A phenomenon such as the one described in the link raises myriad fascinating questions in anthropology, ethics, history, government, and more. Those who’ve flag

A phenomenon such as the one described in the link raises myriad fascinating questions in anthropology, ethics, history, government, and more. Those who’ve flagged it either believe that the HN community is not capable of profitably engaging with the subject, or seek to suppress discussion of topics that make them uncomfortable. Why is this intellectually interesting? Because it shows us that things we assumed were true about the world are in fact false. Most of us probably think of the UK as a flawed but highly developed, humane, evolved, sophisticated exemplar of civilization. Yet, the rape of children at an industrial scale occurred recently, and is likely still taking place, in the heart of that civilization, and all its institutions, from Parliament to the BBC to the local police and social service agencies, did not care.