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Written by TheObserver from the blog TheTVObserver on 19 Jan 2009
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It was the most disturbing broadcast I’ve watched and I found myself puking long after it aired. She opened the show and held up this picture


She continued to explain to those watching and her studio audience, that what she had in her hand, is in fact a guide to molesting a child. It is an instruction manual circulating around the Internet telling predators just how to molest and rape girls as little as newborn babies. I was stunned…..and my condition escalated to intense shock as she continued to speak. The new born thing disturbed me for days...now.


She continued by reading out loud instruction by instruction from this booklet and every word was so appalling that even the audience could not handle it. At one point I was ready to hit the MUTE button. But I took a second to realize how brave Oprah had to be in order to take the decision to read this book on her show given her history. Mind you the audience heard everything but viewers could not because of censorship. She had to leave out certain words but the studio audience could read on the big screen the actual words left out for TV viewers. Imagine if you were at the taping.


The pictures in the booklet were illustrations of how to use the various devices to molest children. When Oprah went into detail, the audience was moved to low but audible reactions of physical and emotional discomfort.


The one that got me the most was when Oprah started explaining the instruction on how to use a pencil or pacifier….wait. I need a moment.


This booklet told how to use pacifiers to penetrate children. It told the size pencil predators should use to penetrate girls depending on their age. It also told how to videotape it, and how to not get caught.

Oprah then reads out an instruction which had something to the effect of….”You insert the pacifier nice and gentle” and when Oprah got to….“Then you wriggle it around” ….I lost it and so did the audience.


This is the actual image with an example on how to use the device. The studio audience got to see the image but the TV audience version was censored as pictured below.


The entire show was to highlight the state of pedophilia. Which I believe is something that all nations should fight with everything they have because our children are not safe. On the program Oprah showed a map of the United States of America.


With red dots popping up on to show the average number of pedophiles in a given day that trade pornographic images, Winfrey showed just how much of a problem child pornography has become. Within a matter of seconds, the number of red dots exploded across the map to a sickening level.


If it’s this bad in the U.S, surely it has affected South Africa and countries without sophisticated tracking technology? If that is the case what does it mean? All I could picture in my head the entire weekend was a pedophile having downloaded the booklet and planning his next attack in some town in South Africa. I was freaked out!

"The number of pedophiles and child pornographers online would literally blow your mind, and the demand is so high for new material that the videos and photographs are getting more brutal with younger and younger baby victims," Winfrey said.


Winfrey's push was to support Senate Bill 1738 — a piece of legislation before the U.S. Senate to create jobs and resources to help put child predators behind bars.

Her achievements in this issue include:

- 1991, Winfrey testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of a national database of convicted child abusers. The "Oprah Bill" was signed into law in 1993.

- 2005, Winfrey launched the "Oprah's Child Predator Watch List" and pledged a $100,000 reward per case for information that leads to the arrest of fugitives featured on her show and Web site. Nine of the featured fugitives have been captured, Harpo said.

They also had an animated video used by these predators to teach young children to stimulate them (masturbate). Even thou the TV version was censored, the studio audience saw it without any censorship. It also solicited reactions from the audience. It had an animated young girl stimulating a much older man and Oprah asked her guest to explain "what the studio audience is watching for the people at home". It was horrible.


I am now haunted by these words ever since I watched the show, “Chances are they're sitting next you in church. They live next door to you. They're the good guys. You even trust them to baby sit for you” . Flint Waters, the man who developed the software to track Child Pornography.


The young girls featured on the episode got raped by the “sweet neighbor” who kept tapes of the rape which is how they knew they had been assaulted. This is after they had countless sleepovers at his house with the consent of their parents. You ask your self "why did their parents allow them to sleep over?" Well, they thought he was a nice guy! How many nice guys do you know?


I have compiled some basic information with the help of STOP IT NOW, to help you. If you have children or know someone with children no matter what age.  Please read the following very carefully.

