fatbloke,
I don't know what my username's got to do with it!?
It's not about where I live. It doesn't matter if I am this reply from columnbia or wiltshire or anywhere else.
It's connected with the amount and type of news coverage that you will have exposed too, i.e. if it is the McCanns that you allude to, well there's been much greater coverage here than there has been in mainland Europe and the US, along with the opinions about what happened as to whether their actions might have been responsible or not.
I just don't think people who abuse children or act irresponsible (regardless of high level of education and status in the world) should be a spokes person. It's just my opinion, is that OK?
Of course, we're all entitled to take a view on something like this, though I see a huge distinction between those who abuse children and those who just act irresponsibly.
Yet, when you think back, it's not that long ago that people used to leave their doors unlocked, with their kids playing in the garden, etc, while they would have "popped down to the shops", with no problems whatsoever.
These days, we live in a so called "progressive liberal society" where the levels of exposure to news, media, etc are that high, that while "these people" (that's the strange types, paedophiles and persons who are considered "persona non grata" in society) have always existed, just that now we are more aware of their presence.
The level of society that someone is at (or considered to be) is quantifiable. Whether it's their employment status and type, whether it's educational level, or even the older methods of class stratification that are still present (yet of a lesser relevance, despite their continuing existence) in society.
So have occurrences of this nature become higher or are they basically at the same level given the increases in levels of population here ? Don't know. I'm not a statistician.
Or are we likely to want to condemn those who still allow their kids to act/behave like they did when young, only to find that something happens that now makes us point the finger and apportion blame of some sort ? It appears that the later is the most likely.
I'm no christian, but as I suspect that (presuming that I'm alluding to the correct person) the person involved here will have paid for not "getting it right" many times over, even though nobody has been caught and convicted for the original offense. So if any, tiny amount of good, can come of the family involvement and assist, even one child, then that's fine by me.
But hey! this is in "the hive" so lets leave it as "an agree to disagree" thing and have another virtual glass of mead........