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I am in the midst of three photo projects, and what am I doing? Looking up philosoraptor’s words of wisdom.

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Instead of working on things like photographs, I ended up writing an email to the detective on the flier concerning the dangers of pedobear. Hey, let’s make it an open letter!

Detective Jones,

I came across an article on the website Gawker about the notice given out concerning the Pedobear Meme. As a frequenter of the internet and all its lame jokes, I wish to explain the gist and usage of Pedobear in case the posted flier is real.

The dumpster of all things internet-insane, 4chan, has a way of policing itself. As zany as the website and its users may be, they have common rules about right and wrong. Pedophilia is one of those things labeled wrong.  4chan procured this cartoon figure from the obscure and slowly made its way into mainstream internet culture. Pedobear is typically used to call out a person as taking a joke about pedophilia too far. The character has even been seen on billboards in Malta, commenting on how badly the Catholic Church as a whole was handling the pedophile issue by not firing the men accused of molestation.

The pedobear joke has been around long enough that people now wear watches with his face on it. His character’s absurdity has led his appearance to be funny rather than menacing. Wearing his image on a t-shirt is equivalent to wearing a t-shirt with Hello Kitty, who is pretty creepy-cute when you think about how she doesn’t have any eyebrows or a mouth.

While I agree that joking about something like pedophilia is a rather dark humor, generally people who use the pedobear image do not support the practice of sexually abusing children and are actually against it. Using the bear’s image is typically a social bullying technique to get the offending user to stop a poor joke or as a way to point out the absurdity of a situation. Pedobear is more of a mocking label of bad things rather than an obvious badge used by child-seeking predators.  I am more concerned with those people who participate in chat groups designed specifically for men and women who actually do want to engage in sexual activities and who go into chat groups to prey on young people. They tend to be a bit sneakier.

Thank you for your time and good luck catching the bad guys,
Stephanie Haddad

PS: I don’t want you to think you’re getting any viruses from the links. They’re legit sites! It’s more fluid to put the link into the words rather than having the giant url written out. All the links from my message above are listed here.

Gawker story: http://gawker.com/5636011/stupid-california-police-warn-parents-of-pedobear-the-pedophile-mascot?skyline=true&s=i
pedobear in Malta: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/12/pedobears-pope-billboard_n_534106.html
4chan: http://www.4chan.org/faq
the pedobear store: http://www.pedobearstore.com/
hello kitty toilet seat cover and more: http://inventorspot.com/articles/hello_kitty_toilet_set_adds_cute_your_commode_23978
pedobear.org and their latest tshirt: http://www.pedobear.org/
pedobear pointing out the hypersexualization of teenybopper singers: http://i28.tinypic.com/2rfu6g2.jpg

It’s a viral made by director Marc Klasfeld and Rockhard Films. Klasfeld directed Lady Gaga’s “Pokerface” video.

Fake Kiddie Scarface Play Hatched By Lady Gaga’s Video Director animal
kids production of Scarface. ymfy

(8:34:02 PM) Kill Annie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0SeGAi3II8&feature=player_embedded
(8:34:55 PM) SJ: vas est das
(8:35:24 PM) SJ: it’s like that john williams guy!
(8:35:26 PM) SJ: AAAHHHH
(8:35:29 PM) SJ: OH MY GOOOOOD
(8:35:32 PM) SJ: SHIRT
(8:35:39 PM) SJ: CHIMP PUPPET
(8:35:50 PM) SJ: KEYBOARD SOLO
(8:36:29 PM) SJ: WALL-E POSTER
(8:38:08 PM) Kill Annie: ?
(8:38:13 PM) Kill Annie: excitement I see

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I updated my firefox to whatever version it is now, and one of the new add-ons they advertised at the restart page was Firefox Persona. So I dressed up my browser with a ~smile~

(4:17:41 PM) SJ: ahahaha this amp can be powered by size D batteries
(4:17:47 PM) SJ: this just became very very silly
(4:24:24 PM) Chels: it’s for little kids maybe?
(4:24:57 PM) SJ: oh! a lot of people use it for busking
(4:25:03 PM) SJ: which i have just lookedu p the definition
(4:25:09 PM) SJ: that means those people that play in the street for money
(4:26:07 PM) Chels: nice
(4:26:14 PM) Chels: you could do that !
(4:26:23 PM) Chels: andi could stand next to you and punch boards for money