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Re:The Grenfell Tower inquiry is uncovering a major corporat... by DanBC on Monday December 07, 2020 @05:32AM (#25330902)
> The "pedophile scandal" was the work one fantasist,

Plus broken pattern-matching by people who see individual abusers as being part of some organised conspiracy and not as evidence of changing attitudes to child abuse over time.

Cyril Smith's offending was covered up by his colleagues. Jimmy Saville's offending was an open secret for years.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/westminster-...

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Re:The Grenfell Tower inquiry is uncovering a major corporat... by Veen on Monday December 07, 2020 @06:20AM (#25331161)
Yes, plus changing attitudes to homosexuality. Unfortunately, closeted cottagers and people who frequent male prostitutes are stil mentioned alongside pedophiles as if it was the same phenomenon.
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