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FINE LINE CROSSED

Reuters reports:

UN peacekeepers have been banned from all sex with the local population in Congo because of widespread, continuing abuse of women and girls ...

UN regulations for soldiers usually forbid sex with anyone under 18 and forced prostitution. But often officials found there was a fine line between forced and willing sex.

Words fail.

(via contibutor J.F. Beck)

Posted by Tim B. on 02/11/2005 at 07:25 PM

  1. That fine line: Per Reuters? Or per the UN?

    Posted by m on 2005 02 11 at 08:35 PM • permalink

  2. But often officials found there was a fine line between forced and willing sex.

    What, the

    “I’m going to kill you if you don’t have sex with me”
    “ok,ok,I’ll have sex with you - please don’t kill me”

    type of fine line?

    Posted by Michael42 on 2005 02 11 at 08:38 PM • permalink

  3. I’m glad Kofi is on the job, rooting out those rooters.

    Posted by rog2 on 2005 02 11 at 09:07 PM • permalink

  4. forced prostitution?


    So, you rape a woman, and then force her to take your money?

    Posted by rinardman on 2005 02 11 at 09:37 PM • permalink

  5. What about the Frenchie running the online pedophile ring? They got a problem with that?

    Posted by terryelee on 2005 02 11 at 10:18 PM • permalink

  6. What they have a problem with all the unfavorable commentary this generates.  It makes it that much more difficult for the UN to do the important… um, important… er, things they do.

    Man, it just isn’t fair, you rape one woman - or, say, maybe a couple hundred, or thousand, let’s not get bogged down in trivial details here - and you’re a “rapist” forever.  It just makes you want to hang up your baby blue helmet.

    Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2005 02 11 at 10:39 PM • permalink

  7. A fine line…

    Because there’s nothing coercive about sex with children at gunpoint as long as you say please…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 02 12 at 01:40 AM • permalink

  8. You know, the UN really is the gift that keeps on giving.  Corruption, ignoring genocide, forced prostitution ...

    What next?  Cannibalism?  What can the UN do to disgrace itself further?

    Posted by JayC on 2005 02 12 at 01:49 AM • permalink

  9. The “fine line” bit means “whenever anyone’s looking.”

    Hurray for Kofi and his merry band of thugs!

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2005 02 12 at 03:24 AM • permalink

  10. Nice to know that UN peacekeepers have these really nuanced rules of engagement, probably written by Chirac and Kofi over a bottle of cognac.

    And now I understand the UN’s position on bribery and corruption.  There’s a “fine line” between stealing money and forcing people to pay.

    Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2005 02 12 at 03:59 AM • permalink

  11. There’s probably a Eurabian directive somewhere which states that it’s not really rape unless four men saw it happen.

    Posted by Jim Geones on 2005 02 12 at 05:19 AM • permalink

  12. Tim,

    If you were european you would understand the nuance between the two.

    Posted by Kevin on 2005 02 12 at 05:58 AM • permalink

  13. I was quite surprised by last night’s presentation of the scandal on 20/20 (home of Peter Jennings!).  Film and everything of UN fellows picking up prostitutes!  Have they turned on their masters?  But wait, there’s more. See, it’s all the fault of the head of the mission, who is, you guessed it, from the US.

    Repeat until you believe it:  it’s all our fault, it’s all our fault…

    Posted by Patricia on 2005 02 12 at 11:51 AM • permalink

  14. UN regulations for soldiers usually forbid sex with anyone under 18 and forced prostitution.

    Unless of course UN officials are running the prostitution ring. Otherwise the regulation would be bad for business.

    Posted by jorgen on 2005 02 12 at 01:53 PM • permalink

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