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		<title>By: earwicga</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/6032#comment-197284</link>
		<dc:creator>earwicga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Slight correction to something said above by Amrit at 93 who stated that Polanski spent 15  months in prison.  He actually spent 42 days in a prison psychiatric unit for assessment.</description>
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		<title>By: Snapper</title>
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		<dc:creator>Snapper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>YES YES YES YES YES

Click on # 129  above

TO LEARN ALL !

HURRY!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YES YES YES YES YES</p>
<p>Click on # 129  above</p>
<p>TO LEARN ALL !</p>
<p>HURRY!</p>
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		<title>By: Bobsy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bobsy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Samantha forgave him over a decade ago.

Sort of, anyway ...

If you need more, here&#039;s more:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0928092geimer1.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Samantha forgave him over a decade ago.</p>
<p>Sort of, anyway &#8230;</p>
<p>If you need more, here&#8217;s more:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0928092geimer1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0928092geimer1.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: persephone</title>
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		<dc:creator>persephone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yeah you are right Binky. Useful &#039;legal&#039; work such as what to do with nuisance calls</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yeah you are right Binky. Useful &#8216;legal&#8217; work such as what to do with nuisance calls</p>
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		<title>By: Binky</title>
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		<dc:creator>Binky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Plus Lee Barnes is wasting time and energy here when he could be doing useful work for the BNP !</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Plus Lee Barnes is wasting time and energy here when he could be doing useful work for the BNP !</p>
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		<title>By: Binky</title>
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		<dc:creator>Binky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>O MY O MY O MY O MY

Go back to #125 and click on the link -

ALL is explained !</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>O MY O MY O MY O MY</p>
<p>Go back to #125 and click on the link -</p>
<p>ALL is explained !</p>
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		<title>By: Wendy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Still interested in the Trials of the five-foot-Pole you wouldn&#039;t touch with a six-foor-pole ?

HERE:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1203081roman1.html

Keep up to date by getting e-mailings from THE SMOKING GUN, chums!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still interested in the Trials of the five-foot-Pole you wouldn&#8217;t touch with a six-foor-pole ?</p>
<p>HERE:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1203081roman1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1203081roman1.html</a></p>
<p>Keep up to date by getting e-mailings from THE SMOKING GUN, chums!</p>
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		<title>By: Germaine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Germaine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Roman Seacole Polanski must be sent to the galleys!</description>
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		<title>By: persephone</title>
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		<dc:creator>persephone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>^^ what was interesting was the reason for Polanskis libel action:

&quot;Polanski brought libel proceedings over the publication of a July 2002 article in Vanity Fair. 

The article had alleged that in 1969, on the way back from London to Los Angeles for the funeral of his wife Sharon Tate, who had been murdered by Charles Manson, he had sought to seduce a young woman in the famous Manhattan bar, Elaine&#039;s. 

It was alleged that he concluded his seduction with the promise, &#039;And I will make another Sharon Tate out of you&#039; - possibly not the best chat-up line given the unfortunate fate of the late Ms Tate.

The director denies this categorically and argues that the article depicts him as showing a callous indifference to the fate of his murdered wife. However, the defendant, while now stating that the incident took place not on the way to but perhaps some few weeks after the burial, continues to assert that it did occur. The publishers argue that the claimant did indeed show a &#039;callous indifference&#039; to his wife&#039;s memory.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>^^ what was interesting was the reason for Polanskis libel action:</p>
<p>&#8220;Polanski brought libel proceedings over the publication of a July 2002 article in Vanity Fair. </p>
<p>The article had alleged that in 1969, on the way back from London to Los Angeles for the funeral of his wife Sharon Tate, who had been murdered by Charles Manson, he had sought to seduce a young woman in the famous Manhattan bar, Elaine&#8217;s. </p>
<p>It was alleged that he concluded his seduction with the promise, &#8216;And I will make another Sharon Tate out of you&#8217; &#8211; possibly not the best chat-up line given the unfortunate fate of the late Ms Tate.</p>
<p>The director denies this categorically and argues that the article depicts him as showing a callous indifference to the fate of his murdered wife. However, the defendant, while now stating that the incident took place not on the way to but perhaps some few weeks after the burial, continues to assert that it did occur. The publishers argue that the claimant did indeed show a &#8216;callous indifference&#8217; to his wife&#8217;s memory.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: persephone</title>
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		<dc:creator>persephone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>An article today by Jonathan Rayner 1/10/09:

â€œPolanskiâ€™s supporters are indignant that, after all these years, the US authorities have now asked another country to arrest him â€“ on a warrant extending back to 1977 â€“ and to hold him pending extradition. Why now and not before, they demand to know?

Except it isnâ€™t a â€˜sudden decisionâ€™ at all. â€¦. in 2003 about how Polanski, in trying to sue CondÃ© Nast Publications for libel, appealed all the way to the House of Lords to be allowed to give evidence by video. He wanted to testify by video because he feared that, if he set foot in the UK, he would be arrested on the warrant for the 1977 rape charge. 

The intention to arrest him has been genuine all along.

Samantha Geimer, Polanskiâ€™s victim, is now 45-years-old and a mother of three. She has moved on and has forgiven him. But what if she hadnâ€™t had the emotional strength to put it all behind her? What if her life had been blighted by flashbacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, fear of men, horror of intimacy, drug abuse, self-harm, or even suicide?

