Subliminal Message

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The Dateline piece was about sexual predators, in this case the type who prey on teenagers. The segment I found most amusing was the one which snagged a Jewish rabbi who was trolling for sex with a 13 year old boy. I was shocked, shocked, when the rabbi admitted to Dateline's Chris Hansen that what he was doing at the 'boy's house' was, '...not good.' This is my very subjective opinion of course, but my impression of the unfortunate rabbi's dialog with Hansen is roughly this: 'Yes, it's true. I came here to suck a 13 year old penis. I now realize that this is not a good thing. I am repentant. I will ask God's forgiveness. And God, of course, being Jewish will forgive me. So can't we all just get along?'

Replying to the question of what he did for a living the rabbi said, disgustedly, 'I am a rabbi.' It was a simple truthful statement on the face of it, but to me it was loaded with what the rabbi hoped would be 'mitigating information:' 'True, I am a Jewish queer and a rabbi at that. That much is true. I am also a pedophile. But consider the mitigating factors here. I am an unfortunate Jew. Our people have been persecuted by many people for thousands of years. We have suffered enough. Think how embarrassed my people will be if my indiscresssion becomes public knowlege! Those long-suffering people will suffer yet again! So let's cut a deal here for the sake of the Jews. And Don't forget: Jews have immense power here in the USA. The charge of 'anti-Semitism' could well be the beginning of the end for your career.'

That's what I 'heard,' anyway.