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[i]Leader of Rotherham Council stepping down[/i]

Stepping down?

He should be ****ing pilloried. As should anyone else who ignored or covered up what they knew to be happening.

I don't feel like swearing with feeling often but what the **** did these people think their jobs were? If you can't protect children then give up, go home don't keep going and hope no one notices. Bastards.

[i]"blatant" collective failures by the council's leadership, senior managers had "underplayed" the scale of the problem and South Yorkshire Police had failed to prioritise the issue.[/i]

[i]children who had been doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, threatened with guns, made to witness brutally violent rapes and threatened they would be next if they told anyone".[/i]

[i]the first of these reports was "effectively suppressed" because senior officers did not believe the data. The other two were ignored, she said.[/i]

[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-28939089 ]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-28939089[/url]


 
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Saw this earlier and was equally appalled.

Unlike many cases around at the moment, this is not 'decades ago' but very recent indeed. It led me to presume that many of those involved - the scale of it implies there must have been many from the perpetrators to those who ignored it or covered up - are still around, possibly even still in their job/position.

Usually, I'm not one for witch hunts but these scum need to be found and prosecuted.


 
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Leader of Rotherham Council stepping down

Stepping down?

He should be **** pilloried. As should anyone else who ignored or covered up what they knew to be happening.

Hmmm.. I agree.


 
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He should be **** pilloried.

Erm, OK, so... 4-letter word, possibly rude, describes a type of pillorying... Nope, can we have a clue? What does it rhyme with?


 
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ducking.


 
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Prof Jay's report said police "regarded many child victims with contempt" and that by far the majority of perpetrators were described as 'Asian' by victims".

Surprise, surprise.

Despite this, the report concluded: "Several staff described their nervousness about identifying the ethnic origins of perpetrators for fear of being thought as racist; others remembered clear direction from their managers not to do so."

Brilliant!


 
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Imagine if all the historic child abuse, with paedophile rings both national and international involving MPs and people of influence and power was not merely historic...

what if it still went on today?

[b]what if it was your kids?[/b]


 
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"Several staff described their nervousness about identifying the ethnic origins of perpetrators for fear of being thought as racist; others remembered clear direction from their managers not to do so."

Great.


 
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This is up there with the Ian Watkins trial as one of those reports that made me feel sick when reading. The world can be a dark place sometimes and those that committed and covered this up deserve all the sh!t they get. Another thing that alarms me is how differently these stories effect you when you have children. To think of my kids in a situation like that makes my skin crawl.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 2:41 pm
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[i] what if it still went on today?
what if it was your kids?[/i]

[i] To think of my kids in a situation like that makes my skin crawl.[/i]

Then you're in the wrong place. This forum has a member who thinks its so amusing they've taken the user ID "peterfile" & STW allows it.


 
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what if it was your kids?

I'd be pretty alarmed that I had any.


 
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This forum has a member who thinks its so amusing they've taken the user ID "peterfile" & STW allows it.

To be fair, I suspect that's a reference to 'The IT Crowd'.


 
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Imagine if all the historic child abuse, with paedophile rings both national and international involving MPs and people of influence and power was not merely historic...

what if it still went on today?

The worst of it is that if we don't clean out that nest of slime today, they will still be doing it tomorrow...


 
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[i] To be fair, I suspect that's a reference to 'The IT Crowd', rather than a random screen name.[/i]
So its repeating a joke made by others. Still ain't a subject to be made fun of though. Child abuse just isn't funny, is it. And all the other user names that member could have applied for, eh.


 
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So we send some of the perpetrators to the already overcrowded prisons, where they proceed to radicalise the other inmates.
Can't we just string them up and be done with it.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 3:19 pm
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Appalling story and manna to the EDL and their like.

Makes the stuff Jivehoneyjive goes on about seem not so fanciful.


 
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[i] they proceed to radicalise the other inmates[/i]

you're suggesting there's some sort of jihadi thing going as well as child abuse?


 
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Still ain't a subject to be made fun of though.

