Are Our Children Not Safe Anywhere These Days?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/girl-8-sexually-assaulted-by-man-in-leeds-bakery-a6911921.html

And no this is not the Daily Mail, being racist or scare mongering, this is from the front page of the Independent's web page.

[Mamyalynne]

I think the clear picture helped a great deal too.

[anotheoldgit]

Answerprancer

/// "these days" are no worse than "those days" ///

Oh and I suppose you well remember about "those days" do you?

[naomi24]

AOG, he did say 'IMO', so it's only in his opinion. That doesn't mean his opinion is right.

[Prudie]

I think the main difference between these days and those days is these days it's reported and dealt with more. I can't be the only one who was inappropriately touched by several people as a child. I didn't tell and the one time I did it was pretty much dismissed.

[anotheoldgit]

naomi24

You are quite right of course, I must learn not to take Answerprancer's opinions seriously.

[Mamyalynne]

That's right Prudie, there was an awful lot hushed up for various reasons.

[Svejk]

^That's right. There was a lot of bad stuff that got brushed under the carpet.

[anotheoldgit]

Svejk

/// ^That's right. There was a lot of bad stuff that got brushed under the carpet. ///

And still is, but on a much larger scale.

[Answerprancer]

"Oh and I suppose you well remember about "those days" do you?"

It's all relative Mr G, "those days" for me are far back enough to be socially different from today. I was born in an era where people with Down's syndrome were called "mongols" and gay people "queer". Child molestation was no more rife back then than it is now.

...you really do thrive on conflict don't you. (rhetorical question)