Another one bites the dust

You read about them getting busted daily. But, you don't read about them getting convicted. Are they not, or is it the news just don't printing it?

 

Glad they're being taken off the streets. It makes my heart sad to read this kind of stuff and wish we didn't have pedophiles to have to deal with and have to protect our children from them.

But glad to see they are dropping like flies.

Just curious....

Does the RP have a reputation for being an easy place for pedos to travel to in order to get away with this?

Or is this the newspapers favorite bust topic?

Just seems that on this web site, it seems like 90+% of what I read on this topic - it's all foreigners being arrested for this.

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Right Wrye .

The case of Rosebush is not an isolated one. As of last June, 24 cases of human trafficking were recorded in Northern Mindanao, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the region (DSWD).

Eleven cases were recorded in Misamis Oriental, eight cases in Bukidnon, three from Misamis Occidental, and another three in Iligan City.

Two of the cases involved sex exploitation, 13 were for illegal recruitment, seven cases for child trafficking, and one case each for prostitution and forced labor.

 

I believe there are target areas, such as Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, that attract the pedophiles as well as guys looking for cheap perhaps legal age girls or boys for sex. The good news is Dumaguete is a frustrating place for those arriving herts looking for the same and not finding it to be like Angeles or Pattaya and don't stick around long (I hope).

In the picture shown of Rosebush he looks like a creepy dude.

 

YEAH! That was my first impression of Rosebush when I saw his pic.

I got one of those odd "hits" in my gut that he has many deep-seated physical and pysch problems.

I know this is stating the obvious, but he really is way more ill than just being a sick pedo.

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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.

 

Dear TheDude:

Thank-you for pointing out these distinctions of what defines pedophilia from other unauthorized sexual behaviors with minors.

Your linkage of demonizing foreigners and the protectionist attitudes of the ruling, wealthy class of a few, combining in part to keep the nation as a whole in poverty and a lack of genuine, uplifting financial options (especially for women), provides food for thought.

Hmmmm.... An interesting set of linkages and outcomes you have stacked together.

Like yourself Dude, I wish I had an answer to eliminating this problem. But I don't know if this issue will ever be completely extinguished.

So for now, I am at least glad the cops are making it more difficult for these perps by getting these guys (and in some cases, gals, too) off the streets and away from the general population.

V/R,
nwlivewire