Is there a list we can use?


 
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you're suggesting there's some sort of jihadi thing going as well as child abuse?

I figure why take the chance?


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 3:22 pm
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truly sickening

the police and council come in for a lot of stick in the report

repeatedly ignoring reports into the scale of the problem and viewing the victims as untrustworthy

and before all the stw nick griffins get too excited by it all, dont forget that the countries most prolific sex offender was white and allegedly abused 500 children himself


 
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So its repeating a joke made by others. Still ain't a subject to be made fun of though. Child abuse just isn't funny, is it. And all the other user names that member could have applied for, eh.

Is it because he is black?


 
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and before all the stw nick griffins get too excited by it all, dont forget that the countries most prolific sex offender was white and allegedly abused 500 children himself

Dare I go against the left-wing wisdom of the STW Socialist Republic but...
I think the bone of contention is that the allegations were not properly investigated before because the abusers were asian and the white staff were worried they would be accused of racism.


 
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I almost agree badnewz, the mind boggles that 3 separate reports were ignored or disbelieved and that seems to have been [u]one[/u] of the factors, as to why.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 3:55 pm
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Peterfile's name is Peter File.


 
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what if it was your kids?

it [i]shouldn't[/i] bother me any more than the thought of it happening other peoples' children. But it does. I'd probably feel complete failure as a parent and at least attempt to do something very stupid and irresponsible to the perpetrators. I wouldn't care what colour or race they were.
As a fairly recent parent, I never previously understood the depth that feelings go when your kid's involved.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 4:01 pm
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I'm sure badnewz is quite right. Political correctness gone mad. Again.


 
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We should be grateful that this has to light, however once any prosecutions are in place we should ask ourselves very serious questions about how such a situation has occurred. The "political correctness" issue is a very serious one if it turns out to be true.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 4:17 pm
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truly appalling 😯


 
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I spoke to an ex copper a few years ago who said he left the force and moved away from Yorkshire after been told the police couldn't do anything about this because it was Asians and acting could be construed as racist.


 
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I almost agree badnewz, the mind boggles that 3 separate reports were ignored or disbelieved and that seems to have been one of the factors, as to why.

That would point to the the people who suppressed it being part of a paedophile ring themselves.


 
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That would point to the the people who suppressed it being part of a paedophile ring themselves.

That would be too strong for me, but certainly there is culpability. Alas, the Diversity Officers rule the roost these days.


 
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before all the stw nick griffins get too excited by it all,

Hmm, worth remembering that one of the charges Griffin was prosecuted under (and cleared of) was a speech making this very allegation...

Anne Cryer was saying it too, and was firmly rounded on for doing so, and C4 pulled a documentary saying the same.


 
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That would point to the the people who suppressed it being part of a paedophile ring themselves.

No it wouldn't. That's "conspiracy theory".


 
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Dare I go against the left-wing wisdom of the STW Socialist Republic but...
I think the bone of contention is that the allegations were not properly investigated before because the abusers were asian and the white staff were worried they would be accused of racism.

Do we actually know the reports were ignored because they were Asian, everything I've seen so far says that they just didn't want to mention their race in the reports.

"These failures occured despite three reports between 2002 and 2006 "which could not have been clearer in the description of the situation in Rotherham".

She said the first of these reports was "effectively suppressed" because senior officers did not believe the data. The other two were ignored, she added."

Doesn't seem that way to me. Perhaps some of you are actually a bunch of racists and playing into the Daily Heils hands?

Lets go back to the '70's though.....because..... nonce's.


 
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The terrible impact this will have had on the children is almost too hard to comprehend but personally, it doesn't come as a great surprise.

The thing driving a good deal of these offenses is a mindset that's far more established in the UK than many people think. As we've seen in Rotherham, Oldham, Bradford, Oxford and Bristol, one of the issues at play is that for many reasons, those in positions of responsibility do not feel able to publicly acknowledge the issue due to its inherent sensitivity - their reticence is reflected in the approach of MPs and to some extent the general public who don't want to be labelled as "racist" by discussing something that actually has [u]no [/u]relation to race but [i]does [/i]have some relation to geography and the culture.

