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On the one hand I completely sympathize with the author. As a parent myself I would not wish this upon anyone. On the other hand, the author is a journalist, e
by jvdh 16y ago
On the one hand I completely sympathize with the author. As a parent myself I would not wish this upon anyone.
On the other hand, the author is a journalist, exactly the people who are the cause of this type of witch hunt. If you would leave out the prologue of the story, and make it into a story where the accusations actually were true. Then noone would have blinked about what happened. If they were treated any other way, there would have been a public outrage.
Think about the officers handling this case. There is absolutely zero incentive for them to handle this case differently. If the accused turn out to be guilty, then they better have handled this case with the utmost seriousness. Any leniency can possibly lead to a scandal. And media love childmolesting scandals, so the officers will be part of a nation if not worldwide scandal. They will be singled out, their mistake will be broadcasted for the whole world to see, and they effictively lose their job.
If people turn out to be innocent, psyches have been damaged, it's bad but they'll get over it. More importantly, maybe a complaint will be filed, they will have done the right thing within the rules, and case is closed.
- Tichy 16y ago"a journalist, exactly the people who are the cause of this type of witch hunt." And I am a software developer, exactly the kind of people who cause computer viri, identity theft, spams and scams?
- run4yourlives 16y agoHow many journalists are in jail for causing which hunts? How many have even uttered an apology? That's the difference.
- jvdh 16y agoYour job as a software developer is to prevent viri, identity theft, spam and scams. Journalists are looking for scandals, stories that score lots of eyeballs.
- djacobs 16y ago> If you would leave out the prologue of the story, and make it into a story where the accusations actually were true. Then noone would have blinked about what happened. If that's true, then we have a huge problem. Basically I'm hearing this in that comment: If someone is innocent, they are innocent until proved guilty. If someone is guilty, they are guilty until proved innocent. The problem with that idea is supremely obvious.
- jvdh 16y agoI completely agree with you. The problem is that 90% of the general public does not.
- kls 16y agoI would buy your argument if they would not have selectively chosen 6 photos to sent to DCF without the context of the other photos.