Would Polanskiâ€™s apologists have said Geimerâ€™s tragic life was a small price to pay for the cinematic legacy of Chinatown, Rosemaryâ€™s Baby, The Pianist and the rest?â€</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An article today by Jonathan Rayner 1/10/09:</p>
<p>â€œPolanskiâ€™s supporters are indignant that, after all these years, the US authorities have now asked another country to arrest him â€“ on a warrant extending back to 1977 â€“ and to hold him pending extradition. Why now and not before, they demand to know?</p>
<p>Except it isnâ€™t a â€˜sudden decisionâ€™ at all. â€¦. in 2003 about how Polanski, in trying to sue CondÃ© Nast Publications for libel, appealed all the way to the House of Lords to be allowed to give evidence by video. He wanted to testify by video because he feared that, if he set foot in the UK, he would be arrested on the warrant for the 1977 rape charge. </p>
<p>The intention to arrest him has been genuine all along.</p>
<p>Samantha Geimer, Polanskiâ€™s victim, is now 45-years-old and a mother of three. She has moved on and has forgiven him. But what if she hadnâ€™t had the emotional strength to put it all behind her? What if her life had been blighted by flashbacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, fear of men, horror of intimacy, drug abuse, self-harm, or even suicide?</p>
<p>Would Polanskiâ€™s apologists have said Geimerâ€™s tragic life was a small price to pay for the cinematic legacy of Chinatown, Rosemaryâ€™s Baby, The Pianist and the rest?â€</p>
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		<title>By: Ravi Naik</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ravi Naik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is what Polanski &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaeldeacon/100011795/roman-polanski-everyone-else-fancies-little-girls-too/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;said&lt;/a&gt; one year after fleeing to France:

&lt;blockquote&gt;â€œIf I had killed somebody, it wouldnâ€™t have had so much appeal to the press, you see? Butâ€¦ fucking, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to fuck young girls. Juries want to fuck young girls. Everyone wants to fuck young girls!â€&lt;/blockquote&gt;

These people think they are above the law, don&#039;t they? 

&lt;blockquote&gt;...but this is an artist! which in France is like a superior human being. Oh la la, the land of liberte, egalite, fraternite, what a bunch of hypocrites!&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yes, and that&#039;s why people don&#039;t take them &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uFlGFcGkM&amp;feature=PlayList&amp;p=E09DD57ED86A2661&amp;playnext=1&amp;playnext_from=PL&amp;index=52&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;seriously&lt;/a&gt;...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is what Polanski <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaeldeacon/100011795/roman-polanski-everyone-else-fancies-little-girls-too/" rel="nofollow">said</a> one year after fleeing to France:</p>
<blockquote><p>â€œIf I had killed somebody, it wouldnâ€™t have had so much appeal to the press, you see? Butâ€¦ fucking, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to fuck young girls. Juries want to fuck young girls. Everyone wants to fuck young girls!â€</p></blockquote>
<p>These people think they are above the law, don&#8217;t they? </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;but this is an artist! which in France is like a superior human being. Oh la la, the land of liberte, egalite, fraternite, what a bunch of hypocrites!</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes, and that&#8217;s why people don&#8217;t take them <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uFlGFcGkM&amp;feature=PlayList&amp;p=E09DD57ED86A2661&amp;playnext=1&amp;playnext_from=PL&amp;index=52" rel="nofollow">seriously</a>&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: 5cc</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/6032#comment-179824</link>
		<dc:creator>5cc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lee,

Heh.  Lessons in Biblical exegesis from the man who thinks that Jesus being quoted in three Gospels means that Jesus said something three times.

&lt;em&gt;The sin is padeophilia.&lt;/em&gt;

So a victim of paedophilia is guilty of the sin of paedophilia.  Right.

&lt;em&gt;The fact is that the sin refers to the act, not culpability on the part of the victim.&lt;/em&gt;

So a victim of paedophilia commits the sin of paedophilia, but it&#039;s not their fault.  Okay.

&lt;em&gt;The prefix â€˜whoever causesâ€™ shows that the act is not one of co-operation or participation, it is a forced act, a non-consensual act. The â€˜to sinâ€™ refers to the sinful act of paedohilia, to which the victim is of course a participant though an unwilling one.&lt;/em&gt;

And that&#039;s where you lose it.  &#039;To sin&#039; does not mean &#039;to participate in a sinful act&#039;, it means &#039;to sin&#039;.  That&#039;s why it says, &#039;to sin&#039;, and not something else.  Because it means &#039;to sin&#039;.

&lt;em&gt;True consent, as the law states, only occurs after the age of 16. Until then any sex, including â€˜consexualâ€™ sex between an adult and a minor where the child may think they are consenting, is rape.&lt;/em&gt;

But, of course, children are never referred to as &#039;participating in the act of rape&#039;.  Because they have been &lt;em&gt;victims&lt;/em&gt; of rape, by virtue of their inability to consent.

In real life, it&#039;s not even clear that that Jesus is talking about paedophilia here at all, since &#039;to sin&#039; could mean so many things that the wording differs between different editions of the Bible from &#039;offend these little ones&#039; to causing a child to &#039;stumble&#039; or &#039;lose his faith&#039;.

It&#039;s just funny how quickly you leap to the defence of someone saying that victims of paedophilia have &#039;sinned&#039; when it&#039;s a holy figure &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; like.

