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| | [[Image:UploaddammitGinsberg.jpg|thumb|right|Allen Ginsberg]] | | [[Image:UploaddammitGinsberg.jpg|thumb|right|Allen Ginsberg]] |
| − | '''Allen Ginsberg''', one of America's best known poets, regarded by some as great. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/specials/ginsberg-obit.html</ref> was born June 3, 1926, in [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]]. Along with others such as [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[William S. Burroughs]], he became part of what was dubbed the "Beat Generation" of writers. | + | '''Allen Ginsberg''', American poet, famous more for his obscene writing and political views than any literary merit. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/specials/ginsberg-obit.html</ref> was born June 3, 1926, in [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]]. Along with others such as [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[William S. Burroughs]], he became part of what was dubbed the "Beat Generation" of writers. |
| | He is most famous for his long poem, "Howl," which drew national attention in 1956 when it was prosecuted on obscenity charges. | | He is most famous for his long poem, "Howl," which drew national attention in 1956 when it was prosecuted on obscenity charges. |
| − | He died of liver cancer on April 5, 1997.<ref>http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm</ref> Ginsberg was a supporter of LGBT demands, and was an anti-war, anti-nuclear and environmental activist, and is known for his controversial behavior. He was widely criticized, even by friends and supporters, for being a founding member of the notorious [[North American Man/Boy Love Association]], or [[NAMBLA]].<ref>http://www.ijn.com/archive/2002%20arch/062102.htm#story8</ref> | + | He died on April 5, 1997 of liver cancer, a disease often associated with HIV infection. |
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| | + | <ref>http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm</ref> Ginsberg was a supporter of LGBT demands, and was an anti-war, anti-nuclear and environmental activist, and is known for his controversial behavior. He was a founding member of the notorious [[North American Man/Boy Love Association]], or [[NAMBLA]].<ref>http://www.ijn.com/archive/2002%20arch/062102.htm#story8</ref> |
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| | Late in life Ginsberg became a student of the well-known [[Tibet]]an [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] teacher Chögyam Trungpa after a chance meeting in [[New York City]] in 1970.<ref>http://poetry.about.com/od/20thcenturypoets/p/ginsberg.htm</ref> | | Late in life Ginsberg became a student of the well-known [[Tibet]]an [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] teacher Chögyam Trungpa after a chance meeting in [[New York City]] in 1970.<ref>http://poetry.about.com/od/20thcenturypoets/p/ginsberg.htm</ref> |
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| | ==Links with Pedophilia== | | ==Links with Pedophilia== |
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| − | Ginsberg was a founding member of the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA). Like many homosexuals, he was molested in his own childhood. In June 1977, during the Boston/Boise scandal, in which he supported the defendants, Ginsberg said on TV, “I had sex when I was 8 with a man in the back of my grandfather's candy store in Revere, and I turned out okay”. | + | Ginsberg was a founding member of the [[North American Man-Boy Love Association]] (NAMBLA). Like many homosexuals, he was molested in his own childhood. In June 1977, during the Boston/Boise scandal, in which he supported the defendants, Ginsberg said on TV, “I had sex when I was 8 with a man in the back of my grandfather's candy store in Revere, and I turned out okay”. |
| | This is an example of the classic pattern of CSA > homosexuality > CSA > homosexuality etc | | This is an example of the classic pattern of CSA > homosexuality > CSA > homosexuality etc |
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| | <ref> In "Thoughts on NAMBLA," Ginsberg claims his reasons for joining the organisation were academic: "NAMBLA's a forum for reform of those laws on youthful sexuality which members deem oppressive, (it is) a discussion society not a sex club. I joined NAMBLA in defense of free speech."Bill Morgan, ed., ''Deliberate Prose: Selected Essays 1952-1995.'' New York: HarperCollins (2000), ISBN 0-06-093081-0 (p.170)</ref> | | <ref> In "Thoughts on NAMBLA," Ginsberg claims his reasons for joining the organisation were academic: "NAMBLA's a forum for reform of those laws on youthful sexuality which members deem oppressive, (it is) a discussion society not a sex club. I joined NAMBLA in defense of free speech."Bill Morgan, ed., ''Deliberate Prose: Selected Essays 1952-1995.'' New York: HarperCollins (2000), ISBN 0-06-093081-0 (p.170)</ref> |
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| − | In the 1950s and 60s he lived in Paris and Morocco in the company of William Burroughs and other pedophile homosexuals, indulging in drugs and sexually exploiting the local boys. Both of them wrote extensively about this degenerate lifestyle. | + | In the 1950s and 60s he lived in Paris and Morocco in the company of William Burroughs and other pedophile homosexuals, indulging in drugs and sexually exploiting the local boys. Both of them wrote extensively about this degenerate lifestyle and admitted in letters that they had exploited and abused boys in ways too revolting to detail here. <ref>http://worldnewstrust.com/beat-writer-pedophiles-and-the-white-male-leftists-who-love-them-mickey-z</ref> |
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| | Ginsberg wrote a lot of poems about homosexual activity with boys. He even wrote a poem called "Sweet Boy Give Me Your Ass". | | Ginsberg wrote a lot of poems about homosexual activity with boys. He even wrote a poem called "Sweet Boy Give Me Your Ass". |
| | In the 1960s Ginsberg bragged publicly about masturbating to images of young boys, and ran a help-wanted advert in the Barb for a personal assistant, providing a physical description of the kind of boy he wanted, which was meant to be funny. | | In the 1960s Ginsberg bragged publicly about masturbating to images of young boys, and ran a help-wanted advert in the Barb for a personal assistant, providing a physical description of the kind of boy he wanted, which was meant to be funny. |