[Vision2020] New "Lifestyle" Club Meeting

[Paul Rumelhart]

Well, I'm going to disappoint you on this one.  Cheating or no, we're 
talking about adults hooking up to have sex.  More power to them.  They 
have every right to want to do this and to participate.  Unless they are 
talking about inviting underage children, then it doesn't matter what 
"Lew", whoever he is, was convicted of.  I don't condone cheating on 
spouses, if it even happens at these things, but there's nothing illegal 
about it.

It's that simple.  We're talking grown adults going into this with their 
eyes open.  There is nothing to get excited about here.  Ok, maybe that 
was the wrong wording.

Paul

"Think of the children" is fast becoming a stick used to pound your 
moral outrages into other's skulls.  So no, I won't spare the "free 
speech crap" on this one.  I'm not going to get worked up about some 
party some guy I don't know who allegedly is a sex offender might attend 
that might allegedly have children present some day in the future.  Even 
the police need more to go on than that.  I have no reason not to assume 
that if there are children that normally live at this home that they 
won't be there when this takes place.  I'm sure the "moderators" are 
smart enough to know that children don't belong at these types of events.

I commend you for your thinking of the welfare of children, but let's 
not go overboard here.  People should actually have to do something 
wrong to get punished for it.

J Ford wrote:
> As some of the V2020 people may know, we have many types of 
> "lifestyle" clubs or organizations running in Moscow.   While most of 
> them are rather sedate and non-threatening to family structure or 
> members, the "Moscow_Exchange" is not one of those.  They are a 
> "swingers" club.  And they will be holding their first meeting, 
> something they call a "Meet and Greet", at a local bar here in Moscow 
> on May 3rd.  To be truthful, they are not the only such club...the 
> other one, "Moscow/Pullman Friends" also meet in various bars and 
> establishments within Moscow.
>
> Ok, so people have the right to do what they want and as long as both 
> partners are aware of the "swinging" that is going on in their 
> relationship, some are not.  In fact, the "club" warns that they will 
> not allow cheating by their members, when the truth of the matter is, 
> cheating does and will probably always go on.  The other, and more 
> importantly in my opinion, significant issue about this particular 
> "club" is that one of the "moderators" of said club is in fact a 
> convicted child molester.  In fact, he spent 7 years in prison and is 
> a registered sex offender.  Right now, they are planning on moving 
> back to Lewiston but they had no intention of notifying the cops or 
> local PO office of Lew's activities. 
>
> Why am I mentioning this on this site?  Because I don't (I HOPE they 
> don't) think the local bar this "club" is planning on meeting at is 
> not aware of Lew's past nor even what the "club" is all about.  The 
> "moderators" will also be having what they call an "after hours" party 
> at their home here in Moscow.  There are children in that home that 
> will be exposed not only to the activities of the parents, et al, but 
> to Lew - who is not supposed to be around ANY child under the age of 18.
>
> So, my challenge to the powers that be and to the bar - What are you 
> gonna do about it?
>
> And please - spare me the Free Speech crap on this one.  We are 
> talking about children at risk.  What adults do outside the purview 
> and sight of children is one thing.  But to bring this type of 
> activity and person into a home where many children reside and/or go 
> to, is just WRONG.
>
> J :]
>
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