You seem to have gone quiet on the thread where you&#039;re pointed out to have equated Zionist with Jew.  Care to comment on that one?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lee,</p>
<p>Heh.  Lessons in Biblical exegesis from the man who thinks that Jesus being quoted in three Gospels means that Jesus said something three times.</p>
<p><em>The sin is padeophilia.</em></p>
<p>So a victim of paedophilia is guilty of the sin of paedophilia.  Right.</p>
<p><em>The fact is that the sin refers to the act, not culpability on the part of the victim.</em></p>
<p>So a victim of paedophilia commits the sin of paedophilia, but it&#8217;s not their fault.  Okay.</p>
<p><em>The prefix â€˜whoever causesâ€™ shows that the act is not one of co-operation or participation, it is a forced act, a non-consensual act. The â€˜to sinâ€™ refers to the sinful act of paedohilia, to which the victim is of course a participant though an unwilling one.</em></p>
<p>And that&#8217;s where you lose it.  &#8216;To sin&#8217; does not mean &#8216;to participate in a sinful act&#8217;, it means &#8216;to sin&#8217;.  That&#8217;s why it says, &#8216;to sin&#8217;, and not something else.  Because it means &#8216;to sin&#8217;.</p>
<p><em>True consent, as the law states, only occurs after the age of 16. Until then any sex, including â€˜consexualâ€™ sex between an adult and a minor where the child may think they are consenting, is rape.</em></p>
<p>But, of course, children are never referred to as &#8216;participating in the act of rape&#8217;.  Because they have been <em>victims</em> of rape, by virtue of their inability to consent.</p>
<p>In real life, it&#8217;s not even clear that that Jesus is talking about paedophilia here at all, since &#8216;to sin&#8217; could mean so many things that the wording differs between different editions of the Bible from &#8216;offend these little ones&#8217; to causing a child to &#8216;stumble&#8217; or &#8216;lose his faith&#8217;.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s just funny how quickly you leap to the defence of someone saying that victims of paedophilia have &#8216;sinned&#8217; when it&#8217;s a holy figure <em>you</em> like.</p>
<p>You seem to have gone quiet on the thread where you&#8217;re pointed out to have equated Zionist with Jew.  Care to comment on that one?</p>
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		<title>By: Katy Newton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Katy Newton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Men who have sex with nine year old girls can never been seen as moral models to emulate.&lt;/i&gt;

Of course they fucking well can&#039;t.  The thing that really winds me up about people like you and Lee Barnes is that if a commenter doesn&#039;t start with &quot;I think paedophilia is disgusting&quot; you actually think they approve of it.  As far as I&#039;m concerned anyone who has sex with a child is committing rape regardless of whether or not they kid themselves that the child is consenting.  As for Muhammad, I&#039;m not a Muslim and I don&#039;t particularly care what the moral landscape was when he was alive - by today&#039;s standards, which are my standards, what he did was paedophilia, just like Roman Polanski.  The difference between me and, say, Lee Barnes, is that I don&#039;t try to make out that paedophilia is only something that dirty foreigners do, nor am I trying to use it as an excuse to chuck law-abiding British Muslim citizens out of the country.  

Richard I is often held up as some sort of ultimate British nationalist icon when the truth is that he spent less than 6 months of his 10 year reign in this country and was rumoured to enjoy fiddling with young boys.  But OK, forget about Richard I.  Let&#039;s talk about Hitler, a mass-murderer who many people in the BNP revere as a fine leader - or for that matter Stalin, a mass-murderer who amazingly is still thought of nostalgically by some on the hard-left.  I think it&#039;s pretty fucking freaky that there are English people who admire Hitler and Stalin.  I don&#039;t actually think that&#039;s very much less twisted, if at all, than admiring Muhammad.  But you don&#039;t see me trying to throw them out of their own country because of it, much though I detest it.  That&#039;s the point.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Men who have sex with nine year old girls can never been seen as moral models to emulate.</i></p>
<p>Of course they fucking well can&#8217;t.  The thing that really winds me up about people like you and Lee Barnes is that if a commenter doesn&#8217;t start with &#8220;I think paedophilia is disgusting&#8221; you actually think they approve of it.  As far as I&#8217;m concerned anyone who has sex with a child is committing rape regardless of whether or not they kid themselves that the child is consenting.  As for Muhammad, I&#8217;m not a Muslim and I don&#8217;t particularly care what the moral landscape was when he was alive &#8211; by today&#8217;s standards, which are my standards, what he did was paedophilia, just like Roman Polanski.  The difference between me and, say, Lee Barnes, is that I don&#8217;t try to make out that paedophilia is only something that dirty foreigners do, nor am I trying to use it as an excuse to chuck law-abiding British Muslim citizens out of the country.  </p>
<p>Richard I is often held up as some sort of ultimate British nationalist icon when the truth is that he spent less than 6 months of his 10 year reign in this country and was rumoured to enjoy fiddling with young boys.  But OK, forget about Richard I.  Let&#8217;s talk about Hitler, a mass-murderer who many people in the BNP revere as a fine leader &#8211; or for that matter Stalin, a mass-murderer who amazingly is still thought of nostalgically by some on the hard-left.  I think it&#8217;s pretty fucking freaky that there are English people who admire Hitler and Stalin.  I don&#8217;t actually think that&#8217;s very much less twisted, if at all, than admiring Muhammad.  But you don&#8217;t see me trying to throw them out of their own country because of it, much though I detest it.  That&#8217;s the point.</p>
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		<title>By: Lee John Barnes</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lee John Barnes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The sin is padeophilia. 

The fact is that the sin refers to the act, not culpability on the part of the victim.

 â€œWhoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.â€

The words &#039;whoever CAUSES ... to sin&#039; 

&#039;Whoever causes&#039; refers to the act of the abuser, the &#039;to sin&#039; refers to the act of paedophilia itself. 

The prefix &#039;whoever causes&#039; shows that the act is not one of co-operation or participation, it is a forced act, a non-consensual act. The &#039;to sin&#039; refers to the sinful act of paedohilia, to which the victim is of course a participant though an unwilling one.

The act is sinful, not the victim.

In many child abuse cases the victim is groomed into sexual activity and may not resist it or may even participate &#039;willingly&#039; as a result of psychological abuse and grooming, though of course they cannot truly consent - the fact they are &#039;little ones&#039; means they cannot consent even if they do consent.

