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Title: Study Finds Nearly Half of Child and Adult Sex Trafficking Victims Were Abused by Police
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URL Source: https://fromthetrenchesworldreport. ... s-were-abused-by-police/242258
Published: Feb 26, 2019
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2019-02-27 05:17:06 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 4874
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Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist A shocking new report from the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women paints a disturbing picture of law enforcement and their role in sex trafficking. The report found that instead of preventing child and adult sex trafficking, many police officers are participating in it. The report is titled “Sex Trafficking in Hawaii: The Stories of Survivors,” which detailed the testimonials from multiple victims. One particularly disturbing part of the report was the fact that almost half of all the victims interviewed reported that police officers participated in their abuse and victimization. “The corruption of members of the criminal justice system reported by the participants in the study was pervasive in their stories of being prostituted,” the report noted. The report found that the average age of those being trafficked is just 14-years-old, showing how early the abuse began. One of the victims interviewed, who wished to remain anonymous for obvious reasons explained that “the same people that are charging you for prostitution are the people turning around and buying it from you.” Another participant in the study noted that police would even help to acquire the young girls drugs. The teenager was living in a drug house which had been busted by police and after the raid, the officer told the girl, “if you want pills, don’t mess with this little kid, you call me.” Khara Jabola-Carolus, with the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, explained that the abuse was extensive and on all levels of the spectrum. “This ranged from cops asking for sexual favors to more coercive situations like I’ll let you go if you do X, Y, or Z for me.’ Bring customers after hours in exchange for cigarettes or gas money,” she explained. When confronted with this information about the abuse of sex trafficking victims by police officers, Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard issued the following statement: “I am deeply concerned and will continue to ask the Commission to provide additional information so that HPD can investigate. We respect the participants’ privacy and understand why they do not want to be identified. However, if they can provide us with when or where the activity occurred and a description of the officer, we will investigate to the fullest extent possible. HPD does not condone the behavior described in the study under any circumstances.” While the idea that police officers are abusing victims of sex trafficking may seem outlandish to some, it should come as no surprise to those who’ve been paying attention, especially out of Hawaii. As the Free Thought Project previously reported in 2014, Honolulu police officers urged lawmakers to keep an exemption in state law that allows undercover officers to have sex with prostitutes during investigations. For years, Hawaii allowed their cops to have sex with prostitutes and victims of human trafficking while at the same time arresting these women. It’s not just Hawaii either. In Michigan, police were granted immunity from prosecution if they had sex with a prostitute or a sex trafficking victim during an investigation. This was legal for law enforcement all the way up until 2018 when lawmakers had to get a bill passed to specifically outlaw the practice of having sex with victims of human trafficking. Both the cops in Hawaii and in Michigan put up huge resistance to the outlawing of sex with human trafficking victims, claiming it was necessary to catch lawbreakers. However, Bridgette Carr, a director of the Human Trafficking Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School, explained how cops used these laws to further exploit their victims. “What I do know from my own clients is that people who either say they are cops, who are cops or who are impersonating cops, know about this exemption and threaten my clients with it sometimes,” she said. Police officers using their power to exploit human trafficking victims is a common thread among many cases. On multiple occasions, the Free Thought Project has reported interviews of former child sex trafficking victims who’ve all noted that they had nowhere to go as police and high-level politicians all participated in the abuse. In case after case, the Free Thought Project reports on horrifying instances of child sex rings that were allowed to go on for decades because politicians — including heads of states — policemen, clergy, and others were all in on the sick game.
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#41. To: randge (#39)
“Forewarned is forearmed” since prior knowledge of possible dangers or problems gives one a tactical advantage. I trust that you now have such prior knowledge and you should NEVER again let Deckard surprise you with his assertions and the misinformation in the articles he posts. The first line of defense against being misled by Deckard is to assume that he is categorically wrong about everything he says, does and that he intentionally posts articles with misleading information and lies to promote his cop hating agenda. You take care, ya hear.
