how we treat this particular crime? It is happening all over the place. Everyone has a story. Where are all the arrests, the incarcerations?
Surely we can see an overhaul is needed in the handling of this crime.
The reason i mention Wendy is that perhaps a key problem with prosecuting rape cases is focusing on the wrong evidence. Wendy Murphy, a teacher and lawyer who visted K-State a couple years ago suggested that all the focus on DNA often misses the point.
The fact is that most rapes,
(kind of like Bill Clinton and The Blue Dress --no it's not a children's story)
or
Kobe Bryant and the Big Diamond (again...
involve
a man who denies sex, until evidence of sex is found;
he then admits to sex but denies rape and
insists it was consensual.
At this point the perpetrator usually tells
people that it was
"SHE who practically Forced sex on ME!"
Perhaps if the rape victim met with a psychologist or counselor or advocate or doctor who indicated to police the probable "veracity of the claim"
and
if the jury were instructed STRONGLY that
the testimony of the witnesses IS EVIDENCE
that is, a credible witness is worth something--
perhaps we would not spend so much time and money trying to get evidence that is often not needed.
Unless almost all little girls and teenage boys and girls and women and men are lying about rape, we have a seriouly flawed way of dealing with this crime.
Here are 200 men (victims)
on
Oprah.
Oprah Winfrey Show Guests: 200 men who suffered abuse and molestation.
http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=41091&cn=2
Why Didn't She Tell Someone She Was Raped?
14 year old girl bullied after reporting rape.
Beyond words.
Taunted and ridiculed for reporting.
collegenews.com
more HERE
Beyond words.
Taunted and ridiculed for reporting.
collegenews.com
more HERE
Rape charges dropped after 14-year-old bullied girl committed suicide in Wayne County, Michigan
14 year-old rape victim's suicide in Michigan. Links HERE and HERE
Links to this story: Detroit Free Press Columnist
BY ROCHELLE RILEY
DETROIT FREE PRESS COLUMNIST
"The most important thing isn't that a Huron Township mother let her barely teenage daughter
go on TV and say she was raped -- although that traumatic a disclosure is hard for any grown
woman to handle.
The most important thing isn't that a TV station would record a 14-year-old claiming she was raped -- although time was that the names of rape victims weren't allowed on TV or in newspapers. And for good reason.
No, the most important thing is that a 14-year-
old girl killed herself. She is dead. Gone before
her Sweet 16 birthday. Gone before senior prom
and graduation and dreams of college. And the
reason she killed herself came way before she
was
taunted and bullied
to death at her school.
It happened before the TV appearance with her
mother, which reportedly enraged some
knuckleheaded teens who then made her life
miserable.
No, the reason she killed herself is because an
18-year-old neighbor who goes to the same
high school broke the law.
In Michigan, it is illegal to have sex with a 14-
year-old girl. There are no extenuating
circumstances. There are no ways for a minor to
consent. It is illegal -- for a reason. Fourteen-
year-olds cannot make decisions about sex.
They are too damn young.
So why did Joseph Tarnopolski, who is legally a
man, walk out of a courtroom, charges
dismissed? Because the prosecutors were
cowards who refused to enforce the law. And
that is what's wrong with Michigan's law, which
was designed to protect young girls, deter older
boys and hopefully decrease the pregnancy and
abortion rates.
Tarnopolski confessed in an interview with
police. He said he had sex with the 14-year-old.
He should not be excused or slapped on the
wrist because a frightened teen, led by her
mother's need for publicity, gave prosecutors
one story and TV reporters another. Who knows
what pressure she may have been under to say,
what? Who knows who pushed her to reveal such
detail.
Doesn't matter. The law doesn't need a confused,
barely teenage girl to charge a man with rape.
The law does it for her.
The intent at the time the law was passed was so
strong that it's a felony punishable by up to 15
years in prison and 25 years on Michigan's public
sex offender list. That's serious.
Oh, and there is one more crime that happened in
this case, besides a law being ignored. It is a
crime that has gotten an increasing amount of
attention in recent months, particularly involving
gay teens.
Bullying.
Bullying is a hate crime.
This is 2010, and whispers in the cafeteria have
been replaced by written posts on hundreds of
Web sites that are connected to hundreds of
other Web sites, a network that can transform a
whisper into universal humiliation.
There ought to be a law against bullying. Oh,
wait. There is.A year ago, President Barack Obama signed a law
making it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity. That doesn't go far enough. The law should be amended to make it a crime to assault individuals because they are human. And there should be a law to protect 14-year-old girls from making decisions about sex. Oh, wait! There is. It's just not always enforced.
