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Coach charged in roundup

April 25, 2008 7:10 PM

ODESSA AMERICAN

MONAHANS A Monahans High coach was out on bond Friday night after being arrested in connection with Internet child pornography charges.

According to sheriff's reports, the Ward County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant issued by the Magistrate Court of Collin County. Deputies confiscated several computers that were taken as evidence, the report said.

David Parker, 37, was taken to the Ward County Jail and was charged with "online solicitation of a minor-sexually explicit conversation," a third-degree felony, sheriff's reports said. Parker was released Friday on a $15,000 bond.

Ward County Sheriff Mikel Strickland said he wasn't certain why Collin County had a warrant out for Parker's arrest.

Efforts to reach a representative of the Collin County Sheriff's Office were not successful Friday.

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papercut

10:15 PM on April 27, 2008

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Pilgrim99, Is there a reason for this post, it really doesn't have anything to do with the story. This is a story of pedophilia, not about gays or lesbians providing care for foster children. You have this really bad habit of going on these rants that no one understands because they rarely pertain to the story at hand, so what is your point?

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rn2b2008

11:23 AM on April 28, 2008

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Intelligentsia, what do you mean by sexy kids? Maybe you should explain yourself, because I kind of get the impression you are a pervert. If it was an attempt to be funny, you should say so.

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karrie

9:17 AM on April 29, 2008

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3rd degree felony.. bond 15,000..released??? Really.............

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intelligentsia

5:03 AM on April 30, 2008

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I have a feeling people are going to think very poorly of me with my two previous comments deleted.

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rn2b2008

8:52 AM on May 1, 2008

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Intelligentsia, you're right. I wonder about anyone who makes comments that would lead me to believe that they view children as having some responsibilty in their abuse or r*pe. Just like comments made by men that they feel women were guity of "inviting" r*pe by the way they are dressed. Maybe you should consider expaining your comments, because I really don't like the implications of what I have read thus far from you. If you don't want to explain, then maybe you should just go away.

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dragonrider

5:03 PM on May 1, 2008

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Speeding in a construction zone, traffic fines double. An excellent practice, it should be extended to all other crimes as well. A cop, lawyer, judge, or politician breaks the law, penalty should double. An educator abuses the trust of the public and abuses children there should be special penalties. Anyone who takes a position of authority over children, teachers, coaches, priests, boy scout or girl scout leaders, with the intention of inflicting mental or physical damage on children should never again be allowed to see the light of day. They are nothing more than predatory animals who deserve no justice, only the revenge of society.

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jeriblue

3:17 AM on May 3, 2008

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i think with all these people getting just a slap on the hand over the children crimes is why these perverts keep doing what they are doing i say put them in the pen for the rest of their lives and have stiffer punishments and this will stop or put them in the electric chair one

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intelligentsia

8:45 PM on May 3, 2008

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I think you, rn2b2008, just have a problem reading tone from text. But then so does the OA. You obviously can't see my tongue in my cheek, but when I say, "Someone needs to stop these sexy children from jumping in front of cameras," you ought to be able to pick up some amount irony in that.

I genuinely wonder why people decide to be so angry at pedophiles, though. Rapists and murderers deserve forgiveness and a second chance, but just being caught with child pornography is enough to deserve life imprisonment or death or a permanent revocation of rights once released? Obviously there are certain things we should protect in society and children are unable to legally consent to sex, but willing sex between an adult and a minor shouldn't be considered the crime above all crimes. There is a very real different between a sadist who enjoys torturing and abusing children and someone who is sexually attracted to them.

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3:48 PM on May 5, 2008

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No, intelligentsia, there really isn't much difference. If someone is attracted to a child, that person is pretty sick. The reason these crimes are so reprehensible is that they prey on the most defenseless among us: our children. Unfortunately, the mind requires more and more of what stimulates it, so when simply viewing sexually explicit pictures of children isn't enough, then the pedophile needs to actually have some contact with the child. This can spawn a downward spiral that can end up in torture, abuse and even death. It's a sickness that needs to be cured by removing these people from society so they cannot destroy children in an effort to satisfy their twisted hungers.

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5:19 AM on May 7, 2008

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I'm much more frightened my children will grow up in a society where people are punished for what they haven't done than I am of one that has pedophiles running around in it. I wouldn't support banning simulated råpe pörnography or arresting the people who view it or want to view it, and that's clearly at least as morally repugnant.

Child pörn is banned because it exploits children, and that's the issue. Råpe pörn doesn't make someone a rapist, S&M doesn't make someone a torturer, and guro doesn't make someone a murderer. Obviously, most all child molesters will have viewed child pörn, but most rapists will have viewed pörnography as well. Correlation is not causation.

The point is that most people who view pörn in general never do anything more than get off to it, and the same is true of child pörn. It doesn't justify someone who consumes it, they certainly should be punished, but making a strict equation of self-stimulation with directly violating a child is a bad one. And saying you should lock someone up just for being attracted to children is far, far more monstrous than their sexual desire.

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