Hawaii police officers allowed to have sex with prostitutes I fail to understand why you are posting an article four years old about a law that has since been rescinded and furnishing a link to it. This is something only Deckard would do or Bucky would again do by using one of the many additional screen names he has stashed away here to once again support Deckard. I hope you are not letting their bad habits rub off on you …
I hope you are not letting their bad habits rub off on you … You need to pull your dress down your hypocrisy is showing again.
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
You ever notice when one of the common Paultards get OWNED, some hardly used ID comes out of the woodwork and attempts to defend those assholes, in an indirect, I have no dog in the fight, way. randge is most likely one of the Paultard assholes.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
As for characterizing the article, it is by Matt Agorist and from The Free Thought Project. The report cited the article provides little support for the exaggerated propaganda of the article. The article did not state the exemption laws of Hawaii or Michigan were still in effect. From the thread article: It’s not just Hawaii either. In Michigan, police were granted immunity from prosecution if they had sex with a prostitute or a sex trafficking victim during an investigation. This was legal for law enforcement all the way up until 2018 when lawmakers had to get a bill passed to specifically outlaw the practice of having sex with victims of human trafficking. The thread article does indicate that the prosecution exemption only existed until 2018. The Michigan law was revised in December 2017, effective March 13, 2018. [Deckard #26] Strange indeed - as in most other aspects, cops are above the laws they are sworn to uphold. There is no support for the present tense assertion. Hawaii ended its exemption in 2014. Hawaii law of 2014, HB 1926 Amends the offense of prostitution to include sadomasochistic abuse under the definition of "sexual conduct" and clarify that a law enforcement officer shall not be exempt from the offense if the law enforcement officer engages in sexual penetration or sadomasochistic abuse while acting in the course and scope of duties. Amends the offense of solicitation of a minor for prostitution. Clarifies sentencing of repeat offenders and enhanced sentences for repeat violent and sexual offenders. Amends the applicability of a deferred acceptance of guilty plea or nolo contendere plea. (HB1926 CD1) https://damontucker.com/tag/prostitution-in-hawaii/ Posted on March 24, 2014 Recent news reports claimed that the Honolulu Police Department urged lawmakers to keep an exemption in state law that allows undercover officers to engage in sex with prostitutes. This statement is misleading and inaccurate. First and foremost, the HPD asked the legislature to keep the existing language in the exception. The HPD did not ask for permission to engage in sexual conduct with prostitutes. Under Hawaii law (HRS Section 712-1200), merely agreeing to pay a fee for sexual conduct constitutes a violation of the statute thus, the exemption for police officers is necessary so they can conduct prostitution investigations. If there was no exemption, officers would not be able to respond to a verbal offer from a suspected prostitute. This does not mean that officers are allowed to engage in sexual penetration. The HPD has never asked the legislature to allow officers to engage in sex with prostitutes. When HB 1926 was originally drafted, it contained language that allowed the law enforcement exemption UNLESS “the act” involved sexual penetration or deviate sexual intercourse. It was poorly worded so the department asked the committee to omit that sentence, or our officers would not have been able to respond to even a verbal offer of sexual intercourse from a suspected prostitute – one of the most common prostitution violations. The request was NOT made to allow officers to engage in sexual penetration. If we were to codify these rules, we would be publicly revealing specific undercover officer guidelines and Hawaii’s prostitutes, “pimps,” and johns would be able to use the information to avoid prosecution and continue their illegal activity. The department is keenly aware that prostitutes are often victims of human trafficking or other offenses. Because of this, we work closely with the Hawaii Coalition Against Human Trafficking and other community groups. Our goal is to conduct fair, accurate investigations, taking into consideration the need for prosecution as well as the need to protect the innocent. To accomplish this, we maintain careful oversight of all prostitution cases. There are strict written guidelines to regulate the conduct of officers conducting prostitution investigations. The randge article quoted at #39 is from 2014. A working link is below.
