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[Tiger Beer]

Anyone follow it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_sexual_assault_trial_of_2004

Basically its an island in the Pacific with a total population of 47. The men on the island have a long history of raping and sexual activities with minors.. claiming its part of traditional Polynesian culture.

The case got real difficult as in regards to who would have jurisdiction over the case?

[Bulsajo]

Candidate site #1 for the first 'Rods of God' test firing.

[sonofthedarkstranger]

Haven't heard about this. But it may very well be a part of their indigenous culture. Underage homosexual pedophilia is rife among certain Melanesian societies, for example the Etoro of New Guinea, among whom young boys ritually and orally sodomize their elders, the belief apparently being that this is the only way into manhood.

[Bulsajo]

[sonofthedarkstranger]

You're right. Anyway, I skimmed over the link and it seems this pedophilia was of the heterosexual variety.

And according to wikipedia, there's quite a "tradition" of that down there.

[Bulsajo]

Hence the 'Rods of God' comment. Basically that island is a perversion of a normal society to the detriment of the children; Wipe it off the face of the earth (figuratively).

[Bo Peabody]

har...

[Bulsajo]

I hope you're not laughing at the double entendre contained in that sentence because that'll earn you fiery eternal damnation for sure.

[sonofthedarkstranger]

Let us smite them.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Bulsajo]

Is that a joke?
Because I was definitely joking.
Figuratively means that I wasn't being literal (but of course you know that).
Seriously though, they should be removed from the island; 50, 100 or 500 isn't enough of a population to have some sort of social services come in and remove these kids to other homes for their own safety.

I'm quite serious but about having that society 'erased'-, i.e. forcibly removed and integrated to a larger population elsewhere in Poynesia- if that's what it would take to break this cycle and protect the children.

I was serious when I said the island is a perversion of a 'normal' society.

And I've never been serious about Rods from God.

[Moldy Rutabaga]

Interesting article-- the people on Pitcairn are the descendants of the original mutineers on the Bounty, and the people who went with them to the island. It's a group of British outlaws, not some ancient culture that has been practising their traditions for millenia. Sad to see their experiment at paradise hasn't worked out very well.

Ken:>

[canuckistan]

I just finished reading "The Bounty" by Caroline Alexander.
Her book is a very interesting new look at l'Affair Bounty--couldn't put it down.
When Fletcher Christian and his band of merry men landed on Pitcairn with a bunch of stolen Tahitian women/men and no way off the isle (the mutineers having torched HMS Bounty for good measure), the Lord Of The Flies-style fighting/killing started about 2 years into their stay, leaving only 2 of the original mutineers with the Tahitian women. 1 soon died from asthma, leaving John Adams alone with the women for many years.
Draw your own conclusions about the Pitcairn tradition of jiggery-pokery (no pun intended)

[Ya-ta Boy]

I just finished reading that book too. Picked it up in the Atlanta airport on my way over. Not nearly as good as the jacket said it would be, but not bad. (Maybe because I've read several other books about it.)

Anyway, the posted articles were an interesting read. I had not heard this story before.

My question is: What are traditional Polynesian sexual customs (specifically Tahitian ones)? If early sexual activity is part of that, then my feelings would be different than if this group of guys are just sexual predators.