My own experience is that through a number of reasonably close Muslim friends, colleagues and acquaintances I've heard the mindset of parts of the wider community i.e. their parents, childhood friends etc. The broader thinking aside from seeing children of other faith as somehow inferior as we've seen in this case also extends to:

- children born to muslim fathers and white women being the work of the devil i.e. it's not the father's "fault"
- white non muslim women being seen as prostitutes or conveniently treated as "brides for the night" so that the men don't bear any culpability for the relationship or even having to admit they were having a relationship with a non muslim (in some cases this is at considerable emotional cost to the men as they struggle to reconcile the expectations of parents and the community with the feelings they have for their partner)
- non muslim women basically being there to satisfy the sexual needs of muslim man on a temporary basis.
- non muslims being dirty and inferior - particularly those that are gay or jewish.

[b]Clearly this thinking does not reflect all muslims[/b] but it does reflect the thinking of a significant number of those whose families originated from a handful of towns in ****stan and to a lesser extent Bangladesh - I've not met any Muslims that have moved to the UK from other parts of Asia who seem to hold views that are as potentially damaging to UK society and in the main they seem to be as revolted as everyone else as are the many community leaders who have spoken out in Mosques on the specific subject of child grooming.

It's also worth noting that the repugnant ideology laid out by ISIS in Syria and Iraq has at its core similar underlying principles with regard to non muslims and people in Europe / the west - and whilst we don't have daily beheadings and stonings in Britain this is perhaps an appropriate time to recognise that the belief system held by these people must be directly challenged at every opportunity in order to protect women and children in Britain in order to avoid any more child grooming, FGM, slavery and an increasing number of women being oppressed by men.


 
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Did someone say conspiracy theory?

Say for example throughout modern history there is a clear trend of care workers, police, judges and even some MPs actively covering up organized abuse and trafficking of this nature...

What do many people in positions of power have in common?


 
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Do we actually know the reports were ignored because they were Asian, everything I've seen so far says that they just didn't want to mention their race in the reports

A quote apparently from the report-
"Several staff described their nervousness about identifying the ethnic origins of perpetrators for fear of being thought as racist; others remembered clear direction from their managers not to do so."

Whether that impacted on the investigations and eventual prosecutions I've no idea, but it can't have helped.


 
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"Several staff described their nervousness about identifying the ethnic origins of perpetrators for fear of being thought as racist; others remembered clear direction from their managers not to do so."
Whether that impacted on the investigations and eventual prosecutions I've no idea, but it can't have helped.

That is entirely different from saying PC attitudes stopped the reports from being taken seriously, the reports seem to point to police incompetence and sheer laziness. Which wouldn't surprise me based on my friends dealings with social services and the police.

So my response to everyone on here saying this is the result of "PC gone mad" would be a big all round **** you.


 
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Blimey, in a German accent, VAKE UP!!
PC does matter, big time baby!


 
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Blimey, in a German accent, VAKE UP!!
PC does matter, big time baby!

Why? Explain how in this case, political correctness directly contributed to this being swept under the carpet for a decade.

You know, I'm starting to believe my own theory that whatever the public thinks, if you go out of your way to hold the opposite view, 95 percent of the time you'll be right.


 
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Tom, not entirely due to race but certainly one of the main factors. You know how the majority of taxi drivers are , you know Muslims? I know of several policing campaigns which set out to improve the mechanical conditions of said taxis, for the safety of the public but were always stopped due to accusations of racism from the taxi drivers themselves. So they are allowed to drive on while bits are falling off and the brakes don't work.


 
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Tom, not entirely due to race but certainly one of the main factors. You know how the majority of taxi drivers are , you know Muslims? I know of several policing campaigns which set out to improve the mechanical conditions of said taxis, for the safety of the public but were always stopped due to accusations of racism from the taxi drivers themselves. So they are allowed to drive on while bits are falling off and the brakes don't work.