See ya, asshole coward …
using one of the many additional screen names You ran out of sock puppet accounts, tater? randge is most likely one of the Paultard assholes.
Thank you for this information. It is good to be correctly informed. Edit: I reread your post. Thanks again.
some hardly used ID I fergot you need a license to post here. Certain big brained commentators cannay post without reverting to gross epithets. They're props like a stick for the elderly.
You have that BuckerGoo kinda aura... so fuck off like you do 362 days a posting year. lol
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Look at "what" just showed up HERE. Quite a timing coincidence, eh? Oh my ...
some hardly used ID I fergot you need a license to post here. I wouldn't be too concerned about anything posted by the canary clan here - blowhards like GrandIsland who is unable to post without spewing a litany of juvenile insults peppered with scatological sewage is an ex cop and proven sociopath. Gatlin is just another self-aggrandizing, self-righteous toolbag, and egocentric pain in the ass. He's the smartest guy on the internets - just ask him.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. Ex? lol I’m still arresting those (like you) that either break the law because of ignorance, dysfunctionalness, drug addiction or just because (like you) the law doesn’t apply to them. I just arrest shitbags in another state now. Have no fear though, I’ll be done arresting scumbags after 10 years of service, in this state. I have 4 in... so 6 more years. Then I’ll fully retire with a full 20 year pension AND a pension HALF as much from another state. Then after that (2 years) I’ll be 62... S. S. Two years after that... the wife’s S. S. In 10 years... FOUR CHECKS A MONTH. So... go fuck yourself.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
I'll try not to sweat it. I've worked all over the planet with many types of folks in various situations, and I just realized that this is the first time that somebody felt called to refer to me as an asshole. The world goes round and round.
You are grossly mistaken. I did see where someone said you are “most likely” one of the “Paultard assholes.” Are you one?
Randge is a decent poster. A decent person.
Thank you AKA. A fellow should ask certain posters here if they've quit beating their wives. But, never mind.
Thank you for letting me know … I will now see him as a very “gullible” decent poster and decent person since he was ever so easily persuaded to believe the blatantly false information Deckard posted and then to fully support Deckard’s position with absolutely no fact checking on his part at all. I’ll let it go at that …
Hondo would plead the fifth as an instance of asserting his right against self-incrimination and then he would post some stupid meme reflecting badly on Trump. While Deckard on the other hand would claim it was the cops who did it and then he would post four or five hot links to show where some cops shot some dogs. Hmmm … Does that sounds about right? Yea … Just go on and do it.
Hondo would plead the fifth as an instance of asserting his right against self-incrimination and then he would post some stupid meme reflecting badly on Trump. While Deckard on the other hand would claim it was the cops who did it and then he would post four or five hot links to show where some cops shot some dogs. If marijuana were legal and free, provided by MEDICARE for All with a prescription, all such beatings would be cured, and it would not cost anybody anything. A well regulated marijuana dispensary, being necessary to the availability of a natural high, the right of the people to keep, smoke and ingest marijuana, shall not be infringed. Muh constimatutional rights!
I noticed that science has apparently come up with a way to produce yeast in a fermentation process that produces THC and CBD cannabinoids instead of alcohol. Just some yeast genetically altered to produce cannabinoids instead of alcohol. BoingBoing: Brewers yeast genetically modified to produce THC and CBD
That’s a “decent poster”, Stone? That’s a fucking PAULTARD that has you fooled. lol It’s a duplicate ID. It’s used 3 times a year... and it always non directly defends Paultard ideology. If your program tracks IP addresses, you’d know this.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
You caused me to actually start over twice while reading your humorous spoof ...
Did you ever notice that some folks just can't help themselves and simply have to misstate the case by claiming a poster is using a dup ID. If they were actually tracking ID's they would know that this isn't the case. But then again these folks are just so full of themselves, it is almost unbearable. Used to post kind of regular quite a while ago. I still look in from time to time to who's posting what on what sorts of issues. It's no trick to see that there is a real cute element here that does its best to drag a guy down to the level of catcalling & cheap invective. Reminds me of the way the Left operates. All's fair, and there ain't no rules. It's a shame in a way, but no skin off my nose. Cheers.
