Jared Fogle & Subway
November 21, 2015 at 9:58 am
(This post was last modified: November 21, 2015 at 10:05 am by Aractus.)
So turns out Jared is a paedophile, and has had sex with under-age people and possessed child pornography. 
But there are two things that are interesting to me here. The first is the stigmatisation of "paedophiles"; and the second is the report that Subway was told about his behaviour by a franchisee in 2008 and did nothing.
The stigmatisation is clear because a psychiatrist testified in court that Jared has "mild paedophilia", and the judge said words to the effect of "that's not a proper diagnosis"... um, yes it is. Any mental disorder can be characterised as being mild, moderate, or severe or anything in-between. And furthermore, it's a part of human sexuality - and sexuality can't be accurately defined within boundaries. Some people are only sexually attracted to children, but others are sexually attracted to adults as well and perhaps this is what the psychiatrist meant. Still others that abuse children may not be true paedophiles (that is sexually attracted to them) and may be purely an act of violence like rape.
But there are two things that are interesting to me here. The first is the stigmatisation of "paedophiles"; and the second is the report that Subway was told about his behaviour by a franchisee in 2008 and did nothing.
The stigmatisation is clear because a psychiatrist testified in court that Jared has "mild paedophilia", and the judge said words to the effect of "that's not a proper diagnosis"... um, yes it is. Any mental disorder can be characterised as being mild, moderate, or severe or anything in-between. And furthermore, it's a part of human sexuality - and sexuality can't be accurately defined within boundaries. Some people are only sexually attracted to children, but others are sexually attracted to adults as well and perhaps this is what the psychiatrist meant. Still others that abuse children may not be true paedophiles (that is sexually attracted to them) and may be purely an act of violence like rape.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