Proof please, and I still can't find anything in this report that suggests political correctness influenced the police and stopped arrests etc from being made. Its not even a main factor, it's a minor one.

You're suffering from confirmation bias.

BTW, you do realize that the dark days of noncing were in the politically incorrect '70's don't you?


 
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"Several staff described their nervousness about identifying the ethnic origins of perpetrators for fear of being thought as racist; others remembered clear direction from their managers not to do so."

I'd say the fear of being thought racist is a central plank of the PC agenda. I doubt however the official report will say much about this.

Plenty of people are concerned about losing their livelihood if they say or do the wrong thing.

The BBC will dedicate less airtime to this harrowing story than the time it dedicated to trashing the career and livelihood of a football manager for saying a few dodgy things in private text messages.


 
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Alas I do have a brain, and it allows me to read your borderline hysterical posts.
I didn't initially mention the police, although I've no doubt there was plenty of corruption and PC-influenced cowardice there.
The point I initially made was that these terrible crimes were not properly investigated because the council, the investigatory authorities were both corrupt and afraid of racist accusations. I doubt it was only a few lowly staff in the know!
That's my story and I'm sticking to it guvnor. I will let other people share their views now!


 
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I'm with Tom on this one...

whilst it's fair to say political correctness and accusations of racism may have played a role, you have to look at the bigger picture: this isn't an isolated case as Jimmy Savile proves.

There are organized paedophile networks across the country, with some members of the various bodies who should be protecting vulnerable children doing quite the opposite. It's certainly not merely down to race.


 
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I think you've selectively quoted one paragraph and then built your own version of the truth based on your own ideology.

The most politically incorrect institutions such as the Catholic church have managed to cover these things up for decades, it has everything to do with incompetence and corruption and nothing to do with "I woz to scared to say anything....cuz...racism....its not my fault....the lefties made me scared...I'm a victim as well". The latter is a cop out if you're not wanting to be accused of the former.

Bugger me, I'm in agreement with Jivehoney.


 
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We will just have to wait until the official report, which as always will clear everything up, released no doubt on a badnewz day (sorry!).
Exit badnewz pursued by bear.


 
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We will just have to wait until the official report, which as always will [s]clear[/s] [b]cover everything up[/b] in favour of the higher echelons of the establishment, released no doubt on a badnewz day (sorry!).


 
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Oops my mistake, report is already out. The leader of the council has resigned but no-one else.
Well, I think we are at least in agreement that the whole thing stinks and the council must be pretty corrupt.


 
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Does anyone honestly think it was just Rotherham, Oldham, the Catholic Church. It seems like there is some massive and systematic failure of social services ...


 
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There does seem to be a general problem with targetted abuse of white youngsters by Asian Muslim men. Whether this is a cultural, racial or religious problem I don't know but until it is acknowledged it can't be addressed. If stating this makes me not PC then so be it.

I am a bit confused by this story however. Isn't it the responsibility of the police not the council to investigate these offences.


 
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This is Political Correctness Gone Mad.

There you go, I've said it. The 'sensitivities' around identifying the race of the majority or the perpetrators will have led to missed opportunities to make connections, elevate the issue to the appropriate levels, and to have it stopped sooner.

If anyone can find a better example of wilfully ignoring a key truth in a series of serious crimes, I'd like to hear it.

PC created the conditions in which this could go on for as long as it did.

If you think otherwise you are deluding yourselves.

Political Correctness has its place. It is generally a good thing as it changes the tenor of prevailing attitudes for the better. It should not be a reason not to identify and report serious crime, however.


 
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Dannyh nail on head there mate!


 
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There you go, I've said it. The 'sensitivities' around identifying the race of the majority or the perpetrators will have led to missed opportunities to make connections, elevate the issue to the appropriate levels, and to have it stopped sooner.

And what connections would those be? It would only highlight the most basic connections and nothing extra that a list of names and associates would not. If you fail to act on child abuse cases because one can't see an overarching racial dimension to the abuse, that tells you a lot about the motivations of the police.