You qualify as an asshole and so does Fire Island.
Ok... now fuck off for 365 days and come back and post three times and chalk it up to.. looking in from time to time. Then come up with the same paultard line of canaries or wife beating. lol... you’re a fucking joke. Only a Paultard buys your bullshit.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
After Stinky Pete shits the bed, you might be the only Paultard left using the paultard slam.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
I suggest you just let this go, GI. I feel there is no question that Stone is being duped and if Stone wants to continue to be duped, then let him. For after all, it’s his site. A certain poster has bragged that he has numerous screen names registered here dating back to the time this site was formed and he calls them up from time to time to use. He also said that he can post from different IPs anywhere in the world, keep them on file to return and use them any time he wants to. Yes, he can do that and I can easily demonstrate how. So, you asking Stone to check the IP address does absolutely nothing. If Stone does that, he will find a poster using many different screen names is always using the same corresponding IP address he has on file for that screen name. Look at Post 66 where this poster is toying with Stone to the point that I am actually embarrassed for Stone. As he also did the same thing in Post 59. That sarcasm style is so unique and has such a distinct signature that you need to be a complete fool not to recognize its repetitive use throughout all these many years. Stone wants to continue to think “Randge is a decent poster. A decent person.” So let him do that. You really should quit trying to convince Stone otherwise. He obviously never will believe you. Just let Randge continue to play Stone as he has been doing and Post 66 is a classic example of that being done. You are helping Randge carry on his charade and deceit. I suggest you stop doing it. I toyed back with him on a couple of posts but he will never continue to engage with me after one quick brief post. He knows I will recognize his writing style call him out. I long ago call him out when he used different screen names. I no longer do that, it was a waste of time. I will only make occasional posts to his various screen names he calls up a couple times a year to mirror his sarcasm back to him and then I let it go. He knows that I know who he is all the time. So, I have no doubt who Randge is as I also have no doubt with some other screen names that are called up once or twice, and maybe three times, a year over a ten-year period. I think the best thing you can do is to let him continue to play his game with Sone for after all he is not out of hand and spouting his libertarian shit for that would definitely give him away to even Stone. And because he returns to post ever so often and stays in line, then he is increasing the activity count on this site. That is the way I long ago came to look at dealing with him and no longer challenge him. I just don’t see giving him a springboard to post off. To continue to post to him plays right into his game plan. I just read Post 66 again and laughed as I recalled this Patton Movie CLIP … So, I paraphrase to say: Bucky you misguided libertarian bastard, I always read right through you.
Amen to that. It’s let go. Thanks, brother.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
And you can let it go with the knowledge that you are correct. One another point … Stone locked his one of hondo’s threads and told him: “Don't post anymore articles from fake Christians.” You hang in there. You are doing good work. Later …
See ya, asshole coward … Speaking of cowards my bozo level went up by one right after you posted this, as usual. So was it with your Gatlin logon or another one? You want to talk about hostility maybe you should look in the mirror about how you've treated certain posters like Deckard, Stoner, Paultards and numerous others over the years. Or making silly threats about shutting down someone's website because a few people were pointing out your stupidity (me for one). Does that ring a bell? (Probably not most people like you want to forget/gloss over really embarrassing schitt don't they). The self proclaimed academia and bully boy schtick is really worn out you know!! Stuff like that doesn't really look good for someone of your "supposed age" (if the personal rhetoric you've spread is factual "flyboy") makes you look childish and/or a liar, both actually. If you have a problem with me pointing out your hypocrisy maybe you should act your age, cry to Stone (who will just laugh) or just close shop (like you did the last time you were embarrassed) the choice is yours. I'm curious as to why you came back? Did what few people you have/had in your life tell you to F.O. or are you hoping people here have short memories? You know some of us have people like you in their family and we can see right thru the bluster and BS. You know instead of the link you posted maybe you should review a few articles concerning honesty and integrity, something you supposedly pledged to uphold about 50 years ago if your lives story is true!! Oh BTW I'm supposedly younger than you and haven't grown up yet so I get a free pass for my treatment of you, don't I? Later Gramps...