I haven't recounted details in the case of the
Huron Township 14-year-old who hanged
herself after finding life too hard to bear. I am
not using her name. There are already too many
lurid details and wrong conversations that teens
are having about something as serious as sex.
Our kids are mating like rabbits and we think
there's nothing to be done because it's the times,
it's uncool to complain or because abortions are
a dime a dozen.
Shame on us.
Because what matters most is that a girl is dead,
and if we no longer plan to use the law to deter
underage sex, then we may as well take the law
off the books. And that would be a damn shame,
too."
This column many be found HERE: http://www.freep.com/article/20101112/COL10/11120373/1008/NEWS06/Teens-suicide-in-Huron-Township-is-simply-tragic
Another here: http://www.modernmom.com/hottopic/2010/nov/12/14-year-old-samantha-kelly-commits-suicide-after-b/
Links to this story: Detroit Free Press Columnist
BY ROCHELLE RILEY
DETROIT FREE PRESS COLUMNIST
"The most important thing isn't that a Huron Township mother let her barely teenage daughter
go on TV and say she was raped -- although that traumatic a disclosure is hard for any grown
woman to handle.
The most important thing isn't that a TV station would record a 14-year-old claiming she was raped -- although time was that the names of rape victims weren't allowed on TV or in newspapers. And for good reason.
No, the most important thing is that a 14-year-
old girl killed herself. She is dead. Gone before
her Sweet 16 birthday. Gone before senior prom
and graduation and dreams of college. And the
reason she killed herself came way before she
was
taunted and bullied
to death at her school.
It happened before the TV appearance with her
mother, which reportedly enraged some
knuckleheaded teens who then made her life
miserable.
No, the reason she killed herself is because an
18-year-old neighbor who goes to the same
high school broke the law.
In Michigan, it is illegal to have sex with a 14-
year-old girl. There are no extenuating
circumstances. There are no ways for a minor to
consent. It is illegal -- for a reason. Fourteen-
year-olds cannot make decisions about sex.
They are too damn young.
So why did Joseph Tarnopolski, who is legally a
man, walk out of a courtroom, charges
dismissed? Because the prosecutors were
cowards who refused to enforce the law. And
that is what's wrong with Michigan's law, which
was designed to protect young girls, deter older
boys and hopefully decrease the pregnancy and
abortion rates.
Tarnopolski confessed in an interview with
police. He said he had sex with the 14-year-old.
He should not be excused or slapped on the
wrist because a frightened teen, led by her
mother's need for publicity, gave prosecutors
one story and TV reporters another. Who knows
what pressure she may have been under to say,
what? Who knows who pushed her to reveal such
detail.
Doesn't matter. The law doesn't need a confused,
barely teenage girl to charge a man with rape.
The law does it for her.
The intent at the time the law was passed was so
strong that it's a felony punishable by up to 15
years in prison and 25 years on Michigan's public
sex offender list. That's serious.
Oh, and there is one more crime that happened in
this case, besides a law being ignored. It is a
crime that has gotten an increasing amount of
attention in recent months, particularly involving
gay teens.
Bullying.
Bullying is a hate crime.
This is 2010, and whispers in the cafeteria have
been replaced by written posts on hundreds of
Web sites that are connected to hundreds of
other Web sites, a network that can transform a
whisper into universal humiliation.
There ought to be a law against bullying. Oh,
wait. There is.A year ago, President Barack Obama signed a law
making it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity. That doesn't go far enough. The law should be amended to make it a crime to assault individuals because they are human. And there should be a law to protect 14-year-old girls from making decisions about sex. Oh, wait! There is. It's just not always enforced.
I haven't recounted details in the case of the
Huron Township 14-year-old who hanged
herself after finding life too hard to bear. I am
not using her name. There are already too many
lurid details and wrong conversations that teens
are having about something as serious as sex.
Our kids are mating like rabbits and we think
there's nothing to be done because it's the times,
it's uncool to complain or because abortions are
a dime a dozen.
Shame on us.
Because what matters most is that a girl is dead,
and if we no longer plan to use the law to deter
underage sex, then we may as well take the law
off the books. And that would be a damn shame,
too."
This column many be found HERE: http://www.freep.com/article/20101112/COL10/11120373/1008/NEWS06/Teens-suicide-in-Huron-Township-is-simply-tragic
Another here: http://www.modernmom.com/hottopic/2010/nov/12/14-year-old-samantha-kelly-commits-suicide-after-b/
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