Can We Just Stop With This Nonsense.

[-Talbot-]

the attacker as in his 30s or 40s, with short, dark, curly hair, a tanned complexion and a short beard.

https://news.sky.com/story/girl-14-raped-outside-burnley-shopping-centre-on-new-years-day-11596703

a tanned complexion For Funks Sake

[fiction-factory]

If you need me to retype the above because my typos still confuse you I'll give you time to try to work them out

[fiction-factory]

The thread title is quite ironic really

[Spicerack]

Are you being deliberately obtuse, FF?
I find it hard to believe anyone could act as thick as you're making out.

[-Talbot-]

I've got used to this from FF...I'm actually surprised he has taken time to look at the cctv image tbh.

[Mamyalynne]

Leave it FF - they won't be happy until they've tracked down who first used the word 'tanned' to describe him.

My neighbour is as bad when I have had visitors when I'm out.

Glad they've arrested him.

[-Talbot-]

Who is 'they' Mamya?

[Mamyalynne]

Yourself and those who appear to side with you that the use of the word 'tanned' was done for some reason (unknown) to confuse, throw people off the scent???

I don't know, having heard people's first initial descriptions of those they have seen , they can vary wildly both in accuracy and detail.

[andy-hughes]

I'm a little confused here - where is the picture that people refer to please?

As far as I can work out, the description from the victim is that the man is 'tanned', so that is the one the police are going with - and that is surely to be expected.

I can see that some people are desperate to have this man described as a Muslim, but it appears that the description does not offer that - unless people want to leap to a conclusion, and it seems that they do.

[Mamyalynne]

There's a second link on page one that includes a photo, he has been arrested.

[andy-hughes]

I can only see images of the location from the links on page one - ?

[-Talbot-]

https://twitter.com/BBCNWT/status/1080508959826554880

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry Andy, forgot the links change as the story progresses.

[nailit]

fgs hes not tanned.
Tanned implies a 'white' person that's slightly sunburned.

[Togo]

A comment from Talbot's link.

"The weather must have been lovely in Burnley over Christmas to get a tan like that".

[-Talbot-]

Mamyalynne
Yourself and those who appear to side with you that the use of the word 'tanned' was done for some reason (unknown) to confuse, throw people off the scent???


It wasn't done to throw anyone off the scent...it was done because the police insist on being absolute cowards as not to upset people's feelings.

[Jackdaw33]

The use of the word 'tanned' IS confusing. The police could be looking for a bloke who had just returned from a fortnight in Spain.

[THECORBYLOON]

Since TALBOT has all the answers, who is the one who described the attacker as being tanned? If the police had a more specific description, what purpose would be served by not using it?

Do you really think the police want a possible rapist to be out and about a day longer than needed?

[EDDIE51]

I witnessed a robbery, the suspect was black ,I had to use the phase ''Of Afro Caribbean Complexion''.

[Mamyalynne]

Talbot, you have taken your time to tell us that it was the Police who used that term and not an early unsure witness.

Thanks for the update.

[-Talbot-]

The AB pedants are usually queuing up...yet today they are happy for the police and media to use 'tanned' for a man that is clearly not tanned but is actually in possession of a skin colouring that is indicative of someone from the Indian subcontinent.


But do carry on showing me to be racist and you to be a wonderful non racist person... because that's what's important.