Behaviors to Watch for When Adults Are With Children
Have you ever seen someone playing with a child and felt uncomfortable with it? Maybe you thought, "I'm just over-reacting," or, "He/She doesn't really mean that." If you are uncomfortable, but don't see these signs, be sure to trust your instincts and ask questions. Below is a list of behaviors that might be cause for concern.

Do you know an adult or older child who:
  • Makes others uncomfortable by ignoring social, emotional or physical boundaries or limits?
  • Refuses to let a child set any of his or her own limits? Uses teasing or belittling language to keep a child from setting a limit?
  • Insists on hugging, touching, kissing, tickling, wrestling with or holding a child even when the child does not want this physical contact or attention?
  • Turns to a child for emotional or physical comfort by sharing personal or private information or activities, normally shared with adults?
  • Frequently points out sexual images or tells dirty or suggestive jokes with children present?
  • Exposes a child to adult sexual interactions without apparent concern?
  • Has secret interactions with teens or children (e.g. games, sharing drugs, alcohol, or sexual material) or spends excessive time emailing, text messaging or calling children or youth?
  • Is overly interested in the sexuality of a particular child or teen (e.g., talks repeatedly about the child's developing body or interferes with normal teen dating)?
  • Insists on or manages to spend uninterrupted time alone with a child?
  • Seems “too good to be true, i.e. frequently baby sits different children for free; takes children on special outings alone; buys children gifts or gives them money for no apparent reason?
  • Frequently walks in on children/teens in the bathroom?
  • Allows children or teens to consistently get away with inappropriate behaviors?
If you answered "yes" to some of these questions, talk to that person.

Signs That an Adult May Be At-Risk to Harm a Child
Someone you care about may be acting in ways that worry or confuse you. The behaviors below may indicate a possible risk of sexual abuse to a child.

Do you know someone who:
  • Misses or ignores social cues about others’ personal or sexual limits and boundaries?
  • Often has a "special" child friend, maybe a different one from year to year?
  • Spends most of his/her spare time with children and shows little interest in spending time with someone their own age?
  • Encourages silence and secrets in children?
  • Links sexuality and aggression in language or behavior, e.g. sexualized threats or insults, like “whore” or “slut”?
  • Makes fun of children's body parts, describes children with sexual words like “stud” or “sexy” or talks again and again about the sexual activities of children or teens?
  • Masturbates so often that it gets in the way of important day-to-day activities?
  • Has an interest in sexual fantasies involving children and seems unclear about what's appropriate with children?
  • Was physically, sexually or emotionally mistreated or abused as a child and has not adequately dealt with the possible effects?
  • Has been known to make poor decisions while misusing drugs or alcohol?
  • Looks at child pornography or downloads/views Internet pornography and is not willing to show whether children are involved?
  • Asks adult partners to dress or act like a child or teen during sexual activity?
  • Justifies behavior or finds reasons to explain poor choices or harmful acts; blames others as a way to refuse responsibility for behaviors?
  • Minimizes hurtful or harmful behaviors when confronted; denies harmfulness of actions or words despite apparent impact?


Child Sexual Abuse Includes Touching and Non-Touching Behaviors


Harmful touching behaviors include:
  • Touching a child's genitals (penis, testicles, vulva, breasts, or anus) for sexual pleasure or other unnecessary reason.
  • Making a child touch someone else's genitals, or playing sexual ("pants-down") games.
  • Putting objects or body parts (like fingers, tongue or a penis) inside the vulva or vagina, in the mouth, or in the anus of a child for sexual pleasure or other unnecessary reason.
Harmful non-touching behaviors include:
  • Showing pornography to a child.
  • Exposing a person's genitals to a child.
  • Photographing a child in sexual poses.
  • Encouraging a child to watch or hear sexual acts either in person or digital, computer or video images.
  • Watching a child undress or use the bathroom, often without the child's knowledge (known as voyeurism or being a "Peeping Tom").
Behavioral Warning Signs of Possible Child Sexual Abuse
Some of these behavioral signs can show up at other stressful times in a child's life such as divorce, the death of a family member, friend or pet, or when there are problems in school, as well as when abuse is involved. Any one sign doesn't mean the child was abused, but several of them suggest you should begin asking questions.

