Longtime Rep. staffer suggested dressing in animal costumes during sexually explicit chats w/teens

[Bluebear]

At least he didn't try to marry another adult in a committed relationship!

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Panda (R)


Pennsylvania authorities say a Cumberland County man suggested dressing up in animal costumes during online sex chats with a 15-year-old boy. Agents found wolf- and cat-type costumes in his home.

Alan David Berlin, a 40-year-old Carlisle, Pa., resident, also proposed visiting the boy's Harrisburg home and having sex in the back yard while his parents slept, according to a news release from the Attorney General's Office.

Berlin, who used the screen name "alan_panda_bear", requested nude photos of the boy and suggested they meet in a hotel room where a third person could photograph them having sex, the release says.

The boy's parents became concerned after discovering sexually graphic messages on their son's computer and called the attorney general's child predator unit, the release says. The unit began an investigation Tuesday.

Berlin, a longtime staffer for a Republican state lawmaker, is charged with unlawful contact with a minor, a first-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $25,000 fine.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2009/05/pennsylvania_man_suggested_dre.html

[MADem]

1. Oh, yuck. That is just sick and pathetic. nt

[Deja Q]

2. A victim of child molestation myself, I have but one thing to say:

"Exterminate that piece of vermin shit."

What that "man" has done boils my blood.

Anyone who disagrees with me, I have something to say to you:

"Get a time machine, go back in time, find a child molester, and get yourself molested as a child. I otherwise wouldn't advocate anything as sick, except you have no goddamnfuckingclue as to how these vermin screw up peoples' lives."

[MineralMan]

3. He's yiffy.

He also has a livejournal page which he hasn't taken down.

http://furrypanda.livejournal.com/profile

[Deja Q]

4. Can somebody translate his bio for those of us who don't speak in esoteric colloquialisms?

Hello there!

I'm Alan, a 39 year-old panda from Carlisle, PA. I'm a daddyfur/caretaker with a cub side. I started this LJ to communicate with some friends and meet some new people in the fandom. I'll be doing my best to keep up with this. I hope to get to know you all better!

Alan.

[MineralMan]

8. He likes to dress up in furry costumes.

His personal ad, which I can't get to load in it's cached form, say's he's looking for a "babyfur," which I assume means an underaged kid who also likes to dress in animal costumes.

"Yiff" is a furry term for sex. Furries are folks who like to dress up in animal costumes. There's an entire hentai genre devoted to sex with animals, which these morons seem to like to emulate in their "cosplay" (costume play).

The Google search on his screen name leads about halfway down the first page to the personal ad, which is available cached. For some reason, the images load but the page stalls. Probably a link to some non-existant page.

[Withywindle]

10. "Babyfur" doesn't necessarily mean an underage person.

It can be anyone who likes to play that role. Non-furries do ageplay too.

[MineralMan]

12. OK, then. Real good, then...

I guess the 15 year old was an exceptional case, doncha know.

So tell us more about furry ageplay. This whole thing is something I know nothing about. It's just sooooo fascinating...rilly.

Buncha furverts!

[Withywindle]

16. Hey, don't look at me like I'm an expert!

:blush: I know nothin'!



I just think Disney's red fox Robin Hood is kinda hot, that's all.

[MineralMan]

15. Ohh...here's an interesting site:

http://www.ageplay.org/

They have a whole "island" to play in. This is just so pervy and wonderful, huh? :sarcasm:

Now, I have to take a long, hot shower...wash the stink off. So, it's OK for people to have sex with adults who are pretending to be children? Is that it? Uff da!

[Beacool]

30. I checked the site.

Wow, human sexuality is really varied to say the least. I don't get their "innerchild" thing, but different strokes.........

:shrug:

[MineralMan]

38. Bizarre, isn't it?

I had no idea that this fetish even existed until I started researching the threads about this "furry" guy.

Google has it all.

[woo me with science]

45. A lot of these people are "multiple personalities,"

aka people who believe they have dissociative identity disorder because of childhood sexual abuse.

I have always suspected that at least some of this recovered memory crap is based in sexual fantasy. Many of the recovered memories read like B-grade porn movies.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

14. Yiff yiff yurrah!!!

[Beacool]

31. I could never be a furry.

Those damn costumes are so hot. They must be sweating buckets inside of them.

x(

[CoffeeCat]

34. This whole animal costume sex stuff...

...was covered in an episode of "Entourage".

Some woman wanted one of the guys to dress up in a bunny costume, I believe--while
she was in some animal costume. These were cutesy, stuffed animal type costumes. They
weren't sexy. They looked like large stuffed animals from Toys R Us.

I thought this was a joke...

