bobandcarole wrote:
> Pedophile Party?
> By Jim Henshaw, 7/19/2006 7:49:45 PM
> Interesting article in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin's July 18th issue: "A
> Dutch court refused yesterday to ban a political party whose main goal
> is to lower the age of sexual consent from 16 to 12 ... Widely dubbed
> the "pedophile party", it is unlikely to win a seat in Parliament."
>
> Lucky we live Hawaii, yeah? As the father of two preteen girls, I'm so
> glad I live in a state where we don't have to deal with politicians
> from a lunatic fringe political party who think the age of consent
> should be below 16.
>
> In particular, I'm delighted to live in such a conservative state where
> there isn't the slightest chance that we could elect a politician
> running for our version of Parliament, Congress, who has ever sat in a
> State House or Senate committee hearing room and argued in favor of
> policies similar to those of the Dutch Pedophile Party. Nope, rest
> assured, no one with pernicious views like that on the ballot.
>
> Jim Henshaw, a resident of Kailua, can be reached via email at
> mailto:lindamd1@juno.com
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