[lbo-talk] cell phone hell

[Eric Beck]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 12, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Eric Beck wrote:
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>> This is
>> usually met with the retort that "there are lots of sick people out
>> there." I don't disagree with that
>
> But how many of them are there, really? Crimes committed by strangers
> against young children are quite rare, aren't they?

Yup, as far as I know. My not disagreeing is purely a rhetorical strategy.


> Kids are probably more
> at risk from their uncles than from these alleged sick strangers.

Certainly. Aren't something like 85% of sex crimes against children
perpetrated by family members?