[MR] Subject: Predator - Caught!

[William Faleston]

I understand what Logan is saying and I agree that education and vigilant
parenting can prevent abuse in just about all cases.

I have a 2-year-old daughter, and no one. NO ONE is alone with her that I do
not trust implicitly. And that trust is not given lightly. Everyone gets
evaluated as a potential threat, from the creepy guy with the conversion van
hanging out at the playground to family members. It's my job and I plan to
do it until she moves out. Even then, I'll keep doing it if I can.

Does this mean 100% certainty that abuse won't happen? No, but I will have
damn sight better odds than some other parents I see every day.

Besides, while I don't want to minimize the threat this guy posed, he is the
distracting outlier. The stranger abuser is the rarest kind of sexual
predator and the easiest to protect against. Most predators are relatives or
family friends.

Just my 2 cents

William de Faleston





On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Maymunah al Siqilliyah <
alsiqilliyah at gmail.com> wrote:

> Let's get this straight.  In a public forum, you are saying that the only
> possible way a sexual predator can get access to children is if the parents
> of those children are derelict in their duty as parents? Is that what you
> are saying, that any parent whose child is abuse is responsible for that
> abuse?
>
> I just want to make sure I understand you correctly before I write you off
> as a waste of air.
>
>
>
>
> On 8/23/2011 10:09 PM, Logan wrote:
>
>> ive talked to several folks in his immediate area.  some knew him, others
>> did not (either by name or face).  all suggested he did the renn-fair
>> stuff
>> much more than the sca.  still, some folks knew him.
>>
>> again, if parents protected their children we wouldnt have this topic.  it
>> really is that simple.  im sure 46 folks, who are all apparent experts,
>> will
>> chime in with "facts" about what and who a predator is.  then someone will
>> chime in with how every organization has predators.  then someone will
>> mention their church and how safe its youth stuff is......  or the scouts
>> and how safe they are (unless, of course, youre gay or an atheist), and
>> then
>> something else.
>>
>> if you made a baby you made a job.  do it.  nothing else need be said!
>>
>> regards
>> logan
>>
>> "I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it
>> was
>> hell."
>> Harry S Truman
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>> vengeance need not be feared"
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.**atlantia.sca.org<atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
>> [mailto:atlantia-bounces@**seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>]
>> On Behalf Of William De
>> Faleston
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 9:01 PM
>> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
>> Subject: Re: [MR] Subject: Predator - Caught!
>>
>> Logan wrote:
>>
>>  but these days you see
>>> kids running around parking lots at wal-mart at 11pm and kids at sca
>>> events running amuck without a care from their parents.  thats why we
>>> have
>>>
>> victims.
>>
>> Very true
>>
>> I'm more concerned at this point with us getting scapegoated on this. How
>> active was this guy really? The stories say he was heavily involved, but
>> then only mentions only that he worked at a renn faire. Was he a member?
>> Was
>> he active? Did he just show up to a few events. This should be pretty easy
>> to find out. I hope the local groups involved are looking into this and
>> getting ready for possible negative media coverage.
>>
>> William de Faleston
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