Do you notice some of the following behaviors in children you know?
  • Fear of certain people or places (e.g., a child may not want to be left alone with a baby-sitter, a friend, a relative, or some other child or adult; or a child who is usually talkative and cheery may become quiet and distant when around a certain person).
  • Nightmares, trouble sleeping, or other extreme fears without an obvious explanation.
  • Play, writing, drawings or dreams may include sexual or frightening images.
  • Spacing out at odd times, seems distracted or distant, “checked out.”
  • Loss of appetite, or trouble eating or swallowing or sudden changes in eating habits.
  • Sudden mood swings: rage, fear, anger, insecurity or withdrawal.
  • Leaves “clues” that seem likely to provoke a discussion about sexual issues.
  • Stomach illness all of the time with no identifiable reason.
  • An older child behaving like a younger child, such as bed-wetting or thumb sucking.
  • Adult-like sexual activities with toys or other children, such as simulating sex with dolls or asking other children/siblings to behave sexually.
  • New words for private body parts.
  • Shows resistance to bathing, toileting, or removing clothes even at appropriate situations.
  • Refusing to talk about a "secret" he/she has with an adult or older child.
  • Talking about a new older friend.
  • Suddenly having money, toys or other gifts for no apparent reason.
  • Cutting, burning or otherwise intentionally harming herself or himself, i.e. drug use, alcohol abuse, sexual promiscuity, running away from home.
  • Has negative self image, i.e. thinks of self or body as repulsive, dirty or bad.
Physical Warning Signs of Possible Child Sexual Abuse
Does a child close to you have:
  • Unexplained bruises, redness, or bleeding of the child's genitals, anus, or mouth?
  • Pain at the genitals, anus, or mouth?
  • Genital sores or milky fluids in the genital area?
If you said "yes" to any of these example please report it or consult a professional


“No area of life more reflects the unseen drama shadowing all human sexual affairs than that of child sexual molestation. Not Even wars, where tens of thousands are killed, are as spiritually dramatic as a single child sexually betrayed by the adult world. Even more significant is the quiet effort to normalize pedophilia, allowing open sexual relationships between children and adults. As if anything could be worse, government and many of their own unaware parents are aiding the accepted worldwide betrayal of children.”
Emanuel McLittle
Has a Masters Degree and two decades of experience in Counseling Psychology.

"Africa could become the new Thailand, there is a big risk, a big threat,"
Jennifer Seif, Executive Director of Fair Trade in Tourism SA

“Pedophilia is a heinous crime which must be stopped, not only for the safety and protection of minor children but for the preservation of the moral fiber of South Africa.”
Doctors for Life
http://www.doctorsforlifeinternational.com

Please Remember to....

Protect Children. Before Its Too Late!

Stop It Now! - Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
stopitnow.org or stopitnow.com

By The TV Observer

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31 Comments

Best-Achiever
19 Jan 2009 08:16

Oh No... this is very sad..im so hurt..how can one do those horriblle things to an innocent child... they now even have books, ell our world has turned into hell. Thisis very very sad and iriitating.

mjj
19 Jan 2009 08:18

This is disturbing..I'm not even half-way.......let me take a break....I'll read when i get home....

Nonny
19 Jan 2009 08:29

OMG I am speechless.................what kind of a world is this?

makgotso
19 Jan 2009 08:31

Eish I watched the show and I wondered what our world is turning into. As for those three girls, they were so brave to talk about their ordeal, as for I wouldn't have power to do that.

Thanks TO for the recap, heartbreaking as it.

Ms. Jay
19 Jan 2009 09:00

this is horrible! I just keep picturing my nephew being treated like that! God help us before we kill these sick excuses of living and breathing space!!!!!! they have certainly lost their purpose in life!!! SICK!!!!! this makes me so angry.................where are the suicide bombers when we need them! eish man they are not worth getting upset over -

NtandoN
19 Jan 2009 09:06

Shalom uv'racha achi Observer

This is difficult to understand let alone reading it, what is wrong with the men nowadays? Once again thank you Observer for the great article, will comment later. 

