Society's ChildS


Black Cat

Georgia teacher knocks down special needs student, resigns

Amelia Stripling knees special needs student in the back
© WALB screenshotAmelia Stripling knees special needs student in the back
Surveillance footage appears to show a teacher knocking down a student in the hallway at school. The special education teacher, identified as Amelia Stripling, has since resigned.

Magnify

Growing up in pornland: Young women struggling to deal with men who have been conditioned by pornography

teens using cellphone
© NICHOLAS MCCOMBER / GETTY IMAGESPornography is moulding and conditioning the sexual behaviours and attitudes of boys, and girls are being left without the resources to deal with these porn-saturated boys.
"[I want] better education regarding sex for both boys and girls [and] information about pornography, and the way it influences harmful sexual practices."

These are the words of Lucy, aged 15, one of 600 young Australian women and girls who took part in a just-released survey commissioned by Plan Australia and Our Watch. The survey, conducted by Ipsos, gathered responses from the girls and young women aged 15-19 in all states and territories.

In the survey report, entitled Don't send me that pic, participants reported that online sexual abuse and harassment were endemic. More than 80% said it was unacceptable for boyfriends to request naked images.

Sexual bullying and harassment are part of daily life for many girls. Young people are speaking out more and more about how these practices have links with pornography - and so they should, because they have most to lose.

Pornography is moulding and conditioning the sexual behaviours and attitudes of boys, and girls are being left without the resources to deal with these porn-saturated boys.

Comment: It's hard not to think that the widespread availability of porn is intentional. Western society is ruled by misogynistic psychopaths who have no trouble treating women as objects and second-class citizens. That behavior has trickled to the average men and even worse, to teens and boys. The way women are treated in porn is just a microcosm of how our hyper-sexualized society looks at women.


Cross

Indian priest 'kidnapped by IS,' fears bode a Good Friday crucifixion

Father Tom
© www.catholicweekly.com.auFather Tom Uzhannalil kidnapped and location unknown.
Fears are growing for an Indian priest believed to have been kidnapped by Isis after rumours circulated online suggesting he may be crucified on Good Friday.

Tom Uzhunnalil is believed to have been taken from a retirement home in Yemen during an attack by Islamic extremists on 4 March.The group shot 16 people - including four nuns - during the incident at the home in Aden, which is run by missionaries, the International Business Times India said.

Father Uzhannalil has not been heard from since, but the Franciscan Sisters of Siessen posted a message on their Facebook page on Sunday claiming they had been informed of his torture, and said they believed he will be crucified on Good Friday. "This calls for serious concerted prayers from all of us," the Sisters said.

However, a member of Bangalore's Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, Bangalore, of which Father Uzhunnalil was previously a part, told the International Business Times India: "There is no information about the whereabouts of Father Tom. We are only praying for him." No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, and officials in Yemen are said to have blamed Isis, although al-Qaeda are also present in the area.

sisters
© voiceofthepersecuted.wordpress.comMoter Teresa Sisters killed in Yemen.
A handwritten account of the incident from a nun who was at the home at the time, published on Christian website Aleteian, claims five young Ethiopian Christian men ran to the sisters to tell them Isis were coming to kill them. It describes the brutal killing of many people at the home, and also appears to confirm Father Uzhannalil's kidnap.

"A neighbour saw them put Father Tom in their car. They did not find a trace of Father anywhere," it said.

Comment: Aleteian, is the download PDF link to the hand-written description of the encounter with ISIS. It is both fascinating and heartbreaking to read this accounting.


Red Flag

Children as young as 7 are using social media to share sexual messages and pictures

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Children as young as seven are using social media to share sexual messages, pictures or videos, research has found.

More than half of teachers said they knew of pupils who had used social media for "sexting", the poll by the NASUWT teachers' union said.

A quarter of the 1,300 teachers polled knew of pupils involved in sexting who were as young as 11, but the youngest child reported was just seven. The majority of the pupils involved were aged between 13 and 16.

In one incident a girl persuaded a boy to take a picture of his genitals and send it to her. She then shared the image with other pupils. Teachers also reported incidents where pupils had filmed themselves masturbating.

Chris Keates, the general secretary of the NASUWT, said: "Over the three years the NASUWT has been running this survey, the situation has deteriorated."

An NSPCC spokesman said: "Apart from exposing them to bullying when images are shared, it could make children targets for sex offenders in some cases." The charity called for better sex and relationships education in schools.

Bullseye

Triple homicide in California: Holistic doctor and his family murdered

Dr. Weidong Henry Han
Dr. Weidong Henry Han
It saddens me to break this tragic news to my readers. I actually met Dr Han when I lived in Southern California.

