I have been saying similar for months - and this was written by a female
www.spiked-online.com/site/article/13604/

Chris Retro wrote:
I have been saying similar for months - and this was written by a female
www.spiked-online.com/site/article/13604/

I like Spiked and Brendan O'Neill who i often disagree with. He's regularly interviewed on Oz radio by a former Tory politician but he gets so much right especially about the new 'Left' !!

(what about that ITK ?? don't choke on your crumpet )

Very good article by Jane Moore in The Sun today.

Excellent article by Jane inspired, I'm glad to say, by an e-mail from yours truly.

Have Rupert's People not put Jane's online? Cannae find it

I can't find it online either; print copy only I fear.

It is a shame it is unavailable. Can anyone remember the gist of it?

Yes Honey it's the long awaited point that some allegations will be false or inflated and the destruction these make on lives should not be allowed. False sex claims take an awful toll; is the headline.

JK2006 wrote:
Yes Honey it's the long awaited point that some allegations will be false or inflated and the destruction these make on lives should not be allowed. False sex claims take an awful toll; is the headline.

Thank you.

I like Jane Moore. I wish she would do more on television.

Well, The Paedofinder General has read Hewson's article and has hit the roof!

She is "dangerous and ignorant" and he is calling for her to be struck off!!
(on Twatter of course, he doesn't do more than 140 characters)

False sex claims take an awful toll
By Jane Moore
From The Sun Wednesday 8th May 2013

THIS week I watched the Danish movie The Hunt, about a nursery school worker falsely accused of child abuse.
One minute he’s a much-loved pillar of the community, the next he’s a pariah being man-handled out of the grocery store by disgusted staff.
It’s a compellingly understated film that provokes instant debate because, even though you know from the outset that he’s innocent, you also understand the reactions of the parents involved, who only have a young girl’s revelation to judge him by.
But ultimately it is a tale of how an unfounded rumour can escalate to seemingly incontrovertible fact in the court of public opinion, and how an innocent man’s mental and physical wellbeing can be destroyed by a “guilty until proven innocent” mindset and the visceral brutality of mob justice.
Last week, life imitated Danish art when builder Jason McCue, a 34-year-old father of two, told of his “living nightmare” after being accused of flashing at two teenage girls.
Mr McCue, from Chorley, Lancs, was arrested, forced to give DNA samples, had his fingerprints and other body samples taken and was hauled before magistrates on three occasions where he protested his innocence but was told he would face trial by jury at crown court.
Then, just before the case started, one of the girls admitted making the whole thing up because Mr McCue - who suffered a breakdown over the false allegations - had fallen out with one of their families.
He says: “I’ve been through months of pure hell. If they wanted to ruin me, it worked...I’ve been feeling embarrassed and ashamed for something I’ve not even done because it’s easy for people to jump to conclusions. “
It is indeed. Particularly in these febrile times when the small germ of innuendo rapidly becomes a full-blown fever via the largely lawless avenues of networking sites.
Rolf Harris was named online long before The Sun revealed his recent arrest for sex abuse allegations.
He hasn’t been charged with anything, yet already Channel 5 have dropped his TV shows pending the outcome of the investigation.
Similarly, Jim Davidson was dropped from Celebrity Big Brother as a direct result of his arrest over historic claims. Now, as Jimmy Tarbuck becomes the latest high-profile arrest, can there be any star from the 1970s who isn’t wondering whether theirs will be the next house subjected to the theatrical posturing of a police dawn raid over allegations dating back decades?
Because for every 100 genuine victims of sexual abuse - Stuart Hall’s being some of them - there could be one fantasist sticking a pin in the Radio Times and saying: “Whose life shall I ruin today?”
According to a recent report by the Crown Prosecution Service, an average of two people a month are now being prosecuted for making false allegations of rape in cases that don’t always make the papers.
One, 22-year-old Elizabeth Jones, has been jailed for 16 months after making her 11th false rape claim.
Undoubtedly, all claims of sexual abuse must be investigated thoroughly by the police and the majority may prove to be true.
But we should bear in mind that a minority will also be false, perhaps made in the pursuit of revenge or compensation.
Accordingly, surely we should stop treating such claims so emotionally, maintain an “innocent until proven guilty” mindset and try to let justice take its course in a calm and measured way.

You're a star MCR, thanks for this!

Thanks MCR

Thank you MCR. It was very kind.
The article is very good and straight to the point.

Chris Retro wrote:
Well, The Paedofinder General has read Hewson's article and has hit the roof!

She is "dangerous and ignorant" and he is calling for her to be struck off!!
(on Twatter of course, he doesn't do more than 140 characters)

What an arrogant man. So his opinion is gospel and anyone who deviates from it should be delt with? Why would he want this woman to loose her job?

imo wrote:
Chris Retro wrote:
Well, The Paedofinder General has read Hewson's article and has hit the roof!

She is "dangerous and ignorant" and he is calling for her to be struck off!!
(on Twatter of course, he doesn't do more than 140 characters)

What an arrogant man. So his opinion is gospel and anyone who deviates from it should be delt with? Why would he want this woman to loose her job?

ha ha ...thought he'd bust a blood vessel.

struck off...wot a prat.

There was something on here a few days ago about how in witch hunts, the one thing they can't stand is someone who denies the existence of witches, because calls the whole thing into question. Admitting to being a witch isn't viewed as quite so bad.

For that reason I knew the would go after Barbara Hewson over this. Even so, I was surprised to see the article get a mention on Sky News today as controversial. I wonder what will happen to brave Barbara Hewson now. Does logic of the witch hunt require her to be burnt at the stake?

I thought it was a fantastically well-written piece.

It's a shame she says "reduce the age of consent to 13" - whether or not one agrees (I don't), it focuses opinion on the wrong thing.

This reduction in the age of consent was not the central point of the piece. I managed to read it without noticing that detail. When I heard the report on Sky news I wasn't quite sure whether they were talking about the same article. But to attack a view, it's easiest to start with it's weakest point. A more honest approach would be to deal with its central point head on.

JK2006 wrote:
It's a shame she says "reduce the age of consent to 13" - whether or not one agrees (I don't), it focuses opinion on the wrong thing.

I thought that too. Now everyone has dismissed the very good points she made in-between the rambling.
I much preferred Jane Moore's article.