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@15 ~ Agreed. But it does show a glaring problem in how we deal with our children. A victim of incestuous rape needs parental consent for an abortion, in many states. So many of the kids out there are fleeing from that abuse. And they don't have many safe places to turn. The mechanisms of the state turn them into criminals & unwanted wards to be shuffled around until they have had enough & flee again. And then they need their abusers permission to seek safety? It's a broken system. And without more voices advocating for the protection of these kids, & doing what these folks are doing, so many more will fall away.

Posted by kalikill]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:53:39 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Reymont]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:31:38 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by SEasterner]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:54:24 -0800 Portland Mercury I also thought the Parental Consent was a weird thing
to require.
Do they think parents are even in the picture here ??

Posted by Jay B]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:02:44 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by DamosA]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:51:37 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by uop]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:49:36 -0800 Portland Mercury
Why don't you just hit me up on facebook (since you lurk my page already) and send me a friend request? That way, we can set up a date some time. Would THAT make you happen???
Posted by DamosA]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:48:32 -0800 Portland Mercury >( It's from Savage Love comments 09-22-11.)

"That's why sex trafficking is such a big problem here is Portland..."

But is it, really? I rode along 82nd ave. this past weekend - from NE Prescott to SE Holgate, several miles - and i didn't see a single prostitute! I think you're just blowing this stuff out of porportion. You see sexual deviancy everywhere, but i'm not convinced that the case.

Now you're trying to single out the front cover of the Stranger? It's just some girl, so what? Where is all this "sex shit" that you speak of???
Posted by DamosA on September 26, 2011 at 8:52 PM

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So you allow yourself to be brain-washed by all this corporate media garbage you watch on tv, it's no wonder you're soo ill-informed. The sex-trafficing here in Portland is no more worse than what you'll find in any other American city of similar size. Posted by DamosA on September 28, 2011 at 12:14 AM
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Oh look what I FOUND IN THE Mercury from 2009 !? DaDaA >>> Under age sex trafficing is a fucking problem in PDX and elsewhere around the world you just don't fucking care about children's , women's, people rights... http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/co…
Posted by lookup on December 25, 2011 at 11:19 PM

Posted by uop]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:49 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by DamosA]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:20:40 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by kalikill]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:29:17 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by DamosA]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:17:39 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by pixiechixxxie]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:16:41 -0800 Portland Mercury



Yeah, thanks alot for bringing this up too. Cops are at the very best WORTHLESS when it comes to aiding such victims! More often, they're just part of the problem. But these pigs (almost all men with authority/insecurity issues) are goddamned cowards - for them it's easy to push around and run in some street kid or prostitute or someone who [other wise] has very little sway in society.
Posted by DamosA]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:32:07 -0800 Portland Mercury i just want to say this ~ i spent several years living on the streets of Portland, as a very young teenager; 13-16 years old. Most of the girls that i knew prostituted to make money. And they did drugs to escape from the reality that they were living. And they had to prostitute to make the money to do the drugs. While there were a few hardcore, fringe girls who had been pulled into a scene that i stayed far away from, we all knew what was going on & who these people were. And most girls knew to stay away from them. They tried, at least. But, those guys were everywhere. And their 14 yr. old salesgirls trying to bring in fresh kids was really effective. Everyone, all of these kids, are hooked on something. And the offer from a fellow kid to do some free dope & have have a warm room for a night is pretty attractive. It usually ends badly...

So 2 things ~ First of all, the kids ( & it IS boys & girls ) see the cops as the enemy, as bad guys, because they ARE! They bust them for petty possession & prostitution. They harass them, they threaten to turn them in as runaways. When most of these kids are on the streets because they are fleeing from abusive homes, how the hell are the cops helping these kids?
Second ~ i really hope that this shelter is dealing with addiction. It is a primary cause for what holds kids, & keeps them into adulthood.
Also, i was really sickened when i read that parental consent was needed to stay in the shelter. Really, if you knew some of the stories of what these kids are running away from...Funny, though. Aren't you opposed to parental consent for a minor having an abortion? Why assume this situation would be so different?
Posted by kalikill]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:59:55 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by DamosA]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:47:26 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by SEasterner]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:11:22 -0800 Portland Mercury