Spring Break
NAMBLA is ... real?
Colin Megill
Issue date: 3/16/05 Section: Commentary
I'm with you on children, all the way, sure - no child labor. And women, of course, and minorities of all types should have equal rights and protections under the law. Homosexuals, of course, also deserve the right to lead lives the way they see fit. Also, it's becoming clear some people may even be born with genetic tendencies toward homosexuality, giving critics of homosexual behavior reassurance that the lifestyle isn't "deviant" from anything but human imposed social norms.
Here's where Thorstad looses me with his "dream," though: where he sneaks in the term "boy-lovers." I think "South Park's" Stan and Kyle have the best rebuttal:
NAMBLA leader: I've learned something today - our forefathers came to this country because they believed in an idea, an idea called freedom. They wanted to live in a place where groups couldn't be prosecuted for their beliefs, where a person can live the way he chooses to live. You see us as being perverted because we're different from you. People are afraid of us, because they don't understand. And sometimes, it's easier to persecute than to understand.
Kyle: Dude ... you have sex with children.
NAMBLA leader: We are human. Most of us didn't even choose to be attracted to young boys, we were born that way. And if you can't understand that, well, then I guess you'll just have to put us away.
Kyle: Dude ... you have sex ... with children.
Stan: Yeah... you know, we believe in equality for everybody and tolerance and all that gay stuff, but ... dude ... F--- you.
NAMBLA is a political interest group combating the politics of what they call "ageism." Ageism is the concept that people of all ages should be allowed to exercise freedom to choose whom to love and what to do with their own bodies. However, it comes off like they're trying to justify old men sleeping with little boys. Maybe, though, it's because ... they are.
Their web site banners a picture of the Supreme Court house in Washington under a link that brings the visitor to an array of lawsuits involving homosexuality. The lawsuits, however, mostly concern rulings against the oppression of homosexuals, which NAMBLA triumphs as having scored a blow (alright, pun intended) for their cause.
Here's where Thorstad looses me with his "dream," though: where he sneaks in the term "boy-lovers." I think "South Park's" Stan and Kyle have the best rebuttal:
NAMBLA leader: I've learned something today - our forefathers came to this country because they believed in an idea, an idea called freedom. They wanted to live in a place where groups couldn't be prosecuted for their beliefs, where a person can live the way he chooses to live. You see us as being perverted because we're different from you. People are afraid of us, because they don't understand. And sometimes, it's easier to persecute than to understand.
Kyle: Dude ... you have sex with children.
NAMBLA leader: We are human. Most of us didn't even choose to be attracted to young boys, we were born that way. And if you can't understand that, well, then I guess you'll just have to put us away.
Kyle: Dude ... you have sex ... with children.
Stan: Yeah... you know, we believe in equality for everybody and tolerance and all that gay stuff, but ... dude ... F--- you.
NAMBLA is a political interest group combating the politics of what they call "ageism." Ageism is the concept that people of all ages should be allowed to exercise freedom to choose whom to love and what to do with their own bodies. However, it comes off like they're trying to justify old men sleeping with little boys. Maybe, though, it's because ... they are.
Their web site banners a picture of the Supreme Court house in Washington under a link that brings the visitor to an array of lawsuits involving homosexuality. The lawsuits, however, mostly concern rulings against the oppression of homosexuals, which NAMBLA triumphs as having scored a blow (alright, pun intended) for their cause.