[chatnoir]

36. I was able to get the page

Apparently he likes diaper-wear as well...

http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:1R_Rfmh3IK4J:ww.pounced.org/personals/viewad.php%3F%26hcenc%3D1%26hpad%3D14684+alan_panda_bear&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

[Bluebear]

5. 'My boss, who is at the Republican National Convention, texted me to see how I was doing.

That made me feel good!'

http://furrypanda.livejournal.com/

Holy cannoli, he writes as if he's a child himself. Sickoid.

[Stephanie]

39. Boasting of his Republican connections while advertising for plush-clad sex partners

He wasn't exactly discreet, was he?

[tridim]

6. Hmmm.. Wonder who the "third person" taking photographs is?

[lapfog_1]

7. Furvert! (look it up) - n/t

[Kurovski]

9. The world is filled with so many things, I'm sure we can all be as happy as kings.

Or queens.

But leave the kinder be, ye freaks.

[Withywindle]

11. Man, you know the Republican Party is moribund when...

...Even FURRIES are like, "Oh, ew, no, we don't want to be associated with them, he's making us look bad."

[depakid]

27. "Even FURRIES are like, "Oh, ew, no, we don't want to be associated with them,"

:rofl:

DUzy

[Orrex]

13. I sort of misread the subject line

I thought that the staffer was suggesting that parents dress up in costume while discussing the "birds & the bees" with teens. That would have been weird enough, but this is over the top IMO.


I've seen people who participate in the "Furry" lifestyle complain that they're invariably lampooned as sexual deviants. I don't doubt that a majority of Furries truly don't attach a sexual component to what they do, but then a jackass like Berlin comes along and reinforces the stereotype all over again.


Whatever floats your boat, of course, as long as the participants consent and are of age.

[Gwendolyn]

17. His pasty self is SO not going to do well in the clink.

The furry stuff is irrelevant. He's a disgusting pedophile and deserves whatever punishment he gets. These types of people are attracted to religion and republican interests because it's some sort of guilt reliever to outwardly claim family values while your soul rots inside. In this case, the dude was actually drawn to the idea of working for someone who once prosecuted these very sick people.

[DJ13]

18. CSI did a show about dressing up in animal costumes and having group sex

Fur And Loathing

Episode Title: 'Fur And Loathing'
Episode Number: 406
Synopsis: "A man dressed in a full raccoon suit becomes roadkill after he's hit by a car on a dark stretch of highway. When Grissom and Catherine arrive, they discover he has also been shot. It turns out the dude is part of a weird group that believes in acting on animal instinct."

Original Airdate: October 30, 2003

http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season4/fur_and_loathing.shtml



It seems that there really ARE sick perverts, and they're in the GOP!

[derby378]

19. A blast from the past...

Here's an episode from "The Lillian Verner Game Show" on the dearly-departed MadTV featuring a "plushie:"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBKmWCyfuLk

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. Something tells me he'll have to dress like an armadillo when he's doing time.

[AnnieBW]

21. I bet his cell mate will want to do it doggie-style

and call him "fluffy"

[AnnieBW]

22. He must be looking for some man-on-dog action

Just like his former Senator, Tricky Ricky.

[firedupdem]

23. Sick mutherforya. n/t

[blogslut]

24. A note to parents

If someone is chatting with your child and refers to themselves as "daddy", stop communication immediately and report their profile to the site administrator.

[mitchum]

25. What? No elephant costume? What kind of republican is that?

[Ghost in the Machine]

26. Thanks for this post, I just added him to the list....

http://www.republicansexoffenders.com

:hi:

[ColbertWatcher]

28. He's a furry! OMG! n/t

[Quantess]

29. I thought they're called "plushies".

:shrug:

[Stephanie]

32. When I first read about plushies in VF I thought it was a hoax

It's so insane!

[Quantess]

42. I wonder if it is a fetish that can start innocently...

with Halloween outfits. People may start wearing bunny ears to bed, then escalate to wearing the whole bunny suit to bed?

I read about the plushie community, and apparently for many of them, it's more than just sex. Honestly, there is a strong nerd factor going on.

[Stephanie]

33. Bizarre VF article on "furries"

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2001/03/plushies200103

[Stephanie]

35. Panda (R)

You funny! :hi:

[peekaloo]

37. Sick fuck.

[marmar]

40. Wolf and cat costumes?

Dios Mio! :scared:

[bridgit]

41. prolly emu's i bet

[Quantess]

43. That photo is SO inappropriate in certain circles.

[chemenger]

44. Ralphie?

[Vinca]

46. Animal costumes??? Just when you think you've heard it all.

Love the GOP and old-time family values.:rofl: