Slog - Comments on O They Will Know We Are Christians...

Comment by Levislade

Levislade — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:53:29 -0800

How much you wanna bet he was a youth pastor in his younger days?

Comment by sepiolida

sepiolida — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:57:33 -0800

I think you meant to "be raped".... not to "rape".

Comment by Luke

Luke — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:09:27 -0800

It's the "we" who are doing the raping. As in "O They Will Know We Are Christians by the teenage girls we ... rape."

Comment by lostboy

lostboy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:22:44 -0800

@2 and @3, the problem is the ambiguity of "get drunk"--could be transitive or intransitive--compounding the ambiguity of whether "encourage to" is part of the first list item or precedes and applies to the entire list.

In other words, either:

the teenage girls we encourage to:
(run away from home),
(get drunk), and
([get] rape[d])

the teenage girls we:
(encourage to run away from home),
(get drunk), and
(rape)

The ambiguity is resolved by the last item "and rape," since it is only grammatical one way.

Comment by Christian Romance Novelist

Christian Romance Novelist — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:33:34 -0800

"The next evening, Brown gave the girl rum and the two lay down together on the foldout bed, according to charging papers. Sexual contact followed, prosecutors say."

You have to admit it does give the whole thing a sort of romantic feel to the story. I think whoever wrote this should try their hand at writing a Romantic Molestation Series, I wonder if Barns And Nobel will carry it or if I it will be easier to find on Amazon.

Comment by Tlazolteotl

Tlazolteotl — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:36:48 -0800

That's right....give her some rum to loosen her up.

What a fucknozzle.

Comment by Julie Russell

Julie Russell — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:13:37 -0800

Oh Chris Hansen, where art thou?

Washington could use a little Perverted Justice.

Comment by Charm

Charm — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:23 -0800

The more I see stuff like this, the more I wanna quit my job and stay home and homeschool.

Comment by someone.without.hope

someone.without.hope — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:38:10 -0800

how come you didnt mention anything about his side of the story? how come you didnt mention the part where she didnt say anything about him touching her until she went to her attorney?

Comment by someone.without.hope

someone.without.hope — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:38:22 -0800

how come you didnt mention anything about his side of the story? how come you didnt mention the part where she didnt say anything about him touching her until she went to her attorney?

Comment by someone.without.hope

someone.without.hope — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:38:22 -0800

how come you didnt mention anything about his side of the story? how come you didnt mention the part where she didnt say anything about him touching her until she went to her attorney?

Comment by Charm

Charm — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:34:36 -0800

@9, 10, and 11 - Umm, he sent her texts, emails, had phone calls with her, encouraged her to run away, "set her up" in a small room in the school, and got her drunk and laid on a bed with her. What do you think he did all that for? Guidance counselling?

She's 14, he doesn't get a side.

And like all sexually abused children, she probably didn't mention the touching because she was scared. Speaking as one who was abused, I never did tell my mother everything he did to me. Her reaction to what I did tell her was bad enough.