Almost on a weekly basis, you see such sensational fodder splashed on the local tabloids where the unfortunate patsy - somehow usually female - finds herself cheated by a sweet-talking conman of her belongings with her bank accounts cleared. Rarely though do you find men being the victims.
At least till now.
Turns out an unscrupulous fellow has been going around blackmailing nearly 200 young gay men after sleeping with them. Charming them with his clever tongue, he then worms his way into their collective hearts only to leave them high and dry after swindling them of whatever meagre material possessions he can get his hands on.
If cheating them of their money and valuables weren't enough, the casanova may have been tested positive for HIV.
Time to hand it over.
A looming spectre terrifying enough that his wretched victims - guileless boys in their early twenties mostly - finally decided to seek the attention of the surprisingly understanding authorities. I gotta say hats off to the boys for being brave enough to come out this way, especially with the unforgiving glare of media attention.
No doubt some dogmatic homophobes are already saying that they deserve it. Already seen such prejudiced murmurs here and there online. Sigh.
Commenter : Oh they deserve it for having gay sex. It's God's punishment for their sins.
Paul : Seriously. Fuck off. Who made you judge, jury and executioner?
When will they ever learn that the victims don't deserve the blame for the crime committed? Though chances are slim, really hope they do catch the perpetrator. Hate crimes are already being carried out against the homosexual community, now the bastard wants to add another?
4 comments:
It's only unfortunate that the victims probably never learned of safe sex.
But its just weird that some of them got pawned by force? Is the Alvin guy THAT strong? He looked so skinny in all the pictures 0.0
anyway, its just so sad that there's an extra excuse for people to discriminate the plu circle more. Guess plu peeps have to stand strong.
PS: The Chinese are quite open about this though!
i can't say i'm shocked. i know what it's like to be swayed by desire and compassion. i once fell for someone who was doen on his luck but supposedly madly in love with me. i learned a painful lesson. good thing he wasn't hiv+ or sick. but the pain and humiliation is similar.
Very true, janvier. Doesn't sound as if they even brought condoms along.
Glad they are brave enough to speak about it, tempus. Even to warn the rest.
Love and lust is sometimes blind I guess, john.
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