PC created the conditions in which this could go on for as long as it did.

Really? The police didn't investigate the issue because they were scared of being accused of racism?

You know, there's nothing in law that you could be prosecuted for, for something as simple as reporting a statistical matter such as race. The council would have known this, so there are other reasons for their failure.


 
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Food for thought: if government can withhold inquiry into Iraq war, why has report into Rotherham abuse been released at this particular moment in time?


 
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Within the Council, we found [b]no evidence[/b] of children’s
social care staff being influenced by concerns about the ethnic origins of suspected perpetrators when dealing with individual child protection cases, including CSE

A widespread perception that
messages conveyed by some senior people in the Council and also the Police, were to 'downplay' the ethnic dimensions of CSE.......From a [b]political perspective[/b], the approach of avoiding public discussion of the issues was ill judged.

So it didn't effect the investigation, it just upset the public.


 
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Instant dismissal,no if or buts they failed, they got paid to do a job and used policital correctness crap to cover up their failings.

A criominal is a crominal what ever their job, ethnic origin or colour


 
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Precisely Project, the lot of them should lose their jobs. The PC stuff is a shite excuse.


 
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The most politically incorrect institutions such as the Catholic church have managed to cover these things up for decades, it has everything to do with incompetence and corruption...

To be fair everyone seems to coverup child sex abuse - right across society, I have known families to do so, not because they weren't horrified to discover that it had happened but because it's one of those things that "it's best not to talk about". Better to pretend it never happened.

An appalling attitude but one which sadly is very prevalent.

On the question of political correctness I have always thought that political correctness, as it is presented to us, can be highly damaging, not least in the real struggle against real racism.

I have no idea if political correctness played a significant negative role in this particular case but I sadly wouldn't be surprised if it had.


 
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Given the problems recruiting and retaining child protection workers at the moment, even before the next round of cuts comes in, prepare to be shocked for a few years to come.

Unless all of you internet experts want to change career and play the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" game with media reporting of child protection cases.

Impossible to justify or condone what has been reported in this case, but it's a damn sight easier from behind a screen with all the facts at your fingertips and a good dose of hindsight.

Edit: blimey, I'm agreeing with ernie again.


 
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On the question of political correctness I have always thought that political correctness, as it is presented to us, can be highly damaging, not least in the real struggle against real racism.

That's absolutely 100% true. This plays into the hands of the 'other side' from the PC brigade.

The irritating thing is that we've become so wrapped up in hand-wringing that many people now cannot function as normal humane people without worrying about how they might be 'perceived'. Of course, it also makes a convenient reason not do anything and have a quiet life. But there you have it. A clear cut situation where a load of lofty ideals mutated into a situation where 'professionals' were discouraged (implicitly at least) to hush up serious crimes because they were worried about how they would be perceived.

You can't really wring your hands about this, it is there. It is stark. It is just plain wrong, and would be laughable apart from the context.


 
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The social workers I know see some truly horrible things. I think it is fair to say that most of their cases are on problem estates, with problem families, which have been incentivised by 30 years of left-wing utopian thinking.
Mass immigration and political correctness are essential tools in the arsenal of your average cultural revolutionary and I think the extent of both the abuse and the cover-up are a damning indictment of the social and cultural revolution which your average STW'er likes to defend to the hilt on these forums.
It's nothing to do with spending cuts or too few social workers.


 
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But there you have it. A clear cut situation where a load of lofty ideals mutated into a situation where 'professionals' were discouraged (implicitly at least) to hush up serious crimes because they were worried about how they would be perceived.

You're spinning a bit of a yarn aren't you? Do you want me to quote that investigation again?

It's nothing to do with spending cuts or too few social workers.

If the Tories truly had their way there would be no such thing as social services or a public police force.

Not to mention we're less tolerant of this sort of thing now because of left wing and feminist ideology that is opposed to the sexual exploitation of women and girls.

