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Re:Are we doing this again? Yes, we're doing this again by pjc50 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @06:05AM (#38203516)
The Rotherham failings were not so much because of the "wrong type" of perpetrators, but the wrong type of victims. Sexual assault and rape have pretty miserable conviction rates at the best of times, and victims experience substantial misogyny. In the case of Rotherham, most of the victims were young girls who were in the local authority "care" system, many of whom were known to the police already. So the police reacted to their complaints with the old "of course you were raped, you shouldn't have been there / doing that".

(Think about it: do you know the names or faces of any of the Rotherham victims? Are they doing the campaigning? Or is it people using them to grind an axe which has little to do with the actual crimes?)

What is the actual reason for not giving Muhammad Qassem Sawalha, a person with no UK criminal convictions, the rights of any other resident? Are we saying that local authorities should screen people for political views before offering them housing as they are statutorily required to?

Re:Are we doing this again? Yes, we're doing this again by okeuro49 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @06:35AM (#38203742)
> The Rotherham failings were not so much because of the "wrong type" of perpetrators, but the wrong type of victims

> Are they doing the campaigning?

Yes they are

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zRuK5wPd_Fc

And they are saying that the reason why their cases were not investigated was institutional nervousness around race, contrary to what you believe about the situation.

> Are we saying that local authorities should screen people for political views before offering them housing as they are statutorily required to?

Hamas is a designated terrorist organisation in the UK. We should not be offering housing to those connected to terrorist organisations. We should be deporting them.

Re:Are we doing this again? Yes, we're doing this again by Balero on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:00AM (#38204428)
Why is the sibling comment to this flagged? It's very reasonable.
Re:Are we doing this again? Yes, we're doing this again by pjc50 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:29AM (#38204725)
The full investigation is https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/downloads/file/279/independent-... , for those that want to dig deep.