I disagree. Stigmatising whole communities helps no-one.

If there really was a reluctance to investigate then that would be a genuine reason for concern but I don't actually think that's likely to be true. More likely is that the scale of the problem wasn't understood and some conclusions drawn that now look, with hindsight, to have been incorrect. That the Police investigated quietly and under the radar is not to not investigate. It is determining a strategy which was believed to be the most effective.

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At last you get it.
The point is none, or very few do.
I asked before if you thought families and friends know and knew about grooming.
I think I would guess a big yes.
Why would they not want to protect young girls?
Either they are frightened or even sicker is that they too see the victims as pieces of meat who deserve it because they are.......

Arresting criminals isn’t stigmatising a whole community. The decisions taken then were incorrect but that policy is the one being advocated.

This is an intriguing case as she is suing the NHS for doing what she asked them to do.

The other interesting aspect is that in nothing that I have read has there been any mention of her parents and what part they played in this.

It is cases like this and the many thousands of other supposed malpractice lawsuits that has caused the cost of funding the NHS to skyrocket.

My wife is a part time nurse who fills in the rest of her allocated hours as a pen pusher recording every single action that she has taken in case of possible lawsuits further down the line

The culture within all our institutions is 'progressive' and based less on reason and more on empathy.

So while this case is tragic it's also important. It displays the insanity that modern day professionals go along with.

You have the activists and then you have the 'go along to get along'....who are just paying the mortgage.

Ultimately It's all about who has been appointed in leadership positions......where the buck stops.

Edited by Stirlingsays (02 Mar 2020 9.10am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

You too should read this report which is on the BBC website today. It concerns the "Prevent" initiative and the responses of various communities to it. It shows that things ARE being done and that the approach is regarded well within the Muslim community, albeit with some reservations and recommendations on how to improve it. It's not all doom and gloom and my own suggestion, to stop using a blanket description when referring to the "grooming gangs", seems to me to be a sensible supportive step. Let's see if that is an outcome:-

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Given that the reasons these people consider young white girls as acceptable targets are determined by their interpretation of their faith, it is entirely appropriate to attach descriptors such as those.

To not do so is to deliberately deflect from the reality of the situation.

Edited by palace_in_frogland (02 Mar 2020 9.59am)

Many so called charities are actually protest groups I haven't seen the interview but I have heard others and they are not open to the possibility that someone may need to wait and undergo counselling.

One more point

But, as has been pointed out many times, that is their background.

And, as I have pointed out many times, not all, or indeed many, from that background are involved.

Just ask your self this. How would all Christians, of every denomination, feel if the hate filled activities of the Westboro Baptist Church were simply described as being by a "Christian hate group"?

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