Todah veShalom

GML
19 Jan 2009 09:09

This must the worst thing that could happen to any individual. To the child and the parents of that child. How do you begin to explain to your child that the person who did that is a monster. How does a mother or father begin to comfort their child when they themselves are at a point of breakdown????

Segololo
19 Jan 2009 11:06

Oh my gaad! Oh my gaad! Oh my gaad!!! TO, I simply can't finish this article, I couldn't get past the first paragraph... Oh my gaad!!! Nooooooooooooo!!!

My daughter is only 4 months and she is sooooooo sooooooo sooooo fragile!!! WHY!??? Good gaad!!!! WHY!!!???? Why would anyone do this?

I am so in shock!!! If I ever had seen this article before 3 years ago (when my son was born) I would not have had children... What is this world coming to? WTF is happening to this world?!!!!!!!

Onna
19 Jan 2009 12:11

Last week I was on a bus from durban with my two boys. We were seated on the third seat from front. On our right hand side at the first seat was an indian man sitting with a black girl. On the seat behind them was a young men i had asked to sw
ap seats with. On the way between dbn and maritzburg I saw this man taking shirt, from his bag and drape it over himself and this girl,she said she was fifteen. Sometime went by and the young man at the back seat startad asking who was with the girl at the front, because something was happaning. When i looked at them he  was still touching her caressing her arm.
So the guy that saw the whole thing said the man had his hand in the girls privates underneath his shirt and he was touching her breasts also.
When we got maritzburg the police were called and the man the girl and the witness were taken off the bus.
I was so disturbed by the insident and kept thinking about my son who I sometimes get on the bus alone thinking he is thirteen and nothing will happan to him cause somebody will be on the other end waiting for him.Never in my dreams have i ever thought that something like that may happen, in a bus full of poeple in broad day light. Sorry to hijack yo blog I just had to share this.
So ya now I know our children are not safe anywhere in this world.

Onna
19 Jan 2009 12:18

I keep asking myself why she did not scream or do something to show something bad was going on. But maybe it was shock or he said something to intimidate her,I will never know.

pitch
19 Jan 2009 12:45

This is horrible....people are very crazy out there....these people need Jesus.

Nonny
19 Jan 2009 13:03

Never in my dreams have i ever thought that something like that may happen, in a bus full of poeple in broad day light
OMG this is plain crazy. Now I think I know for a fact that I really don't wanna have kids, coz it's virtually impossible to be with them 24/7, and I don't wanna go through the stress of worrying if my kids are safe.

awelani
19 Jan 2009 13:09

OMG!! have not even finished reading, this is very disturbing,,

WhiteSockGirl
19 Jan 2009 14:53

@observer: <<She continued to explain to those watching and her studio audience, that what she had in her hand, is in fact a guide to molesting a child. It is an instruction manual circulating around the Internet telling predators just how to molest and rape girls as little as newborn babies.>>

Instruction manual to molest children? I don’t think I’ve heard something as disgusting as that ever before and I’ve had my share of disgusting experiences. I don’t know if I should applaud Oprah for exposing this,… and if I should be angry and disappointed with this because even though she is exposing this evil,… at same time she also told the evil people who did not know about it, that it is out there,… available.

I tried to read the whole article,… but I am sorry, I can’t stomach this. I will have to read it in phases. And the rest what I actually read, I can’t comment on that because then I will have to think about it,… it is too awful. I am so glad I did not see that program, and I will make sure that I am not going to watch it. I have enough nitemares to keep me awake,….

let baby
19 Jan 2009 15:12

am so worried about how my son is i was thinking about him wen i was busy reading the article... this is tough i dont know wat to say only God can save the situation cos as it is i dont know... this ppl must b killed cos seriously this will affect the poor kid for the rest of their lives even if they manage to deal with it but somehow somewhere  they will b affected...

