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In reply to the discussion: Michael Jackson and Michael Vick. It's amazing how some people can't let shit go. [View all]Major Nikon
(36,925 posts)118. Interestingly enough it's also pedophilia-grooming-like
I find it amazing how people dismiss the reality that MJ was the epitome of a child sexual groomer.
In the case of sexual grooming, child pornography images are often shown to the child as part of the grooming process.[1][2][3]
To establish a good relationship with the child and the childs family, child groomers might do several things. For example, they might take an undue interest in someone elses child, to be the childs special friend to gain the childs trust[citation needed]. They might give gifts or money to the child for no apparent reason (toys, dolls, etc.). They may show pornographyvideos or picturesto the child, hoping to make it easy for the child to accept such acts, thus normalizing the behavior. They may simply talk about sexual topics. These are just some of the methods a child groomer might use to gain a child's trust and affection to allow them to do what they want. Hugging and kissing or other physical contact, even when the child does not want it, can happen. To the groomer, this is a way to get close.[dubious discuss] Or rather could reflect their depraved intentions toward the child. They might talk about problems normally discussed between adults, or at least people of the same age. Topics might include marital problems and other conflicts. They may try to gain the childs parents trust by befriending them, with the goal of easy access to the child. The child groomer might look for opportunities to have time alone with the child. This can be done by offering to babysit. The groomer may invite the child for sleepovers. This gives them the opportunity to sleep in the same room or even the same bed with the child.
To establish a good relationship with the child and the childs family, child groomers might do several things. For example, they might take an undue interest in someone elses child, to be the childs special friend to gain the childs trust[citation needed]. They might give gifts or money to the child for no apparent reason (toys, dolls, etc.). They may show pornographyvideos or picturesto the child, hoping to make it easy for the child to accept such acts, thus normalizing the behavior. They may simply talk about sexual topics. These are just some of the methods a child groomer might use to gain a child's trust and affection to allow them to do what they want. Hugging and kissing or other physical contact, even when the child does not want it, can happen. To the groomer, this is a way to get close.[dubious discuss] Or rather could reflect their depraved intentions toward the child. They might talk about problems normally discussed between adults, or at least people of the same age. Topics might include marital problems and other conflicts. They may try to gain the childs parents trust by befriending them, with the goal of easy access to the child. The child groomer might look for opportunities to have time alone with the child. This can be done by offering to babysit. The groomer may invite the child for sleepovers. This gives them the opportunity to sleep in the same room or even the same bed with the child.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_grooming
http://www.sbscpublicaccess.org/docs/ctdocs/011805pltreqaseemd.pdf
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Michael Jackson and Michael Vick. It's amazing how some people can't let shit go. [View all]
CatWoman
Dec 2013
OP
Hmmmm. Well Michael Vick i don't think too much about because i don't like sports much
el_bryanto
Dec 2013
#2
! i know i'm going to hell, but the mental imagine of jimmeh running a dogfighting ring out back of
dionysus
Dec 2013
#87
No, of course not. That's the thing. On the one hand, I don't doubt Jackson behaved inappropriately
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#98
Sometimes it suits people to not let go. It helps them keep their moral high ground...
cynatnite
Dec 2013
#11
I'm not in a position to forgive either one, as neither did anything to me. It's up to their victims
LanternWaste
Dec 2013
#20
Whatever the truth was, there, MJ was a perfect example of what happens when you
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2013
#69
yes, but i wouldn't put Jackson and Vick in the same category as i don't think JAckson
JI7
Dec 2013
#66
It seems to me, in the case of Michael Jackson, to be pretty much either/or.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2013
#68
Have you read the list of all the porn found at his home and entered into evidence?
lunamagica
Dec 2013
#90
I'm kicking this because it's the goofiest goddamn thing I've ever read, and I believe in sharing.
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#75
One was a man having little boys sleep over in his bed and the other tortured animals for fun
Marrah_G
Dec 2013
#76
Why, just today I was straightening the cushions of the couch and I found a stack of kiddie porn!
XemaSab
Dec 2013
#105
Perhaps that's because Byrd & Kennedy expressed real remorse & lived their lives in
catbyte
Dec 2013
#116
"Michael Vick to work with Humane Society on its campaign against dogfighting"
Nye Bevan
Dec 2013
#122
Sorry, CatWoman, but Vick was immersed in a long standing ring of horrific animal abuse
catbyte
Dec 2013
#115
I would love to know exactly why we should be expected to "let shit go".
Sheldon Cooper
Dec 2013
#123