Mark, From my reading of history much more common was to kill all the men and take all the women and and the young children as either slaves or wives. I think...
Mark, Certainly any age of post pubescent girl was common for all forms of sex including wives, concubines and prostitutes. There are certainly examples of...
Edgar, Yes, and as is evident from (among many, probably) the Bush admin, those "running" a stupid president/politician often are psychopaths. Sussa ... -- ...
Hi Orlando and All! Intelligent design cannot be proved or disproved. These things are outside science. Science is extremely limited. Remember that fact....
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One could argue as Donald does that as far as Jaycee is concerned, being abducted, raped and held captive (presumably at first physically and later ...
In Hawaii, High School Sports Are Far From Paradise By DAVE CALDWELL Hawaii's high school athletic association, hit by budget cuts and asking for financial...
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Place names are just about *the* most survivable of influences from earlier, later-displaced cultures and peoples. There are lots of Indian names surviving in...
... RKS: That is truly bizarre. Challenging yourself is as important, if not more so, than challenging others ~ how many times do losing athletes and swimmers...
But there is dense survival of major and minor pns here; and many are clearly Goidelic as well as others that are Brittonic.There was Celtic-Norse migration...
Wade, Your very language here expresses an essential error in thinking about this case shared by many. You speak of Jaycee as an 11 year old girl held captive...
... DWZ: Yes, In the sudden emotion surrounding these ghastly events, people have a certain reluctance to look at the big picture. For the moment they become...
... The "minnows" guy? The Senate was concerned about what it saw as a new freedom among women, about extravagant living and the rise in prices of food on the...
... This means that their attachment to their husbands was/is much weaker than their children, or older children. But we do "know" one thing, if mothers of...
... Isn't the liberal obsession with religion exactly the right they want to preserve and reserve for themselves to abduct in the abstract exactly the children...
... Wow! If I suggested that we ban sports in school (or dancing, or singing) I would be called a racist and a fascist. Lo and behold, it is the socialists...
... DWZ: It could be productive to look at abductions alongside some other types of heinous crimes with which they share some features in common. I am thinking...
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Peter, I lived in Minneapolis as well, and believe the place you're talking about was almost exclusively used by gay men. While I was there, there was a...
Donald, I wouldn't automatically assume young polygamist girls are 'married against their wills'. There is no evidence that more than a few are. Remember all...
Please! Let's all use the DSM's definition of psychopathology, and stop characterizing it as some sort of decision-maker who has less empathy, etc. It is a...
Edgar, Sorry you're having trouble relating to American women. I don't have that trouble at all, rather I find an abundance of American women with "real...
Steve, and Kathryn, Actually from my historical and anthropological studies I think you are both right, or partially so. In all cases, abduction or not, when a...
Edgar, Once a captive, sex can never, ever then be called "consensual." I can't recall the psychological term for a captive "warming up" to her captives, but...
In different culture there are different practices. In almost every culture abduction is immoral. Buy polygamy is not. An having sex with teenagers is not....
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