WhiteSockGirl
20 Jan 2009 10:31

This article is haunting me. I can’t stop thinking about it. And I have not even finish reading it.

This morning my colleagues and I spoke about children (what else? After all, we are working for a child’s rights organization), school and the high school fees. The conversation turned to teenage pregnancies. Apparently there two fourteen year old girls are pregnant and the fathers are suspected to be older men, well known men in the community.

But the way community members are talking about these pregnancies, are to blaming these girls.  They are avoiding to talk about the adult men who should have known better to get involved with teenage girls.

Child abuse, incest, etc are flourishing because victims rarely speak out. Because they are ashamed. And the communities at large prefer do not want to talk about it,… and people like me found it too difficult to face it even on TV.

It is horrible but it is happening and we should talk about it. Because our silence=permission.

Segololo
20 Jan 2009 10:38

<<This article is haunting me. I can’t stop thinking about it. And I have not even finish reading it. >> me too!

Every time I had to change my daughter's nappy, I would break down and sob!!! My dear King K tried to comfort me but I can't seem to get past what I read... and I only read the first part of the article and just could not go on. I felt physically sick!

I am so sad and miserable. I just can't understand WHY!!? I am of the opinion that people have sex for pleasure, what pleasure do you get when doing what these people are doing to a newborn???!! What possibly could be pleasurable for the sick person?? WHY? I am just distraught at this article. I don't actually know if it was good or bad for it to be aired and I am struggling to understand what is happening - What Oprah revelead to be happening is beyond shocking.

Nonny
20 Jan 2009 10:48

I am of the opinion that people have sex for pleasure, what pleasure do you get when doing what these people are doing to a newborn???!!
I know Sego, this is just plain sick and there is not way to justify why these people do this.

Ms. Jay
20 Jan 2009 10:58

Seg and WSG - the world has people like this and more - its a mental condition they suffer with that makes them do such things - Oprah should do a follow up on the people who commit such acts and you will see it from their point of view - as far as they go these criminals see nothing worng with what they do. There is now also a wave of human traffiking in SA so please be very careful ladies and young gents, they are particulary interested in you if you look alone, are slim, young and attractive - they also targeting bus stations and airports if you travelling please be alert at all times - never talk to strangers coz you never know who they are working with - if at a party stay in groups with friends never leave your drink unattended and never leave your kids to travel alone - rather take time off from work and be late then never see you kids again. Last year a 3 year was abducted from Sunday school in CHURCH - this is real - please i beg you be alert at all times!!! You can be sold to someone in China as a stripper and sex worker - sorry to hijack your blog Observer but this is crucial.

Don even apply for jobs that seem too good to be true in China, Japan or teh Americas - you will be drugged and used as a sex worker!!! You have one life - use it carefully

makgotso
20 Jan 2009 11:25

Sad but true Jael, our world changes who don't know who to trust anymore.

Segololo
20 Jan 2009 11:26

Thanks, Jael for the comments and notice... IT IS CRUCIAL!!!

Where are our children going to be safe? what happened to all these people to make them predators!!? What and who is responsible for their lack of conscious?

My good gaad! My son is so hyper and friendly- to think that his innocence may be a tool used against him! When we were kids we played on the streets with no fear - now I can't even allow my children out my sight for an hour without freaking out!!! I am just beyond consolable now!

WhiteSockGirl
20 Jan 2009 11:56

@Jael:  Trafficking is on the upsurge because of the 2010 World Cup.  It has been on the agenda of several SADC human rights forums. 

I am not sure if it has been done yet, but I read in several trafficking newletters that organizations, especially in South Africa, were planning this large campaign, in making people aware,...  and to also target airports to be on the look out for traffickers.

I do not know much human trafficking, I only attended one conference and a couple of meeting, the rest I read in newsletters,  but it is a damn well organized crime.

But it is a good point you raised,...  traffickers are all over and the market they are supplying, is huge.

WhiteSockGirl
20 Jan 2009 12:15

I am sorry, I can't stay away from this article.  Obsession,... but Observer I am sorry I can't read past the fourth paragraph.

