Spot the irony
From the Telegraph:
The nine men from Rochdale were yesterday convicted of abusing five vulnerable teenagers after plying them with alcohol, food and small sums of money in return for sex.
However, the true number of victims, who were "passed around" by the gang, is likely to be nearer to 50, police have admitted.
That sounds pretty bad. But why ( Read more... )
The nine men from Rochdale were yesterday convicted of abusing five vulnerable teenagers after plying them with alcohol, food and small sums of money in return for sex.
However, the true number of victims, who were "passed around" by the gang, is likely to be nearer to 50, police have admitted.
That sounds pretty bad. But why ( Read more... )
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UK: "east asian" = China/PacRim
UK: "black" = Afro-Carribean (mostly)
UK: "African-American" = WTF? (not recognized local idiom: no UK equivalent)
UK: "Hispanic" = not understood: hispanophones are "white" (Spanish)
The signifiers for race are very different outside the USA. And the issue the police have got is that this is a major flashpoint, with the potential to generate lynch-mob-like behaviour among extreme right-wing types (BNP, EDL) trying to use this case as a wedge issue.
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What I want to know is why the 59 y.o. can't be named.
Also, in a country where prostitution is legal (last I heard), in what way is it abusing people to pay them for sex. But I suppose the depressing truth is that it was hardly an open-market transaction.
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Probably because it would identify one of the victims, or one of the perps who is under 18.
Also, in a country where prostitution is legal (last I heard), in what way is it abusing people to pay them for sex.
Age of consent -- the girls in question were under 16 at the time, so it's child sex abuse. Plus rape on top (as in: forced penetration, not just statutory rape.)
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