Post by 7thWoman on Oct 4, 2004 9:13:13 GMT -5
www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/04/pitcairn.trial.ap/index.html
Apparently the mayor, Steve Christian, is one of 55 men on the island being tried for sex crimes. He is a direct decendent of Fletcher Christian who led the mutiny against Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty and founded the island colony with the other mutineers and some Tahitians they took along with them. Mutiny, piracy, and now rape. It appears the Christian family tree has produced a couple of bad apples.
Here's a little article about the island of Pitcairn:
www.infoplease.com/spot/pitcairn.html
Apparently the mayor, Steve Christian, is one of 55 men on the island being tried for sex crimes. He is a direct decendent of Fletcher Christian who led the mutiny against Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty and founded the island colony with the other mutineers and some Tahitians they took along with them. Mutiny, piracy, and now rape. It appears the Christian family tree has produced a couple of bad apples.
Here's a little article about the island of Pitcairn:
www.infoplease.com/spot/pitcairn.html