[Livia]

Originally Posted by Omah

It's a shame there was no "witch-hunt" for Savile when he was young - they could have strung him up and spared hundreds of children the degradation of his molestation and violation .....

Turning a blind eye never did anyone any favours .....

I'll tell you what else does no one any favours, people lapping up every salacious detail of any sex scandal that hits the tabloids and believing every word is true. Especially - as it this case - if it fits in with the agenda that posh people are inherently bad.

I hope that none of the torch-and-pitchfork-carrying hysterics on these threads are ever falsely accused of anything because only then will they realise how dangerous a situation that is. Every time I see another of these threads pop up and read posts from people beating their own breasts with grief and outrage, I remember the baying mob who besieged the house of a paediatrician and daubed her walls with anti-paedophile graffiti.

Incidentally, it is no secret that children in care homes have a rough time. If people put as much effort and energy into doing something about it that they put into talking about it, there probably wouldn't be a problem.