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
Simply amazing. This site has at most a dozen or so members, and you and Gatlin are doing all you can do discourage new people from posting, because why - they aren't a part of your little echo chamber? Seriously Stone, do you want this site to grow or are you happy with the reprehensible treatment of newcomers (and long-time posters) by Tater and FireIsland, thereby providing an environment where posters are allowed only beliefs or opinions that agree with yours, so any existing views are reinforced and alternative ideas are not considered? I think we all know the answer to that.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. Just some yeast genetically altered to produce cannabinoids instead of alcohol. The drug warriors here would call for an immediate ban on such beer.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. BULLSHIT ...
Bullshit. There are just a handful of Paultard assholes with multiple ID’s, all you assholes have ever done is DEMANDED that FR, LP or LF be Paultard echoing chambers... and you assholes have kept any other types of posters (besides the few snowflakes) from posting here with your anarchist asshole behaviors. You fucks won’t ever be “discouraged”... society will always have criminals, and LF will always have you assholes. I’m just hanging around for each of you to kick the geriatric bucket. Stinky is next.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
I have no idea what you are attempting to say within your sick, schizophrenia deluded mind. I haven't been on LF for days, much less this thread. Why the HELL are you dragging me into your wretched posts?
Seriously Deckard, you are concerned with the future growth of this site while you continue to daily saturate this site with your spamming cop-hating articles. And continually post yellow journalism articles from The Free Thought Project, Reason, Lew Rockwell and similar ilk? You are fucking insane …
You posted that you had me on bozo and bragged about it You responding to me provides STRONG evidence that you were lying....AGAIN. Loser ...
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Deckard surprised me with his assertions about MI & HI …
I will admit that perhaps “duped” was a wrong characterization for me to use and maybe “misled” would have been a better adjective.
#42. To: randge (#39)
All this is well outside my bailiwick, but it didn't take me long to find an MSM article like the one below. It's a little dated, but it's from the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The freakin' world today is full of the unexpected. Ya never know.
Dated March 22, 2014 ???
Local Updated March 22, 2014
By Katherine Biek
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#43. To: Gatlin (#42)
This is something only Deckard would do or Bucky would again do by using one of the many additional screen names he has stashed away here to once again support Deckard.
#44. To: Gatlin (#42)
#45. To: Gatlin, Deckard, randge (#37)
Now if Michigan has no law granting law enforcement immunity and Hawaii has no such law, then this means that Deckard has once again plastered this forum with yet another bullshit article filled with slanted information [aka lies].
As the Free Thought Project previously reported in 2014, Honolulu police officers urged lawmakers to keep an exemption in state law that allows undercover officers to have sex with prostitutes during investigations. For years, Hawaii allowed their cops to have sex with prostitutes and victims of human trafficking while at the same time arresting these women.
Prostitution; Sex Crimes
Honolulu Police Department Responds to Allegations About Officers Engaging in Sex with Prostitutes
#46. To: CZ82 (#43)
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You need to pull your dress down your hypocrisy is showing again.
You need to grow some balls so that you will be able to man up and state your hostility in a brazen manner. You need to become bold and without shame. Show some temerity and don’t cowardly hide behind sarcasm. For after all sarcasm is really just hostility disguised as humor and it is something else you cannot effectively use.
#47. To: Gatlin, tater, Gilligan, moderator X, Clyven, Transgenic Mouse (#42)
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#48. To: GrandIsland (#44)
(Edited)
You ever notice when one of the common Paultards get OWNED, some hardly used ID comes out of the woodwork and attempts to defend those assholes, in an indirect, I have no dog in the fight, way.