True consent, as the law states, only occurs after the age of 16. Until then any sex, including &#039;consexual&#039; sex between an adult and a minor where the child may think they are consenting, is rape.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The sin is padeophilia. </p>
<p>The fact is that the sin refers to the act, not culpability on the part of the victim.</p>
<p> â€œWhoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.â€</p>
<p>The words &#8216;whoever CAUSES &#8230; to sin&#8217; </p>
<p>&#8216;Whoever causes&#8217; refers to the act of the abuser, the &#8216;to sin&#8217; refers to the act of paedophilia itself. </p>
<p>The prefix &#8216;whoever causes&#8217; shows that the act is not one of co-operation or participation, it is a forced act, a non-consensual act. The &#8216;to sin&#8217; refers to the sinful act of paedohilia, to which the victim is of course a participant though an unwilling one.</p>
<p>The act is sinful, not the victim.</p>
<p>In many child abuse cases the victim is groomed into sexual activity and may not resist it or may even participate &#8216;willingly&#8217; as a result of psychological abuse and grooming, though of course they cannot truly consent &#8211; the fact they are &#8216;little ones&#8217; means they cannot consent even if they do consent.</p>
<p>True consent, as the law states, only occurs after the age of 16. Until then any sex, including &#8216;consexual&#8217; sex between an adult and a minor where the child may think they are consenting, is rape.</p>
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		<title>By: 5cc</title>
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		<description>Lee, I see you&#039;ve dodged the main point of my post again.

&quot;The passage states that the crime is to make children sin, it says NOTHING about the victims of paedophilia are also sinners.&quot;

What is the sin that children commit then?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lee, I see you&#8217;ve dodged the main point of my post again.</p>
<p>&#8220;The passage states that the crime is to make children sin, it says NOTHING about the victims of paedophilia are also sinners.&#8221;</p>
<p>What is the sin that children commit then?</p>
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		<title>By: Lee John Barnes</title>
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		<description>Hadnâ€™t seen this thread much until late, and Lee Barnes seems to have disappeared from the thread, but this caught my eye, from comment 22:

â€œCompare this to Jesus who said Paedophiles should be executed ;

In the Bibleâ€™s New Testament, Jesus tells his disciples, â€œWhoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.â€

He didnt say this just once â€“ but more than once.

(see Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42; and Luke 17:2)â€

Itâ€™s not so much that to believe this passage is a call to execute paedophiles youâ€™d have to also believe that being the victim of paedophilia is a sin that struck me.


#### Old Hamster Brain is back I see.

The passage states that the crime is to make children sin, it says NOTHING about the victims of paedophilia are also sinners.

Thats just your tiny hamster brain making up things because you are too dumb to understand what is written.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hadnâ€™t seen this thread much until late, and Lee Barnes seems to have disappeared from the thread, but this caught my eye, from comment 22:</p>
<p>â€œCompare this to Jesus who said Paedophiles should be executed ;</p>
<p>In the Bibleâ€™s New Testament, Jesus tells his disciples, â€œWhoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.â€</p>
<p>He didnt say this just once â€“ but more than once.</p>
<p>(see Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42; and Luke 17:2)â€</p>
<p>Itâ€™s not so much that to believe this passage is a call to execute paedophiles youâ€™d have to also believe that being the victim of paedophilia is a sin that struck me.</p>
<p>#### Old Hamster Brain is back I see.</p>
<p>The passage states that the crime is to make children sin, it says NOTHING about the victims of paedophilia are also sinners.</p>
<p>Thats just your tiny hamster brain making up things because you are too dumb to understand what is written.</p>
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		<title>By: sonia</title>
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		<description>im confused as to what this has got to do with the Polanski case?</description>
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		<title>By: Lee John Barnes</title>
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		<description>The Paedophile Apologists have been busy I see ;


. Sahih al-Bukhari 810-870 A.D. 256 A.H.

1a. &quot;Narrated Hishamâ€™s father: Khadija died three years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He stayed there for two years or so and then he married â€˜Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consummated that marriage when she was nine years old.&quot; Bukhari vol.5 book 58 ch.43 no.236 p.153.

1b. The same points are in Bukhari vol.5 book 58 ch.43 no.234 p.152.

1c. &quot;Narrated â€˜Urwa: The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with â€˜Aisha while she was six year old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death). Bukhari vol.7 book 62 ch.60 no.88 p.65

1d. Narrated &#039;Aisha: The Prophet was screening me with his Rida&#039; (garment covering the upper part of the body) while I was looking at the Ethiopians who were playing in the courtyard of the mosque. (I continued watching) till I was satisfied. So you may deduce from this event how a little girl (who has not reached the age of puberty) who is eager to enjoy amusement should be treated in this respect. Bukhari vol.7 book 62 ch.115 no.163 p.119

 

1e. &quot;Narrated &#039;Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) I never remembered my parents believing in any religion other than the true religion (i.e. Islam), and (I don&#039;t remember) a single day passing without our being visited by Allahâ€™s Apostle in the morning and in the evening.&quot; Bukhari vol.5 book 58 ch.44 no.245 p.158. Thus â€˜Aisha was either not very old or not born yet when her parents became Muslims. This is consistent with her being a child when her marriage with Mohammed was consummated.

2. Sahih Muslim 817-875 A.D. 261 A.H.

This is generally considered the second most reliable collection of hadiths.

2a. &quot;(3309) â€˜Aâ€™isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allahâ€™s Messenger (may peace be upon him) married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house at the age of nine. She further said: We went to Medina and I had an attack of fever for a month, and my hair had come down to the earlobes. Umm Ruman (my mother) came to me and I was at that time on a swing along with my playmates. She called me loudly and I went to her and I did not know what she had wanted of me. She too hold of my hand and took me to the door, and I was saying: Ha, ha (as if I was gasping), until the agitation of my heart was over. She took me to a house, where had gathered the women of the Ansar. They all blessed me and wished me good luck and said: May you have shared in good. She (my mother) entrusted me to them. They washed my head and embellished me and nothing frightened me. Allahâ€™s Messenger (may peace be upon him) came there in the morning, and I was entrusted to him.&quot; Sahih Muslim vol.2 book 8 ch.548 no.3309 p.715-716

2b. &quot;(3310) â€˜Aâ€™isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allahâ€™s Apostle (may peace be upon him) married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house when I was nine years old.&quot;

(3311) â€˜Aâ€™isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allahâ€™s Apostle (may peace be upon him) married here when she was seven years old, and she was taken to his house as a bride when she was nine, and here dolls were with her: and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years old.&quot; Sahih Muslim vol.2 book 8 ch.548 no.3310,3311 p.716.

2c. &quot;(5981) â€™Aâ€™isha reported that she used to play with dolls in the presence of Allahâ€™s Messenger (may peace be upon him) and when her playmates came to her they left (the house) because they felt shy of Allahâ€™s Messenger (may peace be upon him), whereas Allahâ€™s Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent them to her.

2d. (5982) This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters with a slight variation of wording.&quot; Sahih Muslim vol.4 book 29 ch.1005 no.5981-5982 p.1299

3. Sunan Abu Dawud 817-888/9 A.D. 275 A.H.

3a. &quot;(2116) â€˜Aâ€™ishah said : The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) married me when I was seven years old. The narrator Sulaiman said : Or six years. He had intercourse with me when I was nine years old.&quot; Sunan Abu Dawud vol.2 book 5 ch.700 no.2116 p.569

3b. &quot;(4913) â€˜Aâ€™ishah said : I used to play with dolls. Sometimes the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) entered upon me when the girls were with me. When he came in, they went out, and when he went out, they came in.&quot; Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1769 no.4913 p.1373 

Note carefully this is NOT saying Mohammed had intercourse with Aâ€™isha while her playmates were watching. Rather it says the playmates played with her, and they went out when Mohammed came by, and could come back after he left.

3c. &quot;(4915) â€˜Aâ€™ishah said : The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) married me when I was seven or six. When we came to Medina, some women came. According to Bishrâ€™s version: Umm Ruman came to me when I was swinging. They took me, made me prepared and decorated me. I was then brought to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him), and he took up cohabitation with me when I was nine. She halted me at the door, and I burst into laughter.

Abu Dawud said : That is to say : I menstruated, and I was brought in a house, and there were some women of the Ansari (Helpers) in it. They said : With good luck and blessing. The tradition of one of them has been included in the other. Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1770 no.4915 p.1374

3d. (5916) [typo, really 4916] The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Usamah in a similar manner through a different chain of narrators. This version has: â€˜With good fortune.â€™ She (Umm Ruman) entrusted me to them. They washed my head and redressed me. No one came to me suddenly except the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) in the forenoon. So they entrusted me to him. Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1770 no.4916 p.1374

3e. (4917) â€˜Aâ€™ishah said: When we came to Medina, the women came to me when I was playing on the swing, and my hair were [sp] up to my ears. They brought me, prepared me, and decorated me. Then they brought me to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and he took up cohabitation with me, when I was nine. Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1770 no.4917 p.1374

3f. (4918) The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Hisham b. â€˜Urwah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: I was swinging and I had my friends. They brought me to a house ; there were some women of the Ansar (Helpers). They said : With good luck and blessing. Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1770 no.4918 p.1374

3g. (4919) â€˜Aâ€™ishah said : We came to Medina and stayed with Banu al-Harith b. al-Khazraj. She said : I swear by Allah, I was swinging between two date-palms. Then my mother came, and made me come down; and I had my hair up to the ears. The transmitter then mentioned the rest of the tradition.&quot; Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1770 no.4915-4919 p.1374.

Conclusion on Abu Dawud: 7 references and no counter-references affirm that Aâ€™isha was nine.

4. Tirmidhi 825-892 A.D. 209-279 A.H.

&quot;..Ahmad and Is&#039;haq said that if a female orphan reaches nine years old and was wed with her consent, then the marriage is permissible and she will have no choice when she matures. The two relied on a hadith by Ai&#039;sha stating that the prophet peace be upon him had sexual relations with her when she was nine. Aisha said, if the little girl reaches nine then she is a woman&quot; Tirmidhi said: A good hadith. (Tirmidhi, &quot;Marriage according to Allah&#039;s apostle&quot;, #1027) 

5. Sunan Nasâ€™ai 830-915 A.D. 215-303 A.H.

5a. A&#039;ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married her when she was six and had intercourse with her when she was nine. (Sunan Nasâ€™ai, Book of Marriage, no.3255)

5b. A&#039;ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married me when I was seven and had intercourse with me when I was nine. (Sunan Nasâ€™ai, Book of Marriage, no.3256)

5c. A&#039;ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married me when I was nine and I accompanied him for nine years. (Sunan Nasâ€™ai, Book of Marriage, no.3257)

5d. A&#039;ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married her when she was nine and died when she was eighteen. (Sunan Nasâ€™ai, Book of Marriage, no.3258)

5e. A&#039;ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married me when I was six and had intercourse with me when I was nine and I was playing with dolls. (Sunan Nasâ€™ai, Book of Marriage, no.3256)

Note that the previous are in original Arabic, but were not in the English translation. However, the English translator at the front wrote the following under #18.

&quot;When Hadrat &#039;A&#039;isha passed nine years of married life, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) fell in mortal sickness. On the 9th or the 12th of Rabi-ul-Awwal 11 A.H., he left this mortal worldâ€¦Hadrat &#039;A&#039;isha was eighteen years of age at the time when the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed away and she remained a widow for forty-eight years till she died at the age of sixty-seven.&quot; Sunan Nasaâ€™i vol.1 #18 p.108-109 (English material at the front)

Note that she had nine years of married life with Mohammed, and since he died when she was eighteen, she was nine years old when she started her married life with Mohammed.

Conclusion on Sunan Nasa&#039;i: Not counting English translation notes, the Arabic has 5 references and no counter-references to affirm that Aâ€™isha was nine.

6. Ibn-i-Majah 824-886/887 A.D. 273 A.H.

6a. Aâ€™isha was married when she was six years old, and nine when she went to Mohammedâ€™s house. Ibn-i-Majah vol.3 book 9 ch.13 no.1876 p.133

6b. Aâ€™isha was married at seven, went to Mohammedâ€™s house at nine, and was 18 when Mohammed died. According to al-Zawaâ€™id, its isnad is sahih according to the condition of Bukhari. However Abu â€˜Ubaida did not hear from his father, so it is munqata (has a gap) Ibn-i-Majah vol.3 book 9 ch.13 no.1877 p.134.

7. The Historian ibn Ishaq - died 767/773 A.D. 145/151 A.H.

7a. &quot;Yahya b. Abbad b. Abdullah b. al-Zubayr from his father told me that he heard Aisha say: &quot;The apostle died in my bosom during my turn:  I had wronged none in regard to him. It was due to my ignorance and extreme youth that the apostle died in my arms.&quot;&quot;
(Guillaume, A., The Life of Muhammad, a translation of Ibn Ishaq&#039;s Sirat Rasul Allah, Oxford University Press, Karachi, Pakistan, page 682). Aâ€™isha said she was an extreme youth when Mohammed died.

8. The Historian al-Tabari - died 923 A.D.

8a. â€˜Aisha was 6 (or 7) years old when she was married, and the marriage was consummated when she was nine years old. al-Tabari vol.9 p.129-131. Muhammad b. â€˜Amr is one of the transmitters.

8b. â€˜Aisha was 6-7 when married, and the marriage was consummated when she was 9-10, three months after coming to Mecca al-Tabari vol.7 p.7. The chain of transmission includes an unnamed man from the Quraysh.

8c. Aisha died in June-July 678 A.D. (A.H. 58) at the age of 66. That would make her born in 610 A.D.. al-Tabari says she consummated her marriage with the prophet when she was nine years old. al-Tabari vol.39 p.171,173. (al-Tabari wrote 38 volumes of history, plus a 39th volume called Biographies of the Prophetâ€™s Companions and Their Successors.)

