Isn't it now time for the 'witch-hunt' to begin?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....millions-viewers.html

/// A clearly-unhappy Mr Cameron said he did not like what the presenter was doing, and warned he was fuelling a ‘witch hunt'. He said: 'There is a danger if we are not careful, that this can turn into a sort of witch-hunt, particularly against people who are gay. ///

Also does it really matter if some of the suspects might happen to be gay?

[Duncer]

It matters not one jot what someone's sexuality or politics are if they are guilty of this sort of vile crime.

[Zeuhl]

<Also does it really matter if some of the suspects might happen to be gay? >

That isn't what he said.

He was warning against 'witch hunts' not investigating 'suspects'

Witch Hunts are BAD THINGS by definition - against gays or anyone else

[Bazile]

//Prime Minister stunned by This Morning presenter who hands him card with names he found after a 'cursory glance' at the internet//


Well , i've had more than a cursory glance at the internet - i cant see any names

[friedgreentomato]

If the presenter had evidence that suggested these names were paedophiles then he should go to the police and allow justice to be served!

[Baldric]

Posts @ 13:31 & 14:04

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1186332.html

I rest my case!

[sherrardk]

Brazile - I am rubbish at finding stuff on the net and I have found loads of links pointing to the same people.

[Zeuhl]

fried ^

Not such good telly though is it?

[sandyRoe]

Witch-hunts are an ugly business. It isn't so long ago that the members of an entire community were all being tarred with the same brush because of the actions of a few paedophiies in Rotherham.

[friedgreentomato]

No but it annoys me so much when I see presenters on TV and people on forums going on about paedophiles.

I worked within law enforcement and at the time worked on paedophile intelligence and I can tell you most of the stuff that is spouted here and on other forums and on TV about this subject is claptrap!

[Zeuhl]

^fried

I'm sure it is

Trial by media - Justices Lorraine, Kyle and Holmes presiding lol

[NOX]

Bazile, I fail to see how you could miss it- the names are everywhere, not just a couple but quite a few very highly placed individuals, and no I don't care if they're gay or straight the offence is the same to me, if they are guilty they ought to be dealt with, however all those people trumpeting about 'Phillip Schoefield ought to go to the police', the names are so prevalent that the police must be blind or stupid if they are already unaware- Tom Watson has been investigating this for years and has been constantly at the police to do something about it, which so far they haven't.

[NOX]

By the way all that being said I am anti witchunt or trial by media- but the police really do need to be looking into things if they are to prevent that happening.

[anotheoldgit]

Baldric

Race,
Religion,
Sexuality!
Just can't leave it alone, can you?

That is rich coming from a person who's only subject seems to be that one's Avatar is illustrated wearing an upside down union flag on his waistcoat.

But please carry on boring everyone but your mate HumberSloop with your continuous reference to it, absolutely pathetic, I rest my case.

Perhaps while on the subject of avatars, doesn't one know that it is illegal to have a dog's tail docked?

Shame on you.

/// The docking of dogs' tails was banned in England from 6 April 2007 and in Wales from 28 March 2007 ///

[stokemaveric]

this has been rumbling on for weeks now,surely there is enough evidence to arrest,charge and commit to jail those that are guilty of such horrendous crimes..if not these people should come out and say that they will defend themselves to the hilt there is a witch hunt because of the cloak of mystery that is surrounding these people...

[FredPuli43]

Cameron seems to think that there's more chance of trouble for those named if they are gay. Don't understand that view. What causes mobs to turn up on a suspect's doorstep is the word 'paedophile' not the word 'gay'.

[LazyGun]

As Zeuhl has said - Witch Hunts are a bad thing, as is trial by media - You only need to think back to what happened to Chris Jeffries. And the stunt by Schofield was poor and unhelpful.

All that having been said -I am worried by the inertia and complacency that seems to have been on display. Allegations were made, for instance, about SoViles behaviour decade ago, but nothing happened. We are now having inquiries and investigations into official inquiries from the mid 90s about allegations of abuse and rape of children in government care - said actions that had been committed back in the 70s and 80s!

What does this say? That as a country we do not view child abuse as a serious or abhorrent offence? That the police and institutions were complicit in a cover up at the behest of pepetrators with power and influence? That it was once culturally acceptable?

A DI has recently been dismissed from Operation Sapphire, the Mets Rape and Serious Sexual Assault Squad, for failing to take investigate allegations properly and basically making Sugar up. Does this reflect a wider issue that the police simply feel that sex crimes and allegations of child abuse are not a priority?

[Baldric]

Good job they were both born before then isn't it aog?

[Baldric]

And for the record it was done by the breeders before we set eyes on either of them, so I can supply contact de-tails should you wish to berate them.

[Duncer]

What causes mobs to turn up on a suspect's doorstep is the word 'paedophile' not the word 'gay'.

Or in one case, "paediatrician". That is why mob rule must never be allowed.

[anotheoldgit]

sandyRoe

/// Witch-hunts are an ugly business. It isn't so long ago that the members of an entire community were all being tarred with the same brush because of the actions of a few paedophiies in Rotherham. ///

If a 'witch hunt' managers to lift one or two rocks and some vermin comes scurrying out, then that can't be a bad thing surely?

Better to go out hunting them, than allowing them to carry on with their vile actions unchallenged.