Don't forget Derby, Telford and Bristol.
I agree entirely that police should not fear being viewed as racist, neither should they shy away from controversial cases & leave people open to abuse - this I'm in total agreement of.The problem here is authorities have had their hands tied: fear of investigations because of fame, fear of investigation because of political clout, and now fear of investigation because of the racial connotation. Well that is plain ******** - high profile 70's stars did abuse and should be locked up for life what they did, high profile politicians did abuse and should be locked up for life for what they did, and now Asian (mainly Muslim) men are abusing and should be locked up for life for what they are doing. And when a white middle-class bloke abuses (by and large the largest number if not in representation) then they too should be locked up for life.
Poor Kids
If some bloke did this to my two girls I would introduce a bat to their face.
Seems pretty clear that this is a problem within certain ethnic communities. I don't know why anyone would want to deny that.
Secondly, it's not treated as a problem with ethnic communities in this thread - it's all brown people.
I wouldn't say someone ends up in this position because their parents or society has failed them like you appear to be suggesting.If your two girls got in to the position where this could happen then something fairly serious has already gone wrong. These gangs prey on vulnerable girls, a lot of whom are already in the care system or known to authorities and already have self worth issues. It is incredibly tragic that, in a lot of cases, they don't even see themselves as victims until after the fact.
Poor Kids
If some bloke did this to my two girls I would introduce a bat to their face.
If your two girls got in to the position where this could happen then something fairly serious has already gone wrong. These gangs prey on vulnerable girls, a lot of whom are already in the care system or known to authorities and already have self worth issues. It is incredibly tragic that, in a lot of cases, they don't even see themselves as victims until after the fact.
I wouldn't say someone ends up in this position because their parents or society has failed them like you appear to be suggesting.
When I was around 14-19 me and a bunch of friends used to go driving around in a car talking to girls we saw hanging around on the streets.
They were just bored teenagers with nothing else to do the same as we were and I guess we seemed interesting to them as they did to us.
quite often we would stumble across the same group of girls and take them for a ride.
We were never after anything other than friendship and hanging out but I can see looking back how easily they could have been manipulated if that would have been our intention.
what would have been the parents failings? other than trusted the kids enough to let them out the house.
I think maybe some people didn't live or forget how boring being a teenager is.
Yeah I feel for those children, however as RDM points out they don't prey on people with stable, loving, family backgrounds.
yea but there not always so young and kids grow up fast these daysShe was 11 and not a teenager.
Came into this thread expecting SOP OcUK racial intolerance; was not disappointed...
yea but there not always so young and kids grow up fast these days
Came into this thread expecting SOP OcUK racial intolerance; was not disappointed...
Came into this thread expecting cowardly pedo apologists, also not disappointed
Call me cynical, but the people posting the most vitriolic stuff in this thread are hardly the most empathic people for the rights of women & children. This is not a thread stocked to the brim with misunderstood children's rights campaigners or feminists (real ones, not internet feminists).
The very same people directly support polices which increase the crime rate & cause suffering to these very groups. So no, this isn't a revulsion at the abuse of children, this is anger at foreigners doing it.
yea but there not always so young and kids grow up fast these days
I agree entirely that police should not fear being viewed as racist, neither should they shy away from controversial cases & leave people open to abuse - this I'm in total agreement of.
Nobody should get a free pass or overlooked in any sense.
The issue is that like it or not, this is a subject used by a section of society to vilify an entire subset & justify prejudice. It's not productive when we have to argue against a vocal section of society who misuse crime to justify bigotry. It's not difficult to spot the genuine bigots from the actual anti-abuse campaigners, just the media seems unable or willing to try.
Lets get it clear, we should most certainly not be apologising for religious or cultural practices which directly result in the harm of innocents. On the other hand, we should neither allow a number to use this harm to justify pre-existing bigotry.
Some of the 'progressives' I agree have been too afraid to criticise when it's appropriate & I fully condemn any who refrains from taking action against another when the evidence is there out of 'fear'.
But this argument has to also be balanced against those who 'muddy the water', it's the same as it's difficult to have a serious conversation about immigration or population control (regarding the net costs & benefits) without it being taken over by over emotional delusion progressives or nationalistic mild xenophobic idiots.
Regarding your last point, I agree - in many cases it will be impossible to know they can be trusted & being locked up for life is a justifiable position. The protection of the majority should be the highest priority.
On a side note the use of the death penalty as advocated here on the other hand should be avoided. No criminal justice system is prefect, we can let out people falsely imprisoned - we can't on the other hand resurrect the dead.