...Quite frankly, at this point, I think Hyde nurtures and hence selects for such pedophilic deviants. There have been just too many cases over the years, and these are just the ones we know about. And each time, we hear of some less than even perfunctory slap on the wrist as a consequence, if one at all. Most schools would have taken legal action against these perpetrators. Yet Hyde extends welcoming hands towards them, attempting to keep these individuals in the community. The victims, the kids, whose education and well being are ostensibly the basis for Hyde's existence in the first place, are the ones who are ostracized, humiliated, and effectively excised for their troubles. One has to wonder as to the veracity of the official word Hyde tells us of these situations, as it does not appear to comport with their behavior.
Looking at your line-up of initials, I can figure everyone out save PS and RS. Perhaps my brain just isn't working at the moment... refresh my memory, who are you referring to?
Phil Smith --- you remember him, don't you? --- and Robbie Stafford.
I wonder if Dubinsky would have turned out not to be such a Humbert Humbert if at least one popular girl had returned his affections. Boy, is he stuck!
If sexual predators are a menace, then this is true to a greater extent at Hyde. In that closed community not only are cultural norms eroded but students and teachers are required to share intimate secrets, often in private, one on one. It's a culture rife with opportunities for pedophiles. I honestly can't understand why Hyde tolerates his presence on campus other than to conclude that they take a laxer view of pedophilia than the rest of society.
Mike
Phil and Robbie... of course, what was I thinking!
I just want to say one more thing, in keeping with my contention that Hyde is a community that not only coddles, but actually nurtures pedophilic deviants of the sort of Dubinsky, Thurrell, and Milton, as well as countless others I canÂ’t think of at the moment or donÂ’t even know of, that is, that this is not an unheard of phenomenon in insular communities with ideologies perceived as being at odds with the world at large.
A year or so ago, I had some news program on (maybe 20/20?) that focused on the case of this young Amish woman who had left her community. She had endured years of sexual abuse at the hands of three of her brothers. Her mother did nothing. Her father did nothing, I believe it was a stepfather; perhaps he was even involved, I donÂ’t completely remember. Locking the door to her bedroom did nothing; the brothers would take the door off of its hinges (one has to wonder why the door was installed with the hinges on the outside in the first place). She had brought up the situation to the local Amish elders many times. Each time the brothers would admit to the crime, to lie was apparently an even bigger sin than raping your sister. Each time the perpetrators received the same punishment: a talking to and 6 weeks banishment from attending religious services. One brother in particular was more persistent than the others.
Finally she turned to outside the community for help. BIG sin, to Amish eyes, worse than incest. Police came in, the brothers were arrested. She pressed charges, she had absolutely had it. The case went to trial. In the courtroom, as part of the spectator contingent, were about a hundred Amish women -- not in support for this poor girl, but
for the brothers! When the sentencing came down for the most egregious perpetrator, the women actually
wept for him en masse! Tell me this doesnÂ’t make you sick.
It all goes to show you the extent to which insular communities, sects, cults, what have you, will go in order to protect the sanctity of the group. HydeÂ’s behavior with regard to protecting sexual predators from the consequences of their actions is totally in keeping with this
modus operandi. As far as preserving the intactness of the community is concerned, victims of these sicko low-life bottom-feeders are merely incidental road kill along the way, unavoidable carnage, unimportant in the larger scheme of things.
