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Tired and unemotional
I'm not going to gripe about it if my edited posts disappear...
I think it to be most important that the high level "live suspect" cases be prosecuted with preference, speed and harshness.
And in the Janner case, perhaps more than most, any information that might lead to further prosecutions, and the way in which it is uncovered, needs to be unimpeachable. I have a feeling that what we're picking at here might be a long and well-connected thread.Justice needs to be blind, to be justice, which means no preference.
Harshness will lie with the court's decision, and any need to punish, but a judge can't sentence outside of established guidelines for the crimes committed, unless they want the case to be chucked out on appeal.
I wish others would follow your lead.I'm not going to gripe about it if my edited posts disappear...
Sadly, it does not beggar belief at all.
UK society was operating in a state of total denial regarding sexual abuse of any kind...from sexual abuse of women to child sexual abuse, it was ignored, laughed off, and utterly denied. Sure, we'd joke about the pervy games teacher or the inadequate with a penchant for friendships (which were probably harmless) with young kids, but in doing so, we studiously ignored the army of careful, skilful abusers who had made their stock in trade the violation of - particularly - innocents. Society sent these people the message that the risk of getting caught was minimal, and the likely penalties no more than token, given our unwillingness to acknowledge what was going on in plain view under our noses. I know of several schoolteachers who were given their marching orders "or we're calling the police" - an empty threat, since no school wanted to be bothered with the aggravation of a (likely futile) prosecution, so sex abuser teachers could safely move on to pastures new and totally innocent of their history...because, for sure, no reference given was ever going to risk disclosing their predilection.
To make things worse, the stigma of child sexual abuse was just bad enough to ensure that abusers would close ranks and collude in ways that inevitably put their victims at even greater risk, through networks of abusers, and "intelligence sharing" of a kind that meant their naive victims stood no chance of overcoming.
Surprise? Nah. It's not even surprising that it's taken this long to come out.
The true surprise will come when we learn just how endemic this has been - and continues to be - in our society.
ETA: and of course, in all of this, the one group no thought whatsoever was given to was the people who suffered at the hands of both their abusers, and a society which refused to listen to or take seriously their experiences.
Justice needs to be blind, to be justice, which means no preference.
Harshness will lie with the court's decision, and any need to punish, but a judge can't sentence outside of established guidelines for the crimes committed, unless they want the case to be chucked out on appeal.
I am sure they will, now that I have shown the wayI wish others would follow your lead.
That it'll be investigated....and buried...over here in the same tired and usual shitty fashion . Far away from any proper scrutiny . I believe that's the case that can do them serious harm myself .
Its now beyond obvious that they couldn't put a lid on it all, and that the best defence in terms of the reputation of the state and all that goes with it, is the passage of time. The reputation of a number of decades in this country is expendable, and thats what we are getting at a minimum, some honesty about the actual stench of those times.
Can't help but think the choice of clothing for court was also part of this (scroll down to the 'returning home' picture):Neat bit of theatre though, Daddy being infantilised before the cameras.
Myra Forde is providing plenty of crap with which to write awful tabloid pieces that have little to do with the original subject:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/edward-heath-brothel-madam-eastenders-6260631
No, a retired MI5 officer was one of at least two intelligence sources spoken to by Don Hale and/or Marcus Chippindale.A former MI5 officer chose to talk to the Daily Star?
Sadly, it does not beggar belief at all.
UK society was operating in a state of total denial regarding sexual abuse of any kind...from sexual abuse of women to child sexual abuse, it was ignored, laughed off, and utterly denied. Sure, we'd joke about the pervy games teacher or the inadequate with a penchant for friendships (which were probably harmless) with young kids, but in doing so, we studiously ignored the army of careful, skilful abusers who had made their stock in trade the violation of - particularly - innocents. Society sent these people the message that the risk of getting caught was minimal, and the likely penalties no more than token, given our unwillingness to acknowledge what was going on in plain view under our noses. I know of several schoolteachers who were given their marching orders "or we're calling the police" - an empty threat, since no school wanted to be bothered with the aggravation of a (likely futile) prosecution, so sex abuser teachers could safely move on to pastures new and totally innocent of their history...because, for sure, no reference given was ever going to risk disclosing their predilection.
To make things worse, the stigma of child sexual abuse was just bad enough to ensure that abusers would close ranks and collude in ways that inevitably put their victims at even greater risk, through networks of abusers, and "intelligence sharing" of a kind that meant their naive victims stood no chance of overcoming.
Surprise? Nah. It's not even surprising that it's taken this long to come out.
The true surprise will come when we learn just how endemic this has been - and continues to be - in our society.
ETA: and of course, in all of this, the one group no thought whatsoever was given to was the people who suffered at the hands of both their abusers, and a society which refused to listen to or take seriously their experiences.
Your point being?Also, and I think I have made this point before on this thread. There was not one Geoffrey Dickens dossier. As far as I recall, there were around 8.
Your experiences may differ from mine.Really?
I know of the brother of a friend of mine who was sexually abused at school - don't know the details mind - and the teacher was definitely shown his marching orders straight to prison.
Also the case with friends of friends of mine at a different school.
The language you use is typical of this hysteria - a marauding army of paedos lurking in the shadows...
There's something typically British about all this stuff. We had a round of paedo-fear in the early 00s - remember that Brass Eye episode? - and this looks an awful lot like the same pitchfork like crusades.
I don't think he has one. This looks like the usual scattershot hurling around of vague half-thought nonsense that we're all supposed to take on trust.Your point being?
Yep, probably just best ignored.I don't think he has one. This looks like the usual scattershot hurling around of vague half-thought nonsense that we're all supposed to take on trust.
I think you're right. I suspect his response to my much earlier post - which, judging by the number of likes it received must have struck a few chords - was probably just another attempt to reap the whirlwind and feed up his victim fantasy a bit. I'll not collude in that.Yep, probably just best ignored.
Your point being?
Really?
I know of the brother of a friend of mine who was sexually abused at school - don't know the details mind - and the teacher was definitely shown his marching orders straight to prison.
Also the case with friends of friends of mine at a different school.
The language you use is typical of this hysteria - a marauding army of paedos lurking in the shadows...
There's something typically British about all this stuff. We had a round of paedo-fear in the early 00s - remember that Brass Eye episode? - and this looks an awful lot like the same pitchfork like crusades.
At the moment, I'm rather hamstrung by the whole sub judice thing, in any case, otherwise I could be naming names and providing examples...Yes it all clearly never happened. Because he claims that one teacher was sacked, all teachers who did it were sacked and the claims are hysteria is the clear inference.