The winner of the $500,000 lottery drawing came forward Saturday to collect his prize, and the man who will pocket a half-million dollars from a raffle designed to benefit a sex abuse victims charity is a three-time sex offender.
Alec Ahsoak of Anchorage was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor twice in 1993 and once in 2000, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety Sex Offender/Child Kidnapper Central Registry.
The lottery, which had its drawing Friday night, was conducted by Lucky Times Pull Tabs. State law says all games of chance must benefit charity, and the organization Standing Together Against Rape, or STAR, was the designated beneficiary.
Catholic priest?
God works in mysterious ways.
More wacky news from Alaska
Where’s the karma?
WHERE’S THE KARMA?
There’s a higher rate of sexual abuse among the Alaska Native population, primarily steaming from their genetic disposition towards alcohol abuse. The state should step in and help this individual spend his new found money towards helping people, but the state has historically been hands off with the Inuit.
#5
“Genetic disposition for alcohol abuse”? where did you get this from?
#6 – When I went to Univ. of Alaska Anchorage there were studies being done at the university which showed the Inuit were predisposed to alcoholism at a genetic level. The primary cause was depression due to lack of light, which over the course of 100s of years actually changed their DNA.
#7 – I’m saying that native populations at extreme northern latitudes are predisposed to being drunks. Russians are just following the standard course; they’ll get there eventually.
#5 – Jimmy
Ah, so sad. Just like Marilyn Monroe, your candle burned out long ago. The fictional notion of the whiskey-drinki’ Eskimo is a myth long debunked.
As reported by Darryl S. Wood (International Journal of Circumpolar Health 58: 24-29 [1999]), Inuits actually have a LOWER per capita consumption of alcohol than the general population:
Stereotypes about Inuit drinking would have us believe that Inuit are much more likely to be users of alcohol compared to other segments of the population. As with many other stereotypes, this belief is primarily rooted in fiction and selective observation. As revealed in a number of self-report surveys regarding alcohol use, a smaller proportion of Inuit in the Northwest Territories (NWT) of Canada have reported drinking when compared to the non-aboriginal of the territory. The data presented here serve to further confirm the notion of comparatively less prevalent alcohol use among NWT Inuit. Rather than using survey data, this paper looks to alcohol use indicators derived from territorial liquor commission mail order invoices to show that the volume of alcohol consumed by Baffin Region Inuit is much less than that of non-Inuit in and outside the territory.
Rather than you owning this blog, this blog now owns you. A bittersweet victory.
You are like Elvis; gone from being the King of Rock and Roll to being a morbidly obese laughingstock, decked out in tight-fitting sequined jumpsuits, trying to obliterate your existential anguish with moonshine and quaaludes.
#9 – Your post is nothing more than evidence of your love and worship of me, your master.
Worship, as always, noted. You’re owned son.
Also, what you referenced has been debunked by the fact the issue isn’t alcohol use over time, but alcohol use in individual events.
For example, when people get drunk enough to fuck kids.
Sorry for the triple post, but a simple Google of “Inuit alcoholism” brings up this:
http://thestar.com/Special/article/144906
Not really the funny topic you’re trying to make it, Angry Whopper. Then again, you’ve never been able to prove me wrong… even.
I’ll be logging off now. I command you to further worship me.
#12 – Jimmy
>>A simple Google search..
Simple things for simple folks, Jimmy. While the popular press article you cited is interesting in and of itself, it hardly addresses the issue of a genetic basis for alcoholism in the Inuit.
It mentions the high rate of domestic violence and child abuse among Inuits (with no mention of how those rates compare to non-Inuits living in the same environment). It then goes on to mention that “gosh, people are more likely to engage in violent acts when under the influence of alcohol, and some Inuits drink, so maybe that’s the cause”.
The article I cite does not require leaps of faith and inferences of dubious validity – it directly measures the alcohol consumption of Inuits vs. non-Inuits, and finds Inuit consumption to be equal or lower than non-Inuit.
Perhaps you need more time to recover from the holidays. You are obviously not running on all cylinders at this time.
Good luck in your recovery!
#13, Mr. Mustard,
I see you worship Jimmuh like everyone else, with a good roll of the eyes and a fervent wish he would disappear. One of these days, he’ll be over the top and merit the BRDDA. I’m just waiting for the precise alignment of the blogosphere, and the most inane comment ever.
#12, F*ckedup,
You claim a “genetic” disposition. While Mustard has presented credible information to debunk that, you have only replied with a popular press story based mostly upon anecdotal stories.
The Toronto Star is a good paper. Too bad for you though that you didn’t read the whole article though.
A study by the National Aboriginal Health Organization’s Ajunnginiq Centre says many Inuit avoid alcohol completely and abstinence rates are higher than the Canadian average.
Gee, that kind of destroys your “genetic disposition”, which I believe has been debunked just another one of those racist prejudices. Unless, of course, you want to try to tell us that Canadian Inuit are genetically different than Alaskan Inuit.
So, when may we be treated to the explanation of your “protein cell”?
#15 – Fusion
>>So, when may we be treated to the explanation of
>>your “protein cell”?
That’s the joy of posting under numerous screen names for people like Jimmy/ FuckUp. When they’ve exhausted the utility of one ID (e.g., by shooting their wad on a ridiculous concept like the “PROTEIN CELL”), they can retire that user name and continue to post using a different one.
You have to admit, it shows a certain degree of creativity and innovation. Cretins like ‘tempt make complete asses of themselves, then continue to post using the original user ID.
It could be that Jimbo’s job as a fudgepacker has finally got to him.
They should pay him in cash and make him walk home.
I blame Palin.
Give him what he won and shut up.
I don’t know what happened.
I do know that no traditional cultures known to me required you to be 18 before you were old enough to have sex.
That thinking wasn’t at all common before the last 60 years. That is the gift of the modern day birth control pushing crowd.
I do understand the advantages these offer including the fact that people who believe in waiting till you are older to have sex, birth control, and abortion are removing themselves from the gene pool.
They are sure they are right and at some level they are but natural selection is at work here.
Just one more little thing to make an old man scratch head in wonder.
There is a big difference between alcohol consumption and alcohol abuse. And the statistics can easily be bent to support your points. A genetic cause for alcohol abuse in the Inuits has been argued and with findings for both sides. It does appear that Inuits and other Amerindians have genetic causes that disrupt their ability to metabolize alcohol. But a high proportion of Inuits are teetotalers – a societal influence. So, if even a few of those who can’t handle alcohol drink and get into trouble, their percentage of such a small population appears large.
So, um, which one of ^^^ you guys ^^^ won this thing?
The kids in Bangkok may have this guy heading over. Yikes !
Is this another issue of semantics here?
Are you separating Inuits from the generalization of Native American? Aren’t Inuits usually lumped into that category as far as statistics go?
@Kanjy I’m with you…where’s the karma. Although maybe because it happened this way it will trigger more discussions about the topic.
They should distribute all his winnings to the kids he molested.