X 8c. On the other hand, al-Tabari also wrote that i.e. &quot;All four of his [Abu Bakrâ€™s] children were born of his two wives -- the names of whom we have already mentioned -- during the pre-Islamic period.&quot; (Tarikhu&#039;l-umam wa&#039;l-mamlu&#039;k, Al-Tabari, vol.4, p.50, Arabic, Dara&#039;l-fikr, Beirut, 1979. al-Tabari vol.11 p.141 also mentions this, with footnote 766 saying al-Tabari has a conflict here. The footnote also says that al-Baladhuriâ€™s Ansab I, p.409-411; Ibn Hajarâ€™s Isabah IV, p.359-360 supports her being married by 9 years old.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Paedophile Apologists have been busy I see ;</p>
<p>. Sahih al-Bukhari 810-870 A.D. 256 A.H.</p>
<p>1a. &#8220;Narrated Hishamâ€™s father: Khadija died three years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He stayed there for two years or so and then he married â€˜Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consummated that marriage when she was nine years old.&#8221; Bukhari vol.5 book 58 ch.43 no.236 p.153.</p>
<p>1b. The same points are in Bukhari vol.5 book 58 ch.43 no.234 p.152.</p>
<p>1c. &#8220;Narrated â€˜Urwa: The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with â€˜Aisha while she was six year old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death). Bukhari vol.7 book 62 ch.60 no.88 p.65</p>
<p>1d. Narrated &#8216;Aisha: The Prophet was screening me with his Rida&#8217; (garment covering the upper part of the body) while I was looking at the Ethiopians who were playing in the courtyard of the mosque. (I continued watching) till I was satisfied. So you may deduce from this event how a little girl (who has not reached the age of puberty) who is eager to enjoy amusement should be treated in this respect. Bukhari vol.7 book 62 ch.115 no.163 p.119</p>
<p>1e. &#8220;Narrated &#8216;Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) I never remembered my parents believing in any religion other than the true religion (i.e. Islam), and (I don&#8217;t remember) a single day passing without our being visited by Allahâ€™s Apostle in the morning and in the evening.&#8221; Bukhari vol.5 book 58 ch.44 no.245 p.158. Thus â€˜Aisha was either not very old or not born yet when her parents became Muslims. This is consistent with her being a child when her marriage with Mohammed was consummated.</p>
<p>2. Sahih Muslim 817-875 A.D. 261 A.H.</p>
<p>This is generally considered the second most reliable collection of hadiths.</p>
<p>2a. &#8220;(3309) â€˜Aâ€™isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allahâ€™s Messenger (may peace be upon him) married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house at the age of nine. She further said: We went to Medina and I had an attack of fever for a month, and my hair had come down to the earlobes. Umm Ruman (my mother) came to me and I was at that time on a swing along with my playmates. She called me loudly and I went to her and I did not know what she had wanted of me. She too hold of my hand and took me to the door, and I was saying: Ha, ha (as if I was gasping), until the agitation of my heart was over. She took me to a house, where had gathered the women of the Ansar. They all blessed me and wished me good luck and said: May you have shared in good. She (my mother) entrusted me to them. They washed my head and embellished me and nothing frightened me. Allahâ€™s Messenger (may peace be upon him) came there in the morning, and I was entrusted to him.&#8221; Sahih Muslim vol.2 book 8 ch.548 no.3309 p.715-716</p>
<p>2b. &#8220;(3310) â€˜Aâ€™isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allahâ€™s Apostle (may peace be upon him) married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house when I was nine years old.&#8221;</p>
<p>(3311) â€˜Aâ€™isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allahâ€™s Apostle (may peace be upon him) married here when she was seven years old, and she was taken to his house as a bride when she was nine, and here dolls were with her: and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years old.&#8221; Sahih Muslim vol.2 book 8 ch.548 no.3310,3311 p.716.</p>
<p>2c. &#8220;(5981) â€™Aâ€™isha reported that she used to play with dolls in the presence of Allahâ€™s Messenger (may peace be upon him) and when her playmates came to her they left (the house) because they felt shy of Allahâ€™s Messenger (may peace be upon him), whereas Allahâ€™s Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent them to her.</p>
<p>2d. (5982) This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters with a slight variation of wording.&#8221; Sahih Muslim vol.4 book 29 ch.1005 no.5981-5982 p.1299</p>
<p>3. Sunan Abu Dawud 817-888/9 A.D. 275 A.H.</p>
<p>3a. &#8220;(2116) â€˜Aâ€™ishah said : The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) married me when I was seven years old. The narrator Sulaiman said : Or six years. He had intercourse with me when I was nine years old.&#8221; Sunan Abu Dawud vol.2 book 5 ch.700 no.2116 p.569</p>
<p>3b. &#8220;(4913) â€˜Aâ€™ishah said : I used to play with dolls. Sometimes the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) entered upon me when the girls were with me. When he came in, they went out, and when he went out, they came in.&#8221; Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1769 no.4913 p.1373 </p>
<p>Note carefully this is NOT saying Mohammed had intercourse with Aâ€™isha while her playmates were watching. Rather it says the playmates played with her, and they went out when Mohammed came by, and could come back after he left.</p>
<p>3c. &#8220;(4915) â€˜Aâ€™ishah said : The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) married me when I was seven or six. When we came to Medina, some women came. According to Bishrâ€™s version: Umm Ruman came to me when I was swinging. They took me, made me prepared and decorated me. I was then brought to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him), and he took up cohabitation with me when I was nine. She halted me at the door, and I burst into laughter.</p>
<p>Abu Dawud said : That is to say : I menstruated, and I was brought in a house, and there were some women of the Ansari (Helpers) in it. They said : With good luck and blessing. The tradition of one of them has been included in the other. Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1770 no.4915 p.1374</p>
<p>3d. (5916) [typo, really 4916] The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Usamah in a similar manner through a different chain of narrators. This version has: â€˜With good fortune.â€™ She (Umm Ruman) entrusted me to them. They washed my head and redressed me. No one came to me suddenly except the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) in the forenoon. So they entrusted me to him. Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1770 no.4916 p.1374</p>
<p>3e. (4917) â€˜Aâ€™ishah said: When we came to Medina, the women came to me when I was playing on the swing, and my hair were [sp] up to my ears. They brought me, prepared me, and decorated me. Then they brought me to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and he took up cohabitation with me, when I was nine. Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1770 no.4917 p.1374</p>
<p>3f. (4918) The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Hisham b. â€˜Urwah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: I was swinging and I had my friends. They brought me to a house ; there were some women of the Ansar (Helpers). They said : With good luck and blessing. Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1770 no.4918 p.1374</p>
<p>3g. (4919) â€˜Aâ€™ishah said : We came to Medina and stayed with Banu al-Harith b. al-Khazraj. She said : I swear by Allah, I was swinging between two date-palms. Then my mother came, and made me come down; and I had my hair up to the ears. The transmitter then mentioned the rest of the tradition.&#8221; Sunan Abu Dawud vol.3 book 36 ch.1770 no.4915-4919 p.1374.</p>
<p>Conclusion on Abu Dawud: 7 references and no counter-references affirm that Aâ€™isha was nine.</p>
<p>4. Tirmidhi 825-892 A.D. 209-279 A.H.</p>
<p>&#8220;..Ahmad and Is&#8217;haq said that if a female orphan reaches nine years old and was wed with her consent, then the marriage is permissible and she will have no choice when she matures. The two relied on a hadith by Ai&#8217;sha stating that the prophet peace be upon him had sexual relations with her when she was nine. Aisha said, if the little girl reaches nine then she is a woman&#8221; Tirmidhi said: A good hadith. (Tirmidhi, &#8220;Marriage according to Allah&#8217;s apostle&#8221;, #1027) </p>
<p>5. Sunan Nasâ€™ai 830-915 A.D. 215-303 A.H.</p>
<p>5a. A&#8217;ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married her when she was six and had intercourse with her when she was nine. (Sunan Nasâ€™ai, Book of Marriage, no.3255)</p>
<p>5b. A&#8217;ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married me when I was seven and had intercourse with me when I was nine. (Sunan Nasâ€™ai, Book of Marriage, no.3256)</p>
<p>5c. A&#8217;ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married me when I was nine and I accompanied him for nine years. (Sunan Nasâ€™ai, Book of Marriage, no.3257)</p>
<p>5d. A&#8217;ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married her when she was nine and died when she was eighteen. (Sunan Nasâ€™ai, Book of Marriage, no.3258)</p>
<p>5e. A&#8217;ishah said: The Apostle of Allah peace be upon him married me when I was six and had intercourse with me when I was nine and I was playing with dolls. (Sunan Nasâ€™ai, Book of Marriage, no.3256)</p>
<p>Note that the previous are in original Arabic, but were not in the English translation. However, the English translator at the front wrote the following under #18.</p>
<p>&#8220;When Hadrat &#8216;A&#8217;isha passed nine years of married life, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) fell in mortal sickness. On the 9th or the 12th of Rabi-ul-Awwal 11 A.H., he left this mortal worldâ€¦Hadrat &#8216;A&#8217;isha was eighteen years of age at the time when the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed away and she remained a widow for forty-eight years till she died at the age of sixty-seven.&#8221; Sunan Nasaâ€™i vol.1 #18 p.108-109 (English material at the front)</p>
<p>Note that she had nine years of married life with Mohammed, and since he died when she was eighteen, she was nine years old when she started her married life with Mohammed.</p>
<p>Conclusion on Sunan Nasa&#8217;i: Not counting English translation notes, the Arabic has 5 references and no counter-references to affirm that Aâ€™isha was nine.</p>
<p>6. Ibn-i-Majah 824-886/887 A.D. 273 A.H.</p>
<p>6a. Aâ€™isha was married when she was six years old, and nine when she went to Mohammedâ€™s house. Ibn-i-Majah vol.3 book 9 ch.13 no.1876 p.133</p>
<p>6b. Aâ€™isha was married at seven, went to Mohammedâ€™s house at nine, and was 18 when Mohammed died. According to al-Zawaâ€™id, its isnad is sahih according to the condition of Bukhari. However Abu â€˜Ubaida did not hear from his father, so it is munqata (has a gap) Ibn-i-Majah vol.3 book 9 ch.13 no.1877 p.134.</p>
<p>7. The Historian ibn Ishaq &#8211; died 767/773 A.D. 145/151 A.H.</p>
<p>7a. &#8220;Yahya b. Abbad b. Abdullah b. al-Zubayr from his father told me that he heard Aisha say: &#8220;The apostle died in my bosom during my turn:  I had wronged none in regard to him. It was due to my ignorance and extreme youth that the apostle died in my arms.&#8221;"<br />
(Guillaume, A., The Life of Muhammad, a translation of Ibn Ishaq&#8217;s Sirat Rasul Allah, Oxford University Press, Karachi, Pakistan, page 682). Aâ€™isha said she was an extreme youth when Mohammed died.</p>
<p>8. The Historian al-Tabari &#8211; died 923 A.D.</p>
<p>8a. â€˜Aisha was 6 (or 7) years old when she was married, and the marriage was consummated when she was nine years old. al-Tabari vol.9 p.129-131. Muhammad b. â€˜Amr is one of the transmitters.</p>
<p>8b. â€˜Aisha was 6-7 when married, and the marriage was consummated when she was 9-10, three months after coming to Mecca al-Tabari vol.7 p.7. The chain of transmission includes an unnamed man from the Quraysh.</p>
<p>8c. Aisha died in June-July 678 A.D. (A.H. 58) at the age of 66. That would make her born in 610 A.D.. al-Tabari says she consummated her marriage with the prophet when she was nine years old. al-Tabari vol.39 p.171,173. (al-Tabari wrote 38 volumes of history, plus a 39th volume called Biographies of the Prophetâ€™s Companions and Their Successors.)</p>
<p>X 8c. On the other hand, al-Tabari also wrote that i.e. &#8220;All four of his [Abu Bakrâ€™s] children were born of his two wives &#8212; the names of whom we have already mentioned &#8212; during the pre-Islamic period.&#8221; (Tarikhu&#8217;l-umam wa&#8217;l-mamlu&#8217;k, Al-Tabari, vol.4, p.50, Arabic, Dara&#8217;l-fikr, Beirut, 1979. al-Tabari vol.11 p.141 also mentions this, with footnote 766 saying al-Tabari has a conflict here. The footnote also says that al-Baladhuriâ€™s Ansab I, p.409-411; Ibn Hajarâ€™s Isabah IV, p.359-360 supports her being married by 9 years old.</p>
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		<title>By: Soso</title>
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		<dc:creator>Soso</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Newsflash: you donâ€™t have to go as far from home as Mecca or as far back as Muhammad to find examples of old men abusing young women&lt;/i&gt;