<<Where are our children going to be safe? what happened to all these people to make them predators!!? What and who is responsible for their lack of conscious?>>

I would also like to know that.  What happened, what went wrong, what led to this evil behavior....   And this is not to justify the behavior, because I don't think this can be justify in anyway.

How do we prevent this evil?

Because now we have to restrict the movement of our children (ok, I don't have children but I have a niece and a nephew, and I work with children every day, I feel like they are blood related) because we have evil adult people out there. 

In the end, innocent children are suffering because of these evil people.

(I can't think of any other word then evil,... If there is a synonym,... please let me know)

Segololo
20 Jan 2009 12:21

<<I am sorry, I can't stay away from this article. Obsession,... but Observer I am sorry I can't read past the fourth paragraph.>>
Me too... I can't seem to just go away and let it go.

<<But it is a good point you raised,... traffickers are all over and the market they are supplying, is huge.>> where? how?

Is it possible to maybe post an article or a little more to this topic (from the newsletter and what you know) so that we can start spreading the word for people to be careful.

Ms. Jay
20 Jan 2009 13:05

Seg- they are everywhere and economic meltdown is not helping anyone. People helping traffikers are paid for getting them targets - the masterminds behind the tarffiking dont do it themselves. They get help from people at airports - those same people that check you in or teh security guards - at bus stations its the same - you can never know who is involved and just have to be alert every single time!!!! Avoid using your phone in public its a distraction!!!

Look let me share this true story with you - I have a cousin, who I am NOT proud of for various reasons you will learn of - he is gay right  and is into fashion and modelling big time. He is talented in his own rights as a desinger - anyway he was approached about 5 years ago by an older woman who was a "casting agent" for a Chinese modelling firm.

His story was not so tragic - unlike most girls he went with that were drugged and used as sex slaves in bars. Anyway he came back home recently and was now casting for "models" from the pictures he shows you you can tel he was drugged up most of the time, he says that they would design (his talent saved him) clothes and model in them every day for a certain high profile club that side, they would be given make up artists - the works, after the "show" gaad knows what they would be wearing....or not covering they would sit and be fondled by patrons and the more you encouraged a particular patron to drink the more you were worth. Imagine - that is how they place your value as a human being!!!

so they sent him back to cast more of his "type" (dont know what that means - his words not mine) and he has been given a time frame - i mean he targets airports, bus stations, schools - please................I am warning you this is true!!! even if I reported him to teh cops - they cant arrest him if I can prove what I am saying - God, Him and I know that its true!!!!!!

He and many others - approach you and tell you of these promises back in China, show you pics of him and others at tourist "places" and he assures you that nothing bad will happen to you - shows you where you will be staying the whole works!!! you sign the contract, they buy your ticket and your life is OVER!!!!!

Then there is internal traffiking -
The devil works in so many sad ways its unreal!!!!

TheObserver
20 Jan 2009 13:09

TheTVObserver Response

HaRosh Mistovev at this whole subject but it has to be addressed.

Research has shown that children who’ve suffered sexual abuse are more likely to become molesters themselves. The internet makes it easy for this sick people to exchange ideas, pictures and videos. Hence some of this people also abuse their children, just to feed their sickness. The really troubling part is that they can be your government minister or boss, friend, etc and you will never know.

This situation is as BAD as our silence or ignorance to the subject. We are often tempted to never discuss or think about things that do not affect us directly. There is nothing as horrible as having to listen to a child tell you that Uncle so and so, has been inappropriate with them. At that point you know for sure that the child is changed forever.

@ Jael I just keep picturing my nephew being treated like that!
Use the information provided, print it out and have it with you and although you can’t be with your child round the clock, you can take measures to protect them better.

@ NtandoN - Todah Rabbah and Meytav HaIchulim!, to you.
Sometimes people have an issue Hakarat ha'emet
It’s Meshuga

@ GML - This must the worst thing that could happen to any individual.
Children (male or female) molested at any age remember the incident later in their lives and it affects them so badly that they can either loose everything (wife, kids, etc) or become molesters themselves.

