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Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, shot and hospitalized
Japanese former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning in the city of Nara, a government spokesman said, with public broadcaster NHK saying he appeared to have been shot from behind by a man with a shotgun.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said he did not know Abe's condition. Kyodo news agency and NHK said Abe, 67, appeared to be in a state of cardiac arrest when taken to hospital.
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NHK, citing the police, said a suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, had been taken into custody. He was a Nara resident, the report said. Images shared on social media showed a man being tackled after the shooting.
Boris Johnson Agrees to Resign as Prime Minister
Boris Johnson said on Thursday that he would step down as Britain's prime minister, after a wholesale rebellion of his cabinet, a wave of government resignations and a devastating loss of party support prompted by his handling of the the latest scandal that has engulfed his leadership.
Mr. Johnson said he would stay on in his post until the Conservative Party chooses a new leader, which could take several months. He said he expected the timetable for his departure and the selection of a successor to be decided on Monday by a committee of senior Conservative lawmakers.
"It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader," Mr. Johnson said in remarks outside Downing Street. "The process of choosing that new leader should begin now."
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Friday July 08 2022, @10:44PM (6 children)
The goalposts haven't moved. The schools have no business pushing any of this onto children.
Perhaps you haven't actually read the articles. These are the parents of little children, as well as high school children. This material is reaching first, second, and third grade children, as well as high school juniors and seniors. Elementary school teachers are using this material in class.
When children reach puberty, and begin asking questions, THEN some of this material is appropriate. None of it is appropriate for children 6 to 10 years old.
As for a depiction of a child on his knees, fellating an adult, that should be child pornogrpahy by any standard. Of course, if you have no standards, it wouldn't be objectionable at all?
(Score: 2) by rcamera on Friday July 08 2022, @11:09PM (5 children)
define "child", define "adult"
most states call age of consent it 16; that's high school. some have "romeo and juliet" exceptions going as low as (can't be right... 12 ?!?!). what is the age of the kid/adult in the image? in what state were they complaining? is the depicted child below age of consent in said state? of so, sure - i'll agree with you. if not, then their own state says otherwise
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(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Friday July 08 2022, @11:41PM (2 children)
You will note that I'm not terribly outraged that high school kids might have access to this material. I am outraged that the child groomers are presenting this stuff to small children. I am somewhat outraged that the material might be used in 'sex education' even for high schoolers. 98 out of 100 students are hetero, and they are unlikely to ever be anything but hetero. But, students need to be taught about gay sex? Get real.
I am kinda curious whatever happened to traditional sex education. Has it been subverted? Do they actually teach kids about sperm and eggs, and how easy it is to be impregnated? Do high school grads know where babies come from, or not?
(Score: 2) by Mykl on Saturday July 09 2022, @01:25AM
If everyone is gay then we no longer have a teen pregnancy problem. Sounds like a win for the conservatives to me!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Saturday July 09 2022, @04:14PM
Yes it has been subverted. Certain backward states do not require sex education to be medically accurate.
For the high school children.
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Saturday July 09 2022, @01:47AM (1 child)
Strictly speaking, the term "pedophilia" requires one to be prepubescent. Not that people seem to pay much attention to that. "OMG that person was under 18, he's a pedophile"
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 30 2022, @03:03AM
alrighty, then. are you saying you're ok with hebophelia? not judging... (i was 18 when my girlfriend was 15-16), but that sometimes doesn't go down well with people - unless the girl is 10 or older, at which point she "chose" to become pregnant, and should carry that wonderful life until birth. at which point society can, and will, choose to abandon it and let it starve