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Commented on The Ferguson Question
This police officer you're referencing appears to be speaking from ignorance of probability. Events like Columbine and the North Hollywood shootout are rare. With America's large population increase over the last half-century or so, they have become more common...
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Greg. Tingey commented on
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S Lawrence' murder: The local plod had been bought by the local gangsters (some/most of the plod were racists as well ...) Rotherham It looks as though local plod have also been completely bought by the local rapist & expolitative gangs. Lots of calls for councillors / crime commisioners etc to resign. Do we get calls for the cleansing of S Yorkshire plod? No. I wonder why that might be?...
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Antonia T Tiger commented on
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Greg: common factor is that it's not just the headline-making instances. I'm thinking I should shut up for a while. We don't get the raving nut-jobs here, but I think we should give Charlie a chance to say yea or nay on the topics, particularly Rotherham. I've maybe already said too much in a reply to you in another thread. I don't want the topic to spread any more....
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Charlie Stross commented on
The Ferguson Question
Please drop the Rotherham topic for now. I have con crud and am too ill to blog effectively or moderate a civil discussion. Never mind third-rail topics, Rotherham strays close to third, fourth, and fifth electrified rails: institutional police corruption, sexism, racism (the term "political correctness" is being bandied around as a dog whistle here) ... it's messy. It's part of a much bigger picture -- the exploitation and sexual abuse of young women -- that's emerging society-wide. And I'm more interested in the big picture than this one particular sad and disgusting local scandal....
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Greg. Tingey commented on
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Charlie & Antonia Agree with both of you. It's disgusting & as Charlie says it appears (now) to be much more widespread than "we" previously thought. One last on this, then I'll drop it. Charlie's point #3 I think it isn't "just" the exploitation and sexual abuse of young women that is now emerging shows, perhaps a picture of complete corruption in & throughout our societies. The institutional police corruption is a symptom, not a cause. Yuk. Scary stuff....
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Antonia T Tiger commented on
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Message received. I agree strongly with your point 3....
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