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Well worth reading if you think police operations are dodgy...
TOPIC: Well worth reading if you think police operations are dodgy...
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Re:Well worth reading if you think police operations are dodgy... 15 Years, 8 Months ago
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I think we need to be VERY careful here. While I am not at all in favour of witch hunts {and, incidentally I fully take on board the notion of identifying and maintaining hate figures to be wheeled around and screamed about whenever a government wants to do something particularly draconian}, it's important to remember that children need protection from predators. They might be online paedophiles {whatever that means}, sad, lonely people who feel a need to abduct, or simply marketing men with a new {and usually very expensive} pair of trainers or massively sexualised doll to sell. Whatever it is that stalks or minors needs to be checked {as opposed to rewarding with a Queens' Award For Industry...} in its tracks and the important message sent that our children are our children, not a recourse for indecency or cash. Operations like Ore {remember I said "like" as opposes to "such as"} are thoroughly necessary. Adults should not be allowed to exploit children. End of. As someone who has a conviction for the possession of CP - and as someone who has had to look very hard at his own motivations and drivers - I am, believe me, qualified to comment. We need to stop this sort of thing, and we should be extremely careful not to make excuses. The detectives who handled my own investigation never gave the impression of doing anything other than their job and maintained a professional attitude throughout. Likewise the legal proceedings were pretty fair and balanced. I never felt witch hunted. I just felt like I shouldn't have behaved like that in the first place. Sure, flag up the cock ups. It's important to note that over 30 {probably innocent} men were driven to suicide after arrest on suspicion. But remember always that there are those of us who deserved our punishment. Let's not make any excuses, nor minimise the impact of what some of us have done.
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