February 13, 2017 · 3:03 PM

Sad beyond words

There are times when that phrase is not a cliché.

This is one of those times.

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31 responses to “Sad beyond words”

  1. Napoleon BonerFart
    February 13, 2017 at 3:11 PM

    Children who are victims of sexual abuse may be three times more likely to grow up to become abusers of children. It is truly tragic.

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  2. Walt
    February 13, 2017 at 3:12 PM

    Sexual abuse is like a disease. I guess it’s less surprising that it occurred as child molesters were often molested as children. Another reason to leave Jerry Sandusky in prison to rot.

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  3. 92 grad
    February 13, 2017 at 3:32 PM

    I struggle with this because I’m a parent. I have to imagine that if one of my children were abused, I would likely murder the abuser and happily take my chances in court and prison. I can’t imagine how people who experience this stuff hold it together.

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    • Huntindawg
      February 13, 2017 at 3:33 PM

      If I were on your jury I couldn’t acquit you fast enough.

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    • Uglydawg
      February 13, 2017 at 4:56 PM

      I remember an incident, probably from the ’70s, where a guy had molested a child and the father shot him…I think in an airport. Seems like it was in Louisiana. Also there was a really bad guy in prison..someone sent him a small radio with poor volume and when he put it to his ear it blew up…he never heard the end of the song that was playing.

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      • AthensHomerDawg]8
        February 13, 2017 at 5:26 PM

        I remember the airport shooting. Karate instructor kidnaps student they fly to California. He is caught and brought back. Father on phone as the prisoner is escorted by a plainclothes police man. Father drops phone when they are walking by and shoots 3 or 4 times. Suspect dies. Father arrested.

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      • Daniel Simpson Day
        February 13, 2017 at 5:44 PM

        That would be Pee Wee Gaskins. However, he was hired to kill a fellow death row inmate who killed an elderly couple in an armed robbery that went bad (their son hired Pee Wee). He rigged the radio with explosives and told the guy he had to hold it right by his ear so the guards won’t hear it. They heard the C4 though!

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    • 3rdandGrantham
      February 13, 2017 at 4:57 PM

      Wholeheartedly agree. This stuff sickened me to my stomach before I had children of my own. But now that I’m a parent of an infant and toddler, words can’t express the emotions I feel for any child that is exposed to such evil.

      I do in fact feel sad for his son. Most likely he too was abused as a child; otherwise he probably wouldn’t be in the news today for comitting heinous acts of his own.

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  4. Gurkha Dawg
    February 13, 2017 at 3:50 PM

    It really is sad because Jeffery was probably molested by Jerry. Not making an excuse for Jeffery, it’s just too bad he couldn’t get help and avoid that fucked up behavior. Lock him up to protect other kids. It’s a fucked up world.

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    • Napoleon BonerFart
      February 13, 2017 at 5:40 PM

      One issue that some have is that therapists are mandatory reporters. Hypothetically, if Jeffery Sandusky sought help and a therapist believed he was a threat to children, the therapist would have to report him to authorities. Thus, potential threats are less likely to seek help and more likely to move from potential threat to actual threat.

      On the other hand, one hates to think of pedophiles using doctors as a refuge from accountability. There may not be a correct answer on how to handle this kind of issue.

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  5. Macallanlover
    February 13, 2017 at 4:03 PM

    Sorry, just don’t buy the “disease” label for pedophiles. A disease is something contracted, or developed, involuntarily. These actions were deliberate decisions by adults who knew what they were doing. I do have a prescription/formula of sorts though that would slow the spread of this “disease” down significantly. And it is simple, inexpensive and stops the disease cold; it has just two ingredients, a short piece of rope and a strong tree limb at least 8 feet off the ground.

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    • sniffer
      February 13, 2017 at 4:57 PM

      You should understand the definition of a word before you dismiss it out of hand. Disease does not mean what you think it means, Mac.

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      • Uglydawg
        February 13, 2017 at 5:06 PM

        I’m sure Mac appreciates the condescension.

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        • Macallanlover
          February 13, 2017 at 5:24 PM

          I don’t take it quite that way, sure he meant well. I use the generally used layman’s interpretation so I could well be off a bit. But I feel many are tired of excusing horrible behavior and not holding people accountable. Doesn’t matter if it is this interpretation/use of a word, or because they grew up without air conditioning, a nuclear family, etc. I still say, “Hang ‘Em High” (with all due respect to those offended by my method of applying accountability. We all see things differently.

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          • Walt
            February 13, 2017 at 9:04 PM

            I meant disease as in something that can be passed on.

            Here’s Google definition of disease. It’s kind of broad:

            dis·ease
            dəˈzēz/
            noun
            a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.

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    • Napoleon BonerFart
      February 13, 2017 at 5:58 PM

      Your definition of “disease” is one of the accepted definitions. But not the only one. And not the one appropriate for use in describing sexual proclivities. Although, few people who have unhealthy sexual desires voluntarily developed them. Most people with those desires struggle against acting on them.

      And everyone, with the exception of NAMBLA sickos, agrees that those acting on criminal desires should be held accountable. So there is no problem with criminal punishment for criminals. But simply dismissing behavioral explanations that, if properly understood and treated, could help prevent future criminal behavior and people from being victimized, doesn’t help anyone.

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      • Gurkha Dawg
        February 13, 2017 at 7:02 PM

        Very well stated. Good post.

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      • South FL Dawg
        February 13, 2017 at 8:04 PM

        Very well put. It’s a tragedy all the way around. Sandusky’s son was likely a victim when he was a boy. It turns my stomach to think his own mother probably stuck up for the elder Sandusky and left the boy with no outlet to express anything. That mental (in addition to physical) assault would have gone on for years. It’s easy to pass judgment on the entire Sandusky family, but it could have been anyone’s child.

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  6. Sherlock
    February 13, 2017 at 6:26 PM

    When I saw the title, I though this was the post where we would get to press F for Quentin Moses. I happened to miss that post yesterday.

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  7. dawgfan
    February 13, 2017 at 6:52 PM

    Ohio recently released an inmate after serving only six years that raped a mom in front of her 2 year old child. Less than two months after being released, he is accused of raping and murdering an Ohio State coed. If Sandusky is guilty as charged, I hope he rots in prison so that he never hurts another victim.

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  9. Spike
    February 14, 2017 at 8:30 AM

    Gotta be a special place in hell for people who do this.

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    • Sherlock
      February 14, 2017 at 9:10 AM

      Yes, they are going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.

      RIP, Ron Glass

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