Pedophiles don’t operate publicly.
Still, what would people say if he grabbed an young woman by the hips, lifted he blouse and kissed her on her tummy. Would that be okay?
What if the recipient was a young man?
I mean where do you draw the line?
Shit, the guy used to run the FSB. I’d be thrilled to have him lift up my shirt and kiss me on the stomach, and I’m not even gay.
After watching the video, the thing that bothered me the most wasn’t the kiss, it was the lifting of the shirt. That seemed like such a violation of personal space. Not pervy so much as WTF?
On the side of reason and (God, I hate this term) common sense as opposed to Helen Lovejoyville.
Man, enough with your slippery slope bullshit. It’s slipping, all right, but it’s sliding fast in the OTHER direction.
By 2010 we’ll be saying: What if he kissed the boy’s cheek? His forehead? Ruffled his hair? O MY GOD HE’S A CHILD MOLESTER! NUKE RUSSIA NOW!!!
Dubya didn’t do no kitten hugging or child tummy kissing, and he turned out just fine.
Yeah, that part did seem kinda strange.
Here’s a YouTube video which is raw footage, no reporter commentary, so you can hear Putin talking to the boy. Can any Russian dopers translate?
Have you ever seen a grown man naked, Willy?
*D’yever hang around the gymnasium?
Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?*
I can’t make out what he mumbled first, but right before the smooch when he knelt down all he said was, "what’s your name? Nikita? ::smooch, ruffles hair::
You guys don’t get it. He was doing something a grandfather would do to his grandson… because that’s how he sees himself: as the father of the Russian People. As a Tsar. If you look at it that way it all makes sense.
Last night on the news there was a quick video of people on the space shuttle hugging. Clearly perverts.
I heard theat Michael Jackson is thinking about moving to Europe.
Yay, Europe?
What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
Seems like it’s already been resolved, but what a tempest in a teacup. Gotten so men can’t even touch children without screams of PEDOPHILE! In India, too, affection towards children is looked upon in a whole different light.
Now let me point out that our way is not bad, either, we’ve just gone over the edge. Now an Uncle or Grandpa touching the kid in the wrong way is more likely to be noticed. But we needn’t be suspicious of everyone. In India (and here!) incest happens way more often than is admitted, and thus is hidden. So it needs to be watched for but not every freakin’ second.
And isn’t this the real crime here?
Nothing. China is not in Europe.
Ah, I see. Thanks for clearing that up.
But you can see China from Russia.
And you can see the Great Wall of China ffom the moon.
Russians are a much more physical group than us Westerners.