Newflash: neither King Richard nor King John claimed to be God&#039;s final &#039;prophet&#039; and nor did they claim to have perfect morals.... as is the case with the Bedouin pedophile.

Men who have sex with nine year old girls can never been seen as moral models to emulate.

In the Hadith the age of Aisha is mentioned more than once, and so there can be no doubt she was but nine years old when raped.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Newsflash: you donâ€™t have to go as far from home as Mecca or as far back as Muhammad to find examples of old men abusing young women</i></p>
<p>Newflash: neither King Richard nor King John claimed to be God&#8217;s final &#8216;prophet&#8217; and nor did they claim to have perfect morals&#8230;. as is the case with the Bedouin pedophile.</p>
<p>Men who have sex with nine year old girls can never been seen as moral models to emulate.</p>
<p>In the Hadith the age of Aisha is mentioned more than once, and so there can be no doubt she was but nine years old when raped.</p>
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		<title>By: 5cc</title>
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		<description>Hadn&#039;t seen this thread much until late, and Lee Barnes seems to have disappeared from the thread, but this caught my eye, from comment 22:

&lt;em&gt;&quot;Compare this to Jesus who said Paedophiles should be executed ;

In the Bibleâ€™s New Testament, Jesus tells his disciples, â€œWhoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.â€

He didnt say this just once â€“ but more than once.

(see Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42; and Luke 17:2)&quot;&lt;/em&gt;

It&#039;s not so much that to believe this passage is a call to execute paedophiles you&#039;d have to also believe that being the victim of paedophilia is a sin that struck me.

It&#039;s the &#039;he didn&#039;t say this just once&#039; bit.  Lee, if you&#039;re reading this, the Gospels are supposed to be four accounts of the same story.  Matthew, Mark and Luke are telling of Jesus saying this once.

No wonder you&#039;re not a proper lawyer.  Did you think Jesus was born twice because the nativity is in Luke and Matthew?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hadn&#8217;t seen this thread much until late, and Lee Barnes seems to have disappeared from the thread, but this caught my eye, from comment 22:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Compare this to Jesus who said Paedophiles should be executed ;</p>
<p>In the Bibleâ€™s New Testament, Jesus tells his disciples, â€œWhoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.â€</p>
<p>He didnt say this just once â€“ but more than once.</p>
<p>(see Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42; and Luke 17:2)&#8221;</em></p>
<p>It&#8217;s not so much that to believe this passage is a call to execute paedophiles you&#8217;d have to also believe that being the victim of paedophilia is a sin that struck me.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the &#8216;he didn&#8217;t say this just once&#8217; bit.  Lee, if you&#8217;re reading this, the Gospels are supposed to be four accounts of the same story.  Matthew, Mark and Luke are telling of Jesus saying this once.</p>
<p>No wonder you&#8217;re not a proper lawyer.  Did you think Jesus was born twice because the nativity is in Luke and Matthew?</p>
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