Posted on 06/25/2007 4:46:24 PM PDT by PercivalWalks
If dad goes for a walk with his daughter and holds her hand, apparently Virginia Department of Health officials wants you to pick up the phone and destroy his life by reporting him as a possible sexual abuser. I would've thought this article about this campaign was from the Onion or some satirical publication, but it's for real.
One of the most beautiful pictures I've ever seen is a picture of my father walking on the beach near sunset holding my daughter's little hand. The picture in the new "Stop It Now" campaign advertisement that depicts a man holding a child's hand--a touching little scene--is actually supposed to make us think he's sexually abusing the child. Unbelievable.
To see the picture, go here: http://media.hamptonroads.com/media/content/pilotonline/2007/06/0621sexabuse500x250.jpg.
From "Campaign advocates recognizing, reporting suspected abuse" (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 6/21/07) [http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=127074&ran=222513]:
"For years, campaigns to stop child sexual crimes have focused on encouraging children to speak up about abuse.
"State health officials are trying a new tactic. The latest push, at least in Hampton Roads, is to educate adults on how to spot - and stop - sexual offenders.
"The 'Stop It Now' campaign - just launched locally - will urge people to call a help line if they see an adult whom they suspect of having a sexual relationship with a child.
"Billboards and posters show an adult hand holding a child's hand, with the words: 'It doesn't feel right when I see them together.'
"A national help line number is listed, and through it callers can get advice about what to do.
"Rebecca Odor, who directs the sexual and domestic violence prevention division for the state Department of Health, said officials hope to reach people who might feel uncomfortable reporting a relative or acquaintance to law enforcers.
"'We want to teach them to trust their instinct and, if it doesn't feel right, take action,' Odor said."
To send a Letter to the Editor to the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot about Campaign advocates recognizing, reporting suspected abuse, email: letters@pilotonline.com.
Rebecca Odor's publicly listed contact information is becky.odor@vdh.virginia.gov and 804-864-7740.
To read more on similar issues, visit Glenn Sacks' blog at www.glennsacks.com.
I especially enjoy the public service commercial by the Ad Council that pleads with dads to teach their son's not to hit women, as if wife beating comes as natural to males as leaving the lid up.
She was probably teased as hell as a child, and now wants revenge...
We don't need no steenkin' evidence!
Think it’s bad now? Just imagine Hillary Rodham Clinton in the White House (as co-president, again)! Thankfully, I’ve got a Plan B: http://www.livinginthephilippines.com
The link to the pictures does not work.
Friends of mine there tell me that the Muslim terrorism in the Phillipines is present and building.
Liberals think everyone is a child predator ‘cause of the blackness in their own heart and the whispers in their head.
They project on others what they see in themselves.
LOL. Great, now I am identified as a perv.
only by folks who have no idea
what it means to be a great dad.
Horor of horors, I just put her to BED! I made her go to sleep!
oh the hugh manatee!
this is series! lol! ;)
Makes me wonder why the feminists don't go all medieval on the ACLU...
NO cheers, unfortunately.
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers.”
Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged”
I think she was using me. :-) She had her Heelies on and just rolled along with no effort.
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