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I never said I knew all the facts. That is my point. Not sure why you list all my questions as speculation. I am not stating them as true. Fact: not all alleged victims came forward. What we don't know: how many others did not come forward. Fact: many willing yfs at the time later come to reconceptualize their experience as abuse years later. What we don't know: how many were convinced over time to reformulate their experience in this case. Fact: prosecutors routinely invent and exaggerate charges against defendants, especially in CSA cases. What we don't know: if that happened in this case. Fact: Sandusky fits one typical profile of boylovers I have come across in that he has had a long string of friendships with boys in the "classical" BL range, showers them with gifts, trips, and attention, and falls in love with them. In essence, Sandusky has a profile near indistinguishable from a large umber of other boylovers. If you see your typical boylover as a cunning manipulator just to get in kids' pants, I find that view extremely cynical. You seem to be holding to an idea that I have seen too many times. It is one that many of us have been conditioned to adopt out of a hypersensitivity to the charge that we are noxious and cause harm to our boys. Thus we attempt to overcompensate by holding ourselves up to an impossible, perfect standard. And mistake we make in dealing with our yfs becomes a huge failing and fellow BLs here jump on us for it. Fact: BLs are human and imperfect like everyone else. Just because they may make some mistakes does not necessarily make them bad BLs. These facts and my experience lead me to conclude that Sandusky is just another imperfect boylover. |