These guys stalk and harrass women who divorce their husbands and get custody of their children. They do this by gathering in groups on the womens’ front lawns, dressed in black with face masks and black caps. They think that divorce should be illegal and that women who divorce their husbands are at fault for breaking up the family.
Their leader, John Abbott, was convicted of stalking this week and says, “A little bit more caution will be regulating what happens from now on, but the demonstrations will continue.” He then compares himself to Gandhi & Mandela.
One of the women the group harrassed had gotten custody because the father was sexually harrassing their son.
What a fucking complete wanker. This guy and all the freaks who join him on these little KKK bully expeditions need to be thrown in jail forever.
Bet a few carefully chained-up rottweilers will keep him the fuck off people’s lawns.
Either that, or a quick call to the police. “There’s a group of masked men on my property! I think they’re trying to kill me!” Bet the cops would react most…satisfactorily.
I may not agree with their tactics but I can understand the frustration of having the courts so totally fucked up and leaning so heavily in the favor of women that you just feel the need to do something. Men have been so alienated from their kids through divorce courts that eventually you have to expect some kind of reaction towards it. I don’t make any excuse for deadbeat dads but I also recognize that the term “deadbeat” is applied so liberally that it has very little meaning anymore. Women use the term sperm-donor, deadbeat dad and a host of other names to refer to their ex’es (and many times it defintely applies) that I have little respect for any women that use the terms. There is no sense of fairness in a lot of cases and only a “I want it all” that comes from a lot of these women. I was lucky in my divorce that there were no kids involved because I can only imagine what it would have been like then. Bear in mind I was married to a woman that any time we had the silliest arguement it was always “Get out of my house. I want a divorce. I’m taking everything.” We hadn’t had the house that long so I had no huge investment in it. So one day when she went to work I had some movers come over and I loaded it up with everything I had brought into the marriage and everything I personally paid for during the marriage and left her with the same. In court she tried to get the court to award her most of the stuff I had paid for but had taken with me plus let her keep all of her stuff. Had it not been for her own violent outbursts in court I believe the judge was about to give her what she had asked for.
In other news a friend of mine had his ex-wife take off with their kid only to show up years later demanding child support for all of those absent years. And what did the court say to that? You guessed it! He had to pay all of that back amount and since he had been seperated from the child so long and mommy was with another stud the court decided it was in the childs best interest to not have any contact with her real father. A lot more to it obviously (and no, their were no charges of abuse against the father) but you get the gist. And there are so many thousands of cases like his and even worse.
I understand their frustration. Before you start to tell me how terrible your Mr. Ex is just remember I can tell you a story of how horrible some Mr. Ex’s ex is too. And also remember if you were married to an asshole, well it’s very true what Dr. Laura says: “You picked him!”. And anytime someone says to me “I didn’t know he/she was like that!” I say bullshit (in most cases). You knew it you just were in denial. Yes, that applies to me too.
I am just curious, how did he sexually harass his son? Did you mean, sexually molest? Because I am not sure I have ever heard the term “sexual harassment” used in the context of a father and son relationship. If so, I am very interested in hearing this one.
Sorry…I meant sexually abused (this is cited in the second article I linked to). I got all caught up in the moment and used the word “harrassed” too many times. :smack:
Well, they’re being theatrical. And the black outfits and the ski-masks, that’s all to garner publicity, not to mention hide the identies of these poor abused fathers so their evil evil wives can’t go after them in court and take even more from them. Because they’re not trying to intimidate anyone. Not at all. This is all clever PR posturing to make sure they get media attention. This isn’t harrassment or stalking. Not at all.
Ooh, the dreaded double post. I know, I know, but poking around their site, I found some interesting comments.
There’s also a really great section where they argue that because the Australian Constitution supports the freedom of religion (in much the same language as was used in the American Constitution), divorce is illegal because it violates religious views of marriage as being a lifelong commitment. Lovely, sane, rational boys that they are.
The Rotts would be nice. So would the ex-wife poking a 12ga (I’m sure there are plenty to be had in Oz) through a window and asking politely that they leave. And to show how polite she is, the first round can be salt. Like a warning. And if Sis and Junior are big enough to hold one, .410s for them. Not enough to kill, but enough to neuter.
Maybe, but we’re talking about terrorism here. If you feel slighted by the system, then change the system. Or raise public awareness. KKK tactics do no one any good.
There is a British group called Fathers4Justice who have hit the headlines recently for very good PR using civil disobedience as a tactic. Most recently one of their members dressed up as batman and climbed onto a ledge on Buckingham palace ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3652502.stm )
That’s the kind of thing these fucking idiots should be doing. Not intimidating women and children in their houses dressed up as fascists.
I don’t see the big difference between doing two different illegal things. Neither really is intended to cause property or physical damage.
Sure, you want to work within the legal system, since vigilante justice/harassment is even less reliable than the courts, but morally, a parent who intentionally blocks visitations or lies in order to get custody deserves to be harassed.
