"Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable." - Plato

"Innocence is ashamed of nothing." - Jean Jacques Rousseau

It's no secret that there's a lot of sick fucks in this world. Every time some tiny glimmer of humanity shines through the bleak, corrupt societal landscape, someone - or a group of someones - comes along and rains on our parade, reminding us that for every good deed, a thousand evil ones are concurrently taking place. Today, my fine, upstanding readers, I'd like to discuss an organization that seems to know no limits to evilness, not to mention poor taste - NAMBLA, or the North America Man/Boy Love Association.

This is "Leyland Stevenson"--real name L. Story Stephenson--the man whom The New York Times called "...the scariest monster on film this year [1994]..." when he appeared in Chicken Hawk and on camera described the joy of having anal sex with a 12-year-old boy and delivered a chilling monologue on his view of sex with boys at the film's end. [ picture and text from BAM page http://www.shadow-net.com/ChickenHawks.htm Picture cp Adi Sideman from the film "Chickenhawk"

As the name suggests, NAMBLA advocates sexual relationships between grown men and young boys. Not young men, mind you, but mere babes, some younger than 10. NAMBLA was officially formed in 1978, and touts itself as a political, civil rights and educational organization. Aside from educating society on the "positive and beneficial" nature of man/boy love, the association seeks to fight ageism and gain rights for youth and adults to choose the partners with whom they wish to share their bodies. High-profile advocates (those few who will publicly admit it) include rampant feminista Camille Paglia, who likes to compare the group's activities to those "honorable" sex practices in Greece at the height of its civilization. Well sure, in a city-state where women had very limited freedom outside the home, of course Greek men were banging boys. It's also interesting to note that Greeks considered children "youths" until they reached the age of 30. Clearly the "youths" of Ancient Greece can hardly be compared to the youths of modern America. Famed poet Allen Ginsberg, an ardent NAMBLA member, has said the attacks on the organization "stink of politics, witchhunting for profit, humorlessness, vanity, anger and ignorance." Vanity, anger and ignorance? Harsh words for a guy who liked to fuck children.

Now, like it or not, I must make one point crystal clear: NAMBLA does, by law, have the right to exist and maintain an organization. And anyone who doubts the group's rights need only refer to documented court cases involving the organization. Like the ACLU's (American Civil Liberties Union) decision to defend NAMBLA against a suit by a family whose 10-year-old child was raped and murdered in 1997. The child's murderer had frequented NAMBLA's Web site, and literature from the organization was found in his household. Also, in 1998, the New York City school system chose to fire a female teacher who, while helping her students deal with the accidental death of a classmate, lead the class in prayer. That same school system, however, merely transferred a male teacher when it was discovered that he was an active member of NAMBLA.

While NAMBLA claims it does not advocate child abuse in any way, shape or form, it does support consensual sex between adults and adolescents. Do I, as a straight, white American, have a problem with that? You bet your sweet ass. Understand, I have absolutely nothing against gay people, but then, most of the ones I know aren't hanging around school yards looking for a good time. I would be equally offended if a middle-aged man or woman advocated sex with pre-pubescent girls.

No, it's the whole "consensual" part that pisses me off. As a member of an extremely large family, I have grown up surrounded by children, including 40-plus nieces and nephews. I can tell you firsthand the toughest decision these young kids face on a daily basis is what color crayons to use on their latest coloring book masterpiece, or whether to marry Barbie off to Ken or G.I. Joe. Making decisions regarding one's sexual orientation is difficult enough for most adults. There's no way in hell my 10, 11 and 12-year-old relatives can decide whether or not they want a relationship with an adult. Added to that, the boys NAMBLA members are so desperate to boink haven't even developed emotionally. Throw in a myriad of adolescent difficulties, like broken homes, abusive parents and school yard bullies, and what you have is a bunch of adults confusing, and making decisions for, vulnerable children who have virtually no defense against them.

NAMBLA features dozens of supportive quotes from literary types on its Web site. (Along with an offer for a book entitled, Boys Speak Out on Man/Boy Love, filled with letters and articles from young boys - ages 11-19 - with titles like: "He Makes Me Glad I'm Gay (14-year-old)," "For the First Time in My Life I Feel Wanted (16)" and "Sex is Really Beautiful With My Friend (13).") But the organization is very touchy (no pun intended) about newspapers, magazines and other Web sites referring to its organization. Gee, what's a matter guys? Been getting a little bad press? The group is also all bent outta shape over the thousands of "innocent" men currently in prison for engaging in consensual sex with boys. Sorry NAMBLA, but those members of society who can get dates with people their own age have another name for your jailed members.

They're called pedophiles. Perhaps you've heard of 'em?

The North American Man/Boy Love Association can be found on the Web at http://www.nambla.de. If this sick, child-molesting group of pasty-faced geeks, nerds and one-time high school rejects make you wanna puke, by all means, drop 'em an e-mail and let them know.