Daily Lessons from Life 02 September 2014 - Over 1,400 children in English town sexually abused by mostly Asian men

"Over 1,400 children in English town sexually abused by mostly Asian men - Reuter 02 Sep 2014

ROTHERHAM England - Swapping cigarettes and chewing gum, the teenage girls outside Rotherham's Centenary Indoor Market are not engrossed in the conversations students should be having on the first day of term.

Instead of timetables and summer gossip, theirs is a new school year dominated by revelations that as many as 1,400 children in this northern English town were sexually abused by gangs of predominantly Asian men over a 16-year period.

An independent report last week exposed the scale and graphic nature of the crimes and raised difficult questions about whether timidity about confronting the racial aspects of the abuse had prompted authorities to turn a blind eye.

Some of the victims, mainly white girls in social care homes, were as young as 11 and were plied with drugs and alcohol before being trafficked to cities across northern England and gang-raped by groups of men, predominately of Pakistani heritage, the report said. Those who tried to speak out were threatened with guns and made to watch brutal gang rapes. Their abusers said they would be next if they told anyone. One girl was doused with petrol, her rapist threatening to set her alight.

The report added that senior managers in social care "underplayed" the problem while police regarded many victims with contempt.

On a newsstand across the street, the front page of the Rother Advertiser newspaper calls for the resignation of council members and police officials. "Rotherham is in disgrace," the editor writes in his paper's leading article. "It is this week the most shameful town in Britain." Rotherham council leader, Roger Stone, resigned following the report's publication and South Yorkshire Police have commissioned an independent investigation into their handling of the scandal.

"For all of these wicked things we have seen, I blame the police and council entirely," said Mahir, a 63-year-old retired chemical salesmen. "They're not scared of being called racists when they're out arresting Pakistani drug dealers - then they are doing their job." Others nod in agreement. "Now they are scared," says one man. "Scared that nothing was done. The whole world knows what happened here in Rotherham.""

Asian men?? Excused me, please be PRECISE, Asian men of Pakistani heritage!!

Lessons for me are:

1. shocking that this can happen in a country whose laws are looked up to by its ex-colonial territories! Singapore included!;

2. shocking that ANYONE can RATIONALISE it as 'politically sensitive' when such despicable crimes were committed against young kids! Even child prostitutes should be protected let alone 'gang rape victims'!! For Christ's sake, whatever was wrong with the police folks there????;

3. now that it has been revealed, may the laws come up as hard as can be after a 'fair trial'. Why must it be Muslim men? Why must it be men of Pakistani heritage and Muslim? Is Muslim such an evil religion that more believers do BAD THINGS instead of good things? That cannot be the case right? The moderate Muslims must stand united and condemned the black sheep with as much force as possible. Let there be NO DOUBT that the moderate Muslims do not and will not condone such beastly behaviours.

It is such a sickening news. We are talking about children here. What the Fxxk were the adults thinking!!