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  1. TheDude

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    I mentioned this is another article. A pedophile is someone who is attracted to prepubescent children. At 15 years old, women have largely matured in the body.

    It's interesting that people talk about "the pedophiles" as if they are some secret society invading the Philippines and other poor nations. Men with an attraction to prepubescent children make up a shockingly large part of the male population. This is a trait which is everywhere, every country and probably far more common than you realize.

    Many researchers taking a different view of pedophilia - latimes

    This article mentions that perhaps 1-5% of men are pedophiles. The article doesn't cite the study which came up with these numbers, but I bet this is in the ballpark.

    The complication of actually carrying through with sexual contact with minors is the collision of desire with availability. Most men are attracted to women, but few men will resort to force to get sex.

    Among the factors that makes pedophilia so bad is that men often don't need to use physical force over children to do something the child would rather not do. In some cases, adult authority is sufficient. Though using a position of authority is often illegal (employment) - the child doesn't know this. While someone hopeless with adult women may never get laid, a pedophile may only need access to children.

    At 15 and older, this issue gets hairy (no pun intended) in different ways. A 16 year old girl should know what she is doing. She is doing the same thing many other Filipina's (or women in general are doing) - she is getting money, gifts, stability or something she highly values in return.

    These guys wouldn't be getting busted for hooking up with 15 year old girls if there weren't 15 year old girls seeking (or willing to get into) this sort of arrangement. I have seen 15 year old girls in bars - drinking. Maybe we could start by keeping kids out of the bars? But why do that when kids are able to buy cigarettes and alcohol at any age.

    I think I lost my point somewhere. I'm not sure where I was going with this. I don't know what the solution to this problem should be. Maybe the Philippines needs to focus on helping the local population rather than demonizing foreigners.

    This demonizing and protectionist attitude is partly the problem. This country is in the tight grip of a small number of people. You see the same names popping up on everything of value here. Perhaps they have an interest in keeping foreigners from doing something which will disrupt this? Then the country can stay poor rather than lift the Philippines so that these women might have other options.
     
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  2. Wildcat

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    I have slowed down my trips because of the reported dangers. I am not going to stop moving around in Dumaguete but i am a little wary of straying much farther away. Call me chicken if you want but better to be a safe chicken than a dead one.
     
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    I want to stand up for General Marquez, I have been friends with him since he was the provential commander here. He is the one high level police officer that I personally know that stands up to help both filipino and foreigners to the full extent of his position equally. I have seen him come to the aid of several foreigners in need of police assistance without hesitation.

    The way I read the article, he is doing something in attempt to address a very well known problem.

    I for one will always give credit where credit is due, and hope the snipers don't have me in their sites for say'n so....:whistling:
     
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    Wasn't a joke Jack. You know how submarines fire missiles without surfacing? They release air and the bubbling water only has the resistance of heavy rain for the missile to fly through. A big methane release from the bottom of the ocean does the same thing and a ship that floats on water will not float on bubbling water of half the density.
     
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  5. Rye83

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    Large crowds make me uncomfortable regardless of where I am at. Probably because while I was in the military every USO event I attended at VBC in Iraq (I only went to 3 of those USO events) received a mortar/rocket attack. They also liked to shoot mortars and rockets at the dining facility right around noon when the line extended outside the DFAC......so I went to lunch around 2 right before they closed or just skipped it all together. 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.....forget about it, I just stayed in my room...which was surrounded by concrete barriers. :wink: So fiestas make me VERY uncomfortable, I stand out in (and above:wink:) the crowd making it easy for anyone looking for a foreign target. Not that I'm really missing anything; if you've been to one fiesta you've been to them all.

    As a contractor I had to worry about local nationals learning my schedule/times I would go out to the gate to do repairs on systems for the Afghan military/police so they could try something silly. I would always make sure the times and routes I took to the gate were completely random and I never called the gate guard "OIC" (a contracted Afghan civilian) in advance to let him know I was coming....no matter how many times he demanded it and then forced me to submit to a pat down and backscatter scan. I still practice that here as well as driving really fast or really slow (I avoid going with the flow of traffic) to know if anyone is following me as I don't want any locals to know where I live or to be taking notes on when I will be home or where I like to go.

    Is all that overkill? Probably, but it soothes my paranoia and I haven't been killed or held up yet. I trust nobody but family....and there are even things I won't tell them. :wink:
     
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  6. Rye83

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    No issue with this...they aren't asking for much. Fill out the forms, sign your name, pay the fees and move on.
     
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  7. ShawnM

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    How hard is it to get through immigration? Give your passport, say "good evening, morning or afternoon" stamped , a thank you and then head to pick up your bags. Rarely do I even get asked how long my stay will be.
     
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    from the article:
    "Councilor Cordova stressed that a strong message must be sent to all foreign nationals in the City of Gentle People, that since they are guests here, they must always abide by the rules and must not behave like royalty."

    I understand why the people here feel this way. When Filipinos work abroad some countries treat them like crap and they will not tolerate that treatment in their own back yard.

    "a strong message must be sent to all foreign nationals" So this will be the result of a few bad actors. Some people have no clue about the culture in this country so I will give you a hint. Arrogance is about the biggest "crime" you can commit. The locals dislike it when it comes from a fellow countryman and hate it when it comes from a guest.
     
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  9. charlyB

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    MONITORING, this word seems to have a different meaning in the Philippines, if you monitoring some persons you have to know where they are and if you know they are BANDITS as stated why not go ahead and arrest them, shoot them or in some other way neutralize them.
    Just monitor them until they behead some more unarmed civilians and then what, we cant find them they are hiding in the jungle now....:poop::banghead::poop::banghead::poop:
     
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  10. robert k

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    Hard to gather up any anger about the misuse of disaster relief funds anymore. It's like beggars, if people stopped giving them money, there would be d*mn few. As for foreign aid in disaster relief? The USA for one would be better off flying over the disaster area and dropping $100 bills like leaflets, some of it will get to the proper recipients at least, unlike the money that passes through government's hands.
     
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