You don't say ... 
#49. To: nolu chan (#45)
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#50. To: GrandIsland (#44)
assholes
#51. To: randge (#50)
#52. To: GrandIsland (#51)
You have that BuckerGoo kinda aura...
You don't say ...
#53. To: GrandIsland (#51)
(Edited)
#54. To: randge (#50)
assholes
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#55. To: Deckard (#54)
an ex cop
#56. To: Deckard (#54)
I wouldn't be too concerned
#57. To: randge (#56)
… called to refer to me as an asshole.
I see no place anyone referred to you as an asshole
#58. To: Gatlin (#57)
#59. To: A K A Stone (#58)
#60. To: A K A Stone (#58)
Randge is a decent poster. A decent person.
Okay, I’ll buy what you say….that he is a decent poster and a decent person.
#61. To: randge (#59)
(Edited)
A fellow should ask certain posters here if they've quit beating their wives.
I think if a fellow were to ask certain posters here, namely hondo and Deckard, if they’ve quit beating their wives … But, never mind.
Nah…do it.
#62. To: Gatlin (#61)
I think if a fellow were to ask certain posters here, namely hondo and Deckard, if they’ve quit beating their wives …
#63. To: nolu chan (#62)
A well regulated marijuana dispensary, being necessary to the availability of a natural high, the right of the people to keep, smoke and ingest marijuana, shall not be infringed.
#64. To: randge, A K A Stone (#59)
if they've quit beating their wives.
#65. To: nolu chan (#62)
#66. To: A K A Stone (#58)
#67. To: Gatlin, short dogs, Fire Island, aholes, tards (#61)
Hondo would [pack of lies follows]
#68. To: randge (#66)
#69. To: hondo68 (#67)
Fire Island.
#70. To: GrandIsland, A K A Stone, buckeroo (#64)
(Edited)
#71. To: Gatlin (#70)
For after all, it’s his site.
#72. To: GrandIsland (#71)
It’s let go.
He only posted 3 times last year and no more since no one would engage him.
He had only posted once this year until he was engaged and challenged on his purpose and identity.
With no response he would probably have slithered off and reappeared only two more times this year.
But since he has now been unmasked, he no doubt will now make repeated appearances as a cover.
I find it more fun to watch his action that it is to participate in it.
And now the brazen little bastard comes back with a thread on “Evangelical Ban at LF.”
I am surprised Stone hasn’t also zapped that thread yet and banned his dumb ass.
It is as if hondo derives great pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from self-inducted pain and humiliation.
His desire to achieve the ultimate erotic pleasure for his masochism appears to have no bounds.
#73. To: Gatlin (#46)
You need to grow some balls so that you will be able to man up and state your hostility in a brazen manner. You need to become bold and without shame. Show some temerity and don’t cowardly hide behind sarcasm. For after all sarcasm is really just hostility disguised as humor and it is something else you cannot effectively use.
#74. To: GrandIsland, randge, A K A Stone, Gatlin (#68)
Ok... now fuck off for 365 days and come back and post three times and chalk it up to.. looking in from time to time. Then come up with the same paultard line of canaries or wife beating.
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#75. To: Tooconservative (#63)
I noticed that science has apparently come up with a way to produce yeast in a fermentation process that produces THC and CBD cannabinoids instead of alcohol.
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#76. To: Deckard (#74)
This site has at most a dozen or so members, and you and Gatlin are doing all you can do discourage new people from posting, because why - they aren't a part of your little echo chamber?
#77. To: Deckard (#74)
(Edited)
you can do discourage new people from posting
#78. To: Gatlin, GrandIsland, A K A Stone (#70)
... you misguided libertarian bastard, I always read right through you.
#79. To: Deckard (#74)
Seriously Stone, do you want this site to grow or are you happy with the reprehensible treatment of newcomers (and long-time posters) by Tater and FireIsland …
#80. To: buckeroo (#78)
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