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Posted on July 24 at 8:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I really have got to laugh at the few "if you don't want a baby, don't have sex" comments. Sorry, but... this is really NOT an option and I feel really sorry for anyone who thinks that it IS a viable option!
And what makes you think that all married couples want to have children? Are you really suggesting that married couples abstain from sex, or are you assuming that anyone who would abort a child is just a slut?
(And don't you people know that there's a population crisis?! Personally, I think people who pop out all the kids are more selfish than women who have abortions. But that's coming from an eco-friendly, secular perspective and we all know how rare THAT is.)
Posted on July 24 at 1 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Wow, Naomi Horne, you are my heroine. Thank you for writing this letter and speaking for those of us who aren't quite as eloquent in our letter-writing abilities!
Are you against abortion? THEN DON'T HAVE ONE. I respect people who don't agree with abortion - you have the right to an opinion... until your opinion starts affecting my life and restricting the opportunities that are available to me.
Nobody has the right to tell me what I can and cannot do with my body. Research shows that fetuses do not feel pain until the second trimester, and you know what? A fetus is not a baby. I will not feel guilty for causing my body to expel a mass of cells which contain the POTENTIAL for human life, but are not yet a human life.
Posted on July 13 at 1:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Allen, when someone is convicted of attempting to sexually assault a minor, in my eyes he loses ALL privacy rights. That is why we have a sex offender registry. Perhaps you would like to get rid of that, and take your chances with the sexual predators being around your kids?
It alarms me when people with a criminal history of violence are touted as 'born again,' as people who are no longer dangerous, and their crimes are forgotten so easily. That is how children get sexually abused, Allen.
I am not saying that this guy can't be rehabilitated. But I am saying that the News-Miner should report the FACTS, and that people should be aware that while Leslie Aveoganna deserves a second chance, we also deserve to know that he shouldn't be left alone with children or vulnerable adults because he is (or was, however you want to put it) a sexual predator.
Posted on July 13 at 2:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
A 20 year sentence? Leslie Aveoganna was convicted of attempted sexual assault of a minor in 1987. In Courtview (Alaska's court records database), he has various charges from '92, '97, '98, '99 and '00 for various things like disorderly conduct, assault, resisting arrest, DWI, etc. All of these charges were in Barrow.
In 2000, he was convicted for second degree sexual assault. He doesn't show up on the radar again until 2007, when he was charged with failure to register as a sex offender.
I don't see how Leslie Aveoganna managed to get charged with all these crimes in Barrow while serving a 20 year sentence in Arizona? From what I can tell, he served up to 5 years for his first sex crime, then 13 years later, served up to 7 years in prison for another sex crime.
Check your facts before you publish these 'feel good' stories, News-Miner. And Barnnabus, if you've got kids, don't let your dad near them.
Posted on July 9 at 12:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Wow! You understand EVERY person? Please do share your secret, I'd love to understand every person on the planet as well. This is incredible. You should run for office, we could use an omniscient politician.
Posted on June 21 at 6:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
To those who ask, "Why shouldn't the Rescue Mission have rules?"
That isn't the issue. I worked at the women's shelter for a number of years. Our primary purpose was providing SAFE shelter for women who have been abused or threatened in some way. However, many of the women who came there were homeless (homeless women being more likely to be abused or assaulted than the rest of the population).
The women's shelter has rules, but they also respect their clients. The rules are very common sense - don't threaten others, don't let unauthorized people into the building, treat others with respect, clean up after yourself, no spanking children. It works well.
Go down to the Rescue Mission sometime. Ask for their application - it's several pages long and crammed with ridiculous, unnecessary rules. Their staff are often very unprofessional, many of them being former homeless people themselves. It is a demeaning and disrespectful environment, and you wouldn't want to stay there - so why would you expect a homeless person to?
I often referred women to the Rescue Mission when they did not have a need for safety. The people at the Rescue Mission would actually LIE and say they didn't have any available beds when we referred women with five children - they didn't want to deal with that many kids.
The Rescue Mission is a huge building with many many beds, built by philanthropist Dennis Wise and donated to them. Many of these beds go unused because the Rescue Mission turns so many people away, whether it's because they have addiction problems and can't pass the breathalyzer or urinalysis tests, or they simply don't want to deal with them.
If you don't believe me, go ask the homeless people on the street why they don't stay at the Rescue Mission. Oh, whoops - I forgot that homeless people are sub-human, and nothing they say can be trusted. Right?
Posted on June 21 at 6:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
SpiritofAlaska: The rescue mission does not have a wonderful program. I used to work with the homeless and most of them will REFUSE to go to the mission. The mission has a long history of demeaning the homeless. They kick people out for things like not turning the lights off, or spitting on the lawn. They do breathalyzer tests and urinalysis and they don't let people with addiction problems in (what's the freaking point of a mission if you don't serve most of the homeless population?). They won't give you dinner if you don't go to their church service.
The Fairbanks Rescue Mission is NOT helping with the homeless problem.
Posted on June 11 at 2:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I used to have a job where I worked with law enforcement officers on a regular basis. I have to agree with other users in saying that I've had great experiences with AST, UAF, and the airport police - but several awful experiences with FPD. One of their female officers is completely psycho, and one of their investigators actually told me that he believed 75% of reported rapes in Fairbanks are FALSE REPORTS. Are you kidding me? This is the guy we trust to help assault victims and he doesn't even believe them.
Posted on June 5 at 12:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
AKarmywife... way to miss the point. No one wanted your "details." You're a gossip, and it's disgraceful. You have no way of knowing what happened. It is the investigators' job to consider ALL possibilities; for them to ask whether anyone heard fighting doesn't mean that's what happened. Have some common sense, and some common decency to stop perpetuating rumors even after people called you on it.
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Posted on July 26 at 3:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)
God, you people need to get a life. You spend so much time worrying about other people do with THEIR BODIES. Go ahead and outlaw abortion, I'll just go to Canada for one if I get pregnant.
I'm with the above poster - how come you people don't want babies to go to Heaven? Am I not doing my baby a favor for sending it straight to heaven without having to step foot in this crazy world? Praise the Lord!
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