But yes, all the nonces are foreign and they're allowed to get away with it because of lefties.


 
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30 years of left-wing utopian thinking.

LOL

I blame Thatcher !


 
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Just read that "Rotherham council writing to bosses of those who turned a blind eye now working elsewhere".

I don't think anyone expects child services to be perfect (although they should aim to be).#

But to commission multiple reports and then ignore the inconvenient conclusions is disgraceful.

It's not making a bad decision in a single case it's systemically turning a blind eye to it as inconvenient or embarrassing.

I hope that which ever Police officers were on the child protection units dealing with these cases aren't given the option of walking away with a pension as so often seems to be the case. They were those kids last hope for the system to help them and they were ignored.

In 10, 20, 30, 40 and so on years time there's going to be a large number of very damaged adults who'll be, no doubt, let down by the system again.

The more I read and think about this the more angry I get.

The ONE thing these professionals are supposed to do above all others is keep children safe and they utterly failed 1400 times.

Worse, they [b]knew[/b] it was happening and didn't step in to stop it.

Bastards. Utter bastards.


 
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LOL

I blame Thatcher !

I like how he thinks the left 'incentivised' young girls into being raped.


 
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The terrible impact this will have had on the children is almost too hard to comprehend but personally, it doesn't come as a great surprise.
The thing driving a good deal of these offenses is a mindset that's far more established in the UK than many people think. As we've seen in Rotherham, Oldham, Bradford, Oxford and Bristol, one of the issues at play is that for many reasons, those in positions of responsibility do not feel able to publicly acknowledge the issue due to its inherent sensitivity - their reticence is reflected in the approach of MPs and to some extent the general public who don't want to be labelled as "racist" by discussing something that actually has no relation to race but does have some relation to geography and the culture.
My own experience is that through a number of reasonably close Muslim friends, colleagues and acquaintances I've heard the mindset of parts of the wider community i.e. their parents, childhood friends etc. The broader thinking aside from seeing children of other faith as somehow inferior as we've seen in this case also extends to:
- children born to muslim fathers and white women being the work of the devil i.e. it's not the father's "fault"
- white non muslim women being seen as prostitutes or conveniently treated as "brides for the night" so that the men don't bear any culpability for the relationship or even having to admit they were having a relationship with a non muslim (in some cases this is at considerable emotional cost to the men as they struggle to reconcile the expectations of parents and the community with the feelings they have for their partner)
- non muslim women basically being there to satisfy the sexual needs of muslim man on a temporary basis.
- non muslims being dirty and inferior - particularly those that are gay or jewish.
Clearly this thinking does not reflect all muslims but it does reflect the thinking of a significant number of those whose families originated from a handful of towns in ****stan and to a lesser extent Bangladesh - I've not met any Muslims that have moved to the UK from other parts of Asia who seem to hold views that are as potentially damaging to UK society and in the main they seem to be as revolted as everyone else as are the many community leaders who have spoken out in Mosques on the specific subject of child grooming.
It's also worth noting that the repugnant ideology laid out by ISIS in Syria and Iraq has at its core similar underlying principles with regard to non muslims and people in Europe / the west - and whilst we don't have daily beheadings and stonings in Britain this is perhaps an appropriate time to recognise that the belief system held by these people must be directly challenged at every opportunity in order to protect women and children in Britain in order to avoid any more child grooming, FGM, slavery and an increasing number of women being oppressed by men.
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Posted : 26/08/2014 7:03 pm
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I think one of the most damning statements in the report is:

[i]Seminars for elected members and senior officers in 2004-05 presented the abuse in the most explicit terms. After these events, nobody could say 'we didn't know'. In 2005, the present Council Leader chaired a group to take forward the issues, but there is no record of its meetings or conclusions, apart from one minute.[/i]

If wilful neglect like that isn't grounds for a charge of misconduct in public office, then I don't know what is!


