This made me so MAD!!! (news related)

[Colleen A.]

:mad: This mad smilie does not do justice to the rage I am feeling at the moment. I will warn you, if you read this post, it could very well have the same effect on you (that and total disgust!!) Anyway, there was a story on the national news tonight about a man in Africa who was just sentenced to life to the rape of a NINE MONTH OLD baby girl!!!! This just makes me so sick to my stomach!:mad: To make this story worse, if this is at all possible, is that many of the men who are infected with HIV believe that having sex with a child, preferably between the ages of 2 and 10, will cure them!!!!!!!!!!! The rape of young girls is quite common!!!!! They have tested this poor little baby and it does indicate that the man who attacked her does have HIV!! Some nights I just hate watching the news!!!!

Colleen

PS Sorry if I upset anyone, but this is really driving me nuts!:mad:

[helenabear]

That is so sick!!!! :mad: I am truly at a loss of words because of this :mad: :(

[kejoda]

This is discusting. I can't believe people(and I'm using that word loosely) can think like this.

[debster812]

:mad: :mad: :mad: I know that education and prevention are lagging behind in parts of the world, but that is just so wrong.

[zurgswife]

This isn't the first time I've heard that the men of these countries believe that sex with a young child is a way to make them well.....:( :( :(

[bfeller]

Oh Sick, Gross, Yuck, Disgusting, Gag Me, and other comments come to mind. A grown man no matter what knows better.


HANG EM HIGH!!!!!!!

[Colleen A.]

If I ever got my hands on any one of these men who think that doing this to a child would heal them.....well, they had better hope that the AIDS got to them first!!!!:mad:

[Saffron]

I'm not sure if it was just here, but I saw this on ABC tonight and I am outraged that ABC aired that story. Why did they run it? What good did it do? IMHO -- sensationalism, that's what ABC is about. What good is bringing up the digusting, vile acts of some poor excuse of a human being on another continent? Were they trying to educate us to the fact that degenerates exist and are cruel to children? We know that all too well already!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: We have enough in our own backyards. :mad: :mad: ABC national news broadcasts make me sick! They are the most insensitive, irresponsible, sensationalistic national news. :mad: :mad: :mad: I've been disgusted by them ever since they showed the burning bodies that either jumped or fell from the towers on 9/11. How heartless!!! Tonights broadcast was heartless too. :mad: :mad: :mad:

Sorry Collen, I didn't mean to hijack your thread. Yes that is outrageous and disgusting and he is a worthless human being.

[ripleysmom]

Perhaps ABC brought it up to make people more aware of what is happening. One good thing that can come out of this is that perhaps Africa will receive more money for AIDS awareness and education.

While many people here think AIDS is not the danger that it used to be, that isn't so. It is a worldwide epidemic.

[Jeff in BigD]

Unfortunately the large sum of money we have spent on AIDS education for Africa has been in vain. I'm not suggesting that giving up is the answer, but throwing money at the problem isn't going to solve it. I've had a few friends who went on mission trips to Africa & some of the stories they told were certainly eye opening.

While it is true that it is an epidemic around the world, percentages of the cases in the US have gone down, despite not having wide spread ads & commercials.

[snowwhitemom]

I LOVE children so much...any children any where in the world, this makes my heart break but it also makes me mad as.....:( :mad: :( :mad: :( :mad: :( :mad: :( :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Cindy B]

Yes, this is quite common in Africa.

The education resources/literacy rate is very sad there.

I have heard many many horror stories about Africa.

The AIDS rate there has been horrible for many many years.

Maggie-- I agree with you with the sensationalism with ABC. That is why I usually don't watch any news at all anymore.

[Serena]

I heard this several years ago. :mad: And these men don't know better. Some how they've got it in their heads that a young virgin will cure them.

Frankly, I think AIDS is the least of their problems if by raping a child is something they'd do.

The people in Africa are in trouble. I've heard in some areas it's mainly grandparents that are raising the grandchildren because most of the parents are dead. In a lot of cases, so are the grandparents. There are a lot of orphans, what's worse, orphans with hiv or aids.

[justjulie]

We just had a report out of South Africa of the same thing happening to a week old baby! I'm just sick ...

[Colleen A.]

:( :mad: :( :mad: :( :mad:

There should be only one type of justice done to these men.....and I'm not talking decapitation (but close!!:mad: )

[browneyes]

I was somewhere the other day and read something that said women/young girls in Africa have a much higher risk of being raped than to ever learn how to read. I can't remember the exact number. So sad.:(

I hope sentenced to life means only 1 day for that man.:mad: And I hope they inflect a whole lot more pain on him than he did that poor little baby.:mad:

Justjulie, a week old baby, too?:mad:

[supercarrie]

That is so sick and disgusting! :( :mad: I can't even imagine what I would do if I ever saw that man, or any man, that did that.

[cotye]

UGH.. Terrible!!! Absolutely moronic and demonic!!!

[gemmie214]

I'm sick:(

[PRINCESS VIJA]

I have tears in my eyes for these poor innocent souls. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( There are no words that can possibly convey how sad, disgusted and angry I feel over this. :(

[Boots]

I don't see how anyone could do something like this! :mad:

[trayletha]

Any person who does something like that, deserves years and years of torment :( .

I read this story online and I thought the reason they were reporting it was because the man received a LIFE sentence. I got the impression that this was a great step forward in the justice system there. That normally rapes and child abuse (esp. of girls) wasn't usually harshly punished - just sort of a slap on the wrist and a cover up. And this judge made the punishment (as much as he could) fit the crime.