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I acknowledged that and agreed with your statement. Quote me to show I refused to acknowledge that anywhere, you can't. Please refrain from inventing things about my position in this discussion.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
You for some reason refuse to acknowledge the two simple points that I have continually made here. I'll summarize for you again:
1. The issue here is child sexual abuse, rape, and slavery that must be prosecuted and prevented. Those who acted to cover these crimes up for 16 years should also be prosecuted, whether they did it to protect their town from embarrassment, for "PC" reasons, for whatever REASONS.
2. The issue here is not the race or the religion of the perpetrators, because all races and all religions sadly commit these same crimes. Making it about the race and religion of the perpetrators (as the OP article did, as many here have done) besides merely being dishonest, diffuses the topic toward more stupid political rhetoric, and to my mind, dishonors the victims of these crimes.
If you're interested in discussion, discuss. If you wish to quibble, you'll be doing that on your own.
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2,379 individuals were reported to CEOP as being possible offenders in relation to street grooming and child sexual exploitation. 1,162 individuals were excluded from analysis due to a lack of any basic information about them. The remaining data was divided into two groups, according to the level and quality of information available. This information is sometimes based on a custody record where the precision of the record appears reliable, or on details provided by a victim where no offender has been identified.
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Group one consisted of 940 individuals for whom a full name or initials were recorded. Group two consisted of 277 individuals for whom only a given name or alias was available.
Within the available dataset there was a significant difference between the groups. For groups one and two combined, the ethnicity of 38% of the offenders was unknown, 30% were white, 28% Asian 4 , 3% black and 0.16% Chinese. When only group one was analysed, the offenders were found to be 38% white, 32% unknown, 26% Asian, 3% Black, and 0.2% Chinese
You will of course note the wording "Further research would be needed" but nowhere in the report does CEOP state they conclude that ethnicity is not an issue to be considered. Now if the National Crime Agency is not prepared to say that there is no link between offending and ethnicity, I wonder how you can be so sure with your own assertions?
We do not draw national conclusions about ethnicity from the data available at this time because it is too inconsistent. Further research would be needed to examine whether the ethnic breakdown reflects issues that need to be addressed within a community context, local demographics of the areas from which data is drawn, an unconscious bias among agency responses or other factors that need to be explored
originally posted by: grainofsand
You however assert authoritatively that no cultural/ethnic group could ever be more likely to carry out acts that another cultural group may not.
originally posted by: grainofsand
Here, I'll throw you an obvious example, I bet there's not a single white girl in Britain who has had her genitals mutilated against her will and against the law. That cultural/ethnicity based enough for you?
originally posted by: grainofsand
You will of course note the wording "Further research would be needed" but nowhere in the report does CEOP state they conclude that ethnicity is not an issue to be considered. Now if the National Crime Agency is not prepared to say that there is no link between offending and ethnicity, I wonder how you can be so sure with your own assertions?
Oh, the 2011 UK Census recorded 4.9% of the population as "Asian" yet CEOP's national list of offenders (where the identity was known and/or victim supplied information) showed 26% Asian committing these crimes.
I make no assertions in this, I am providing information and keeping an open mind, just like CEOP, who curiously do not share your "Definitely no cultural/ethnicity link at all, ever" stance.
You got any reports or studies which back up your assertions?
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
Deal with the heinous first, work the way down from there.
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
a reply to: grainofsand
No I actually agree with you FGM is most likely predominant among the Egyptian or Somalian community in the UK...
That needs to be stopped immediately along with cases like Rotherham.
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
a reply to: grainofsand
I just read the report and it says no such thing that you are portraying...
It says 26% were Asian offenders...
Not 26% of the entire Asian community...
It also says 38% were White...
Not 38% of the entire White community...
It also makes no comparison to scrutinise over repeat offenders...
You're twisting this, not me...
You have the agenda, not me...
You're trying to say that 750,000 (26% of the 4.9% whole) were under investigation...
When it clearly states the whole 100% of offenders investigated were numbered at 2379...
You clearly do not understand what has been reported in the report you're pushing....
& you claim I have an agenda?
Please.
Do some advanced mathematics before you espouse nonsense.