so you are someone important then? Someone special? I think not, youre just 'special'....a TROLL !

"Important"? "Special"? No, not in anyway at all.

I am just an active guy with a passion for the truth and a determination to call out bs whenever and wherever it can be found.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

When someone repeatedly misrepresents your views, and then denies he is misrepresenting them, it has to call into question what the motivation for doing so really is.

No-one knows my views better than I do. That has to be true of everyone.

Defending and supporting our police is something I believe we all have a civic duty to do. None of us, so far as I know, are policemen. We don't know what instructions they are working to, what limitations on resources they are working under, or what their long term strategies are. So I don't criticise from a position of ignorance, as some do. I support and defend. That this poster joins in the chorus of ignorant criticism doesn't mean I, or anyone else must.

Misunderstanding what was meant by that can be forgiven. When that misunderstanding was clarified but the views continue to be misrepresented it cannot be.

I did hear something about what, in hindsight, seems somewhat similar many years ago but I fail to see what the significance of that fact is. I was aware of many things then, just as now. Some are crimes.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

The actions of the Police and other services over decades of inaction contributed to many thousands of rapes of vulnerable and often underage girls.

I'll repeat....the actions of the state contributed to the continuance of rape.....In many cases the Police were aware of what was happening with underage girls.

This was in over twenty different locations and across Police services and I'm hearing it's continuing on. It is an horrendous national tragedy and the fallout is far from over.

I'll also repeat that this 'guy' is on record on this board supporting the initial responses of the Police to this issue. He wrote supporting the keeping of this knowledge away from the public.

There is zero excuse indeed this has been publicly severely criticized and apologised for. There is and was no excuse.

The excuses applied here are appalling and I see no misrepresentation.

Edited by Stirlingsays (01 Jan 2020 11.35am)

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

Odious attitudes come from all segments of society. The colour of a person's skin has no bearing on them. They are all members of one race. The human race. There is no other.

That there is ever any "public criticism" of anything doesn't mean that criticism is valid. Very often it's the underlying motivation of the critics that need to be examined rather than the subject of the criticism.

For instance there has been "public criticism" of the Supreme Court recently, even to the point of calling it the "enemy of the people". This is totally invalid and ignorant.

Whether, or not, the Police should keep their enquiries secret, or involve the public, is a judgement only they can make. It's their operation. They have the facts. We don't. I defend their right to do their job and don't second guess an area of expertise beyond my pay grade.

If they feel the need to apologise when something has gone wrong sobeit. We all learn on a daily basis. Or almost all of us do. There are some stubborn exceptions.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

What a joke.

Comes on here, thinks nothing of pushing conspiracy theories on Trump over Russia.....Happy to invoke motives for all sorts of events he has no first hand knowledge of......writes tons of posts criticizing politicians over Brexit.

Then when it comes to criticizing the Police for this national tragedy.....who have already been severely publicly criticised.

Well then it's 'above his pay grade'.

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