I was just back there speaking three days ago for a holistic doctor event.

Dr. Weidong Henry Han, 57, his wife, Huijie Yu, 29; and their daughter, Emily Han, 5, were found dead Wednesday in their home in the 4600 block of Greenhill Way.

Authorities said the trio were homicide victims and have said the killings were not random. Therefore authorities have concluded the public has nothing to worry about while holistic doctors keep being found dead at an alarming rate.

Comment: For more on this bizarre string of mysterious deaths of holistic doctors see:


Key

Florida makes it legal to break into a hot car to rescue children and pets

dog in car
© InquisitrA new law passed in Florida protects those who break into hot cars to rescue pets and “vulnerable persons,” such as kids or adults with mental impairments.

A quick errand into the store doesn't feel like a speedy trip to a child or dog. In fact, PETA estimates that in just 15 minutes, animals can sustain brain damage or even die from heatstroke.

Because an average of 37 children (in the U.S.) die every year from heatstroke in the car, legal action has been taken in twenty states to protect those who break into vehicles to rescue them. Florida is the most recent state to join the list.

Recently, Florida's Governor Rick Scott passed a bill which legalizes breaking into locked vehicles to rescue pets and people that are believed to be in danger of suffocation or harm. The law also applies to the rescue of "vulnerable persons," such as kids or adults with mental or physical impairments.

Eye 1

IDF terrorist executes injured Palestinian stabber, says 'he did the right thing'

IDF soldier executes Palestinian stabber
© btselem/ Youtube
An Israeli soldier filmed shooting dead an injured Palestinian stabber in Hebron has said that he "did the right thing" and believed the immobilized man "could blow himself up."

Talking to family members in a private conversation hours after he was arrested by Military Police, the unnamed soldier said, "I did the right thing at the right time in order to prevent anything else bad from happening," the Jerusalem Post reported.

Earlier on Thursday, the blood-chilling video emerged at B'Tselem human rights center's YouTube account. One of the Israeli soldiers is seen reloading his weapon, and cold-bloodedly firing a headshot at his motionless victim as he lay on the ground.

The soldier said that he believed the injured Palestinian, who had allegedly stabbed another solider, was going to try to attack others.

Comment: Watch the below video to see how much of a 'threat' this injured man posed:




Heart - Black

Police publicly execute unarmed, mentally ill man

Freddy Centeno shot 7 times
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On September 3, 2015 at approximately 11:00 a.m., Fresno Police Officers, Zebulon Price and Felipe Miguel Lucero shot 40-year-old Freddy Centeno seven times causing severe injuries. Mr. Centeno was unarmed, was wearing shorts, no shirt on, and walking along the street when he was approached by Fresno Police who immediately started shooting.

Freddy Centeno would not recover from the multiple wounds suffered at the hands of these two Fresno cops.

According to Roger Centeno, the victim's brother, Freddy is bipolar and schizophrenic and abused drugs. The family had been asking the city and county for help and were told "something needs to happen" before Freddy could get help.

"Is this what needs to happen?" asked Roger, after the shooting.

Better Earth

Couple fosters wildlife sanctuary in India by letting barren farmland return to nature

Malhotra's sanctuary
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The husband and wife have spent 25 years buying up wasteland farmers no longer wanted; now elephants, tigers and leopards roam free there.

Sometimes it takes a village, sometimes it just takes a person or two, as in the case of Anil and Pamela Malhotra who together are creating what is likely India's first private wildlife sanctuary.

Having met and married in the United States in the 1960s, the couple moved to India in 1986 after visiting for the funeral of Anil's father. While generally it would be the beauty of a place to inspire relocation, for the Malhotras it was the opposite - the terrible state of nature in Haridwar was the attraction.

"There was so much deforestation, the timber lobby was in charge, and the river was polluted. And no one seemed to care. That was when we decided to do something to reclaim the forests in India," Anil tells the India Times.

Arrow Down

Austerity bites: UK experiencing devastating increase in homelessness

homelessness britain
© Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
Shocking new government figures reveal that homelessness has rocketed in England since 2010, with over 41,000 families destitute or living in temporary accommodation last year.

The figures analyzed by homelessness charity Shelter show the number of families without a home in England soared by 42 percent between 2010 and 2015. The charity says that people losing their privately-rented homes is the single biggest cause of the crisis.

In 2015 alone, around 17,000 families reportedly became homeless after being evicted from privately-rented homes.

Comment: What arch hypocrisy!! The austerity measures that have been imposed have had devastating repercussions on Britain's most vulnerable, while the fortunes of the most affluent continue to increase.