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When Political Correctness Took Over in Yorkshire
WSJ ^ | Aug. 28, 2014 2:08 p.m. ET | Brendan O'Neill

Posted on 08/28/2014 11:36:10 AM PDT by GonzoII

Perfect storms don't come much more perfect than the Rotherham child-abuse revelations currently rocking the U.K. Everything modern Britain is famous for fretting over—from class to race, pedophiles to official incompetence—is implicated in this sordid story of abuse in and around a northern English town once known for producing steel.

All eyes have been on Rotherham since a report into child sexual abuse there was published on Tuesday. Commissioned by Rotherham Borough Council and wrote by Professor Alexis Jay, the report makes grim reading. It says that from 1997 to 2013, 1,400 children and teenagers were subjected to "appalling abuse" by gangs of older men. Some of the victims, the vast majority girls, were trafficked around Britain to be sexually abused. Some were beaten, some raped.

The report says a key reason the abuse went on for so long is because of the "collective failures" of the local authorities, including police. Despite being presented with what Ms. Jay calls stark evidence that abuse was taking place, the Rotherham authorities underplayed the seriousness of the problem. The institutions charged by modern society with protecting the vulnerable from the malevolent through their inaction allowed the abuse to continue.

It took the press, one of the most maligned institutions in Britain, to do the thing that they're so often criticized for doing—digging dirt—for the Rotherham abuse to become a national story. Dogged reporters at the Times of London, owned by the same company as this newspaper, played a central role in exposing child abuse in towns like Rotherham and forcing an investigation.

Why were officials so unwilling to poke their noses where they most certainly did belong? Because of the race and class of the perpetrators and victims, according to the Jay report. The vast majority of the abusers were of Pakistani...


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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: rotherham; uk; yorkshire
Glad we don't have a PC problem in the US. /s
1 posted on 08/28/2014 11:36:10 AM PDT by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII
Yep. The one thing we don't have in the States is an entrenched class of busybodies trying to stifle free speech and dictate how other people live.

Well, OK, it's one thing we DO have. My mistake.

2 posted on 08/28/2014 11:39:53 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: GonzoII

Couple this with the fact ISIS enjoys widespread support among UK muzzies. They have a big problem. Are they finally waking up to it?


3 posted on 08/28/2014 11:40:44 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: GonzoII

what a terribly sad story - so many injured young


4 posted on 08/28/2014 11:47:55 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: GonzoII

OK ,UK ,think about it , No more Beer and No more Bacon Sandwiches


5 posted on 08/28/2014 11:48:41 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: GonzoII

6 posted on 08/28/2014 11:49:43 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: GonzoII

ISLAM.


7 posted on 08/28/2014 12:08:08 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FReerepublic: Bring a FRiend!)
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To: GonzoII

Muhammed was a child rapist. So what’s the problem?


8 posted on 08/28/2014 12:10:30 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FReerepublic: Bring a FRiend!)
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To: GonzoII

Whatever, this is a failure of administration. I live in a city about the same size as Rotherham. I cannot imagine 10 children being abused like this without the law coming down very hard on the perps. 1400 is beyond imagination.


9 posted on 08/28/2014 12:12:04 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
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To: Uncle Miltie
He also seduced his own daughter-in-law, who was the wife of his adopted son. Mohammed was pervert of the worst stripe. I tell people to contrast the life this demon-obsessed pedophile led compared to the life Jesus Christ led.
10 posted on 08/28/2014 12:27:21 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: GonzoII

Save


11 posted on 08/28/2014 12:29:52 PM PDT by submarinerswife (Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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To: jmacusa

So mohammed was a pedophile, rapist and adulterer. Got it.


12 posted on 08/28/2014 12:32:43 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FReerepublic: Bring a FRiend!)
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To: Uncle Miltie
So mohammed was a pedophile, rapist and adulterer

He was the World's first Democrat.

13 posted on 08/28/2014 12:33:26 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: colorado tanker

It dosent.

What it does have is an attraction to young impressionable British male muslims.


14 posted on 08/28/2014 12:50:27 PM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: Uncle Miltie

And that’s just the half of it. He started out raiding caravans along the trade routes of ancient Arabia. He murdered people. He organized sixty seven military campaigns in his lifetime, twenty seven of them he led personally. This is who Osama bin Laden was inspired by as are all Muslim males. Mohammed was the ‘’prefect man’’ to the muzzies.


15 posted on 08/28/2014 12:55:35 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: GonzoII
I ran into the pay wall.

The perps are Pakistani males.

What nationality are the girl victims?

Are the girls Muslim, too?

16 posted on 08/28/2014 2:27:07 PM PDT by zeestephen
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Not challenging you - just curious.

Are the pedophile and daughter-in-law stories in the Koran?

If not, do rank and file Muslims accept those stories as true, or do they reject the historical sources of those stories?

17 posted on 08/28/2014 2:35:32 PM PDT by zeestephen
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Are the girls Muslim, too?

When some of these perps went to trial, the UK news article stated that the girls were lower-class and Caucasian, but not Muslim.

The photo that accompanied the article showed about a half dozen men. Most appeared Middle Eastern, and one or two were black.

But the UK news media continues to refer to them as "Asian". Because; to tell the truth would be racist.

18 posted on 08/28/2014 4:41:39 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
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To: zeestephen

Yes. And so is his ‘’finding’’ his six-year child bride, Ayisha who he raped when she was nine. Mohammed, to put it bluntly was a m’fer of the worst sort.


19 posted on 08/28/2014 5:21:05 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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