 
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You know that the evidence points towards that they targeted Asian women as well and did not preferentially target white girls, it's just that the cultural attitudes within the Asian community have meant those girls have often not come forward.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 7:07 pm
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social workers I know see some truly horrible things. I think it is fair to say that most of their cases are on problem estates, with problem families, which have been incentivised by 30 years of left-wing utopian thinking.

Thatcher, that grey fella and Blair make left wing utopia. **** me, quality


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 7:20 pm
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You know that the evidence points towards that they targeted Asian women as well and did not preferentially target white girls, it's just that the cultural attitudes within the Asian community have meant those girls have often not come forward.

It was my impression from the other cases in Oxford and Bradford etc. that they specifically targetted white girls for the reasons outlined by robdixon. I've not read the 159 page report by Rotherham council but if no Asian women came forward then where is the proof they were targetted.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 7:23 pm
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But yes, all the nonces are foreign and they're allowed to get away with it because of lefties.

Errr, no.

You know that the evidence points towards that they targeted Asian women as well and did not preferentially target white girls, it's just that the cultural attitudes within the Asian community have meant those girls have often not come forward.

Irrelevant. They committed crimes. People in authority knew about. People in authority were cowed by not wanting to appear racist. As a result, the process of uncovering and stopping these crimes was hampered.

You have an agenda. You wish to push it with a few smoke and mirrors and trying to turn the argument on its head. Ten out of ten for effort, but in this case you are wrong. Plain, good 'old-fashioned' (I know that's very uncool as well) wrong.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 7:26 pm
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Irrelevant. They committed crimes. People in authority knew about. People in authority were cowed by not wanting to appear racist. As a result, the process of uncovering and stopping these crimes was hampered.

You have an agenda. You wish to push it with a few smoke and mirrors and trying to turn the argument on its head. Ten out of ten for effort, but in this case you are wrong. Plain, good 'old-fashioned' (I know that's very uncool as well) wrong.

I dare you to get back to me with a reasoned argument as to why the report is wrong then.

It was my impression from the other cases in Oxford and Bradford etc. that they specifically targetted white girls for the reasons outlined by robdixon. I've not read the 159 page report by Rotherham council but if no Asian women came forward then where is the proof they were targetted.

I'm assuming shrinks/the police/social services quiz the ones that do report and find out how hard it was for them to self-report in the first place. That data will then be recorded and compared against other groups.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-22731537


 
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Here's a thought, what happens if you're a Councillor of said areas and kick up a big fuss about groups of Asian men raping and abusing young girls/women in these predominantly Asian/Muslim areas, your gonna take a serious nosedive come next elections, I don't think it's all about being PC, it's also about trying to save their own necks.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 7:32 pm
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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/10/abuse-asian-girls-missed-white-victims

Councils too focused on white victims, ergo, you can nonce but not if it's a white girl.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 7:39 pm
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What is wrong is that this case shows how normal moral considerations (by any sane judgement) can be subverted by a desire not appear racist. It is explicitly stated within the report. I'm not sure how you can double-speak your way back out of it, but you seem to be having a good go at it.

I think you are a zealot, and as such there is no point in trying to reason it out further. It is plain as the nose on your face, but when dogma gets in the way of the bleeding obvious, then the situation is beyond hope I fear.


 
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EDIT I'll read the report first


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 7:40 pm
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Dannyh, the only reason was PC gone mad lefty police chiefs and council leaders ?
It would be easy if reality was a simp!istic as that

These girls are from the shit end of society,the same people described as scum, chavs etc on the council house neigbours thread from yesterday

Their parents seem to have abandoned them or had them taken away, I believe most were in care, education and social services obviously hadn't done enough to protect them.
The police apparently had similar attitudes, untrustworthy, unreliable witnesses, not worth protecting, just chavs, skanks,slags, language you hear throughout society, scared of being called racist? I had no idea coppers are so delicate

And ultimately these mainly ****stani men viewed them even less as people and more as objects.


 
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Tom, you could probably give a great argument that Kryptonite is the main ingredient in Fondant Fancies, it doesn't mean your right! 😉


 
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