@ Segololo - My daughter is only 4 months and she is sooooooo sooooooo sooooo fragile!!! And Every time I had to change my daughter's nappy, I would break down and sob!!!
This was hard for me to read especially after the information on the blog and show. HARD! HARD! HARD! I think if I had a new born, I would not allow anyone near my child after reading this information. I am sure you are not having it easy Segololo. For that I hope we can look at this information as a tool to better protect our children.

@ Onna - I was so disturbed by the insident and kept thinking about my son who I sometimes get on the bus alone thinking he is thirteen and nothing will happan to him cause somebody will be on the other end waiting for him. This is exactly my concern with the subject in South Africa, especially looking at the fact that our local policing system may not be geared to handle the shocking amount of offenders of this kind in our country. Across all cultures, races and traditions, these predators are attacking every child they can possibly find.

@ Nonny - Now I think I know for a fact that I really don't wanna have kids,
It makes most people feel the same way. No parent wants to deal with their child being a victim of a sick and twisted person, whilst having to deal with the challenges of being a parent. I think I can deal better with my child being shot dead than being molested when he or she is helpless as a child and having to live with that nightmare all their lives.

TheTVObserver

Ms. Jay
20 Jan 2009 13:14

Thank you for recapping the show OB, when my husband told me that he was watching Oprah i got a shock he never does until today I now understand why he was watching!!! These people need counseling - help - God,

DJ Why why
20 Jan 2009 13:18

@ Nonny - Now I think I know for a fact that I really don't wanna have kids...

Yeah @ Nonns i am thinking the samething....tis a sick world...and u do nt c much until damage has been done from the sickos.....nx

I cant get miself to finish reading all of it.... disturbing stuff....

Nonny
20 Jan 2009 13:19

I think I can deal better with my child being shot dead than being molested when he or she is helpless as a child and having to live with that nightmare all their lives.
I have to agree with u Observer, being molested is too painful to bear. I am so proud of the kids that still manage to smile and go on with their lives after such things are done to them, Lord knows if it happend to me I would just hang myself one time.

TheObserver
20 Jan 2009 13:20

Continues….

@ Let Baby - am so worried about how my son is i was thinking about him wen i was busy reading the article. And.... this will affect the poor kid for the rest of their lives even if they manage to deal with it but somehow somewhere they will b affected...
This predators have jobs to be able to access the internet in order to get their fix of pictures, and videos. This means poor children may be easy targets, just as we’ve seen on Special Assignment. Protect Your Child, Protect Your Child

@ WhiteSockGirl - This article is haunting me. I can’t stop thinking about it. And …..They are avoiding to talk about the adult men who should have known better to get involved with teenage girls. Because our silence=permission.
I was so disturbed that it took a lot for me to work through the entire article. It was not easy and it remains engraved in my mind. I passed a play ground today and I nearly freaked out when I saw a man on a bench watching children. The guy could be a father of one of the children, but he could also be a predator. As for the adult men dating younger children, I think that is another form of acceptable child abuse. The problem is that these predators are very social people who’ve won the hearts of society. That’s why when the secret breaks out, people are shocked.

@ Jael - Oprah should do a follow up on the people who commit such acts and you will see it from their point of view - as far as they go these criminals see nothing worng with what they do.
I think that will give them too much exposure. I think if she did a show reporting the amount of predators locked up since the show aired. It will be better. Jael we should also not forget that there are organizations such as The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) who advocates the recognition of this sickness and they provide lawyers to free convicted offenders. I need to stop because I am about to puke.

PROTECT YOUR CHILD, tell him or her what to look out for….including appropriate and inappropriate touching. Try and get them some defense classes to aid them when you are not around, of course age taken into account. You know your child better just do something to help your child from becoming a victim.

Ms. Jay
20 Jan 2009 13:36

SICKNESS IS SICKNESS -

TRAFFIKERS' SICKNESS IS THE LOVE OF MONEY


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