That’s so strange that you can take from my conversation on here that I sympathise with their offending behaviourNo but they would end up with more than the lurgy. That's my point.
My daughter was threatened to be harmed when she was a child by somebody inside for it, I certainly wouldn't be giving them a cuddle or trying to understand them.
It's a good job you can't catch it, it seems like you can certainly sympathise with their offending behaviour which is frankly, disgusting.
Well he’s a bloody idiot if he does and the evidence suggests that he won’t but we are emotive creatures and that doesn’t come into it it appearsMy point is how he is completely different to somebody living on one of our streets who will have lost his job and ability to work ever again.
The bloke is a millionaire and will just live in his massive house for his retirement, probably looking at the same sort of stuff online.
That’s so strange that you can take from my conversation on here that I sympathise with their offending behaviour
It’s abhorrent and indefensible
However understanding how people end up doing it and using trained experts to stop them repeating or getting involved in the first place motivates the hell out of me given the damage I and it appears many others have seen
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Well he’s a bloody idiot if he does and the evidence suggests that he won’t but we are emotive creatures and that doesn’t come into it it appears
Without doubtSo you believe paedophiles can be rehabilitated ?
The person I know did exactly the same again - well he was banned from accessing a laptop - used his wifes and cleared the search history - he went to jail thenWell he’s a bloody idiot if he does and the evidence suggests that he won’t but we are emotive creatures and that doesn’t come into it it appears
So you believe paedophiles can be rehabilitated ?
GoodThe person I know did exactly the same again - well he was banned from accessing a laptop - used his wifes and cleared the search history - he went to jail then
Why you saying "good?"Good
My point is how he is completely different to somebody living on one of our streets who will have lost his job and ability to work ever again.
The bloke is a millionaire and will just live in his massive house for his retirement, probably looking at the same sort of stuff online.
Why you saying "good?"
I don't think his wife will have been best pleased.
I bet she had to take it to PC World/Curry's to get it all properly cleaned
Really? I wonder how many do.His wife always stood by him
I don't believe they can be rehabilitated, but in some cases do their tastes not change? When I was 18, the thought of fancying a woman in her 40s or 50s I thought was wrong, now I'm 52 I can see beauty in lots of them. They're clearly not right in the head, but just wondered if some could grow out of it.
My dad was an alcoholic and physically and emotionally quite abusive. Since becoming a dad I understand a little more of what he struggled with and I made peace with my childhood and with him. He didn’t deserve it but I didn’t want it hanging over me. It still does a bit in terms of self confidence and anxiety but it was right for me to make peaceReally? I wonder how many do.
We had this very conversation this morning, my missus and I, and we both agreed, if this ever happened with either of us, that would be the end.
I just don't know how you can carry on.
We were also thinking this morning, how Huw Edwards' kids must feel about their dad now
Not sure I would even have the stomach to face him if it were me
Id imagine because a lot of it is on the dark web.Seems the issue here is how do you balance punishment and rehabilitation. Some people have suggested the death penalty for all cases but I think we can pretty much dismiss the chance of that becoming a reality.
So if we're then saying we want to lock everyone up, and for a considerable period of time or potentially for life if we're saying rehabilitation is impossible and therefore they are a danger to the public, it becomes an issue of practicality. With the number of people that some posts have suggested you'd be talking about a huge increase in the prison population so you'd need an unprecedented prison building program, which obviously can't happen overnight.
And that's before you think about how you fund that building program, how you fund locking up tens of thousands of people indefinitely, where you get the staff for these prisons from and probably all sorts of other practical considerations.
Not sure there's an easy answer. I do think we need to go after the tech companies a lot harder. Post a song with copyright or a Premier League clip and its taken down in minutes. If they can do that why can't they be as effective with other types of content?
Really? I wonder how many do.
We had this very conversation this morning, my missus and I, and we both agreed, if this ever happened with either of us, that would be the end.
I just don't know how you can carry on.
We were also thinking this morning, how Huw Edwards' kids must feel about their dad now
Not sure I would even have the stomach to face him if it were me
Yep I think that’s absolutely correctSeems the issue here is how do you balance punishment and rehabilitation. Some people have suggested the death penalty for all cases but I think we can pretty much dismiss the chance of that becoming a reality.
So if we're then saying we want to lock everyone up, and for a considerable period of time or potentially for life if we're saying rehabilitation is impossible and therefore they are a danger to the public, it becomes an issue of practicality. With the number of people that some posts have suggested you'd be talking about a huge increase in the prison population so you'd need an unprecedented prison building program, which obviously can't happen overnight.
And that's before you think about how you fund that building program, how you fund locking up tens of thousands of people indefinitely, where you get the staff for these prisons from and probably all sorts of other practical considerations.
Not sure there's an easy answer. I do think we need to go after the tech companies a lot harder. Post a song with copyright or a Premier League clip and its taken down in minutes. If they can do that why can't they be as effective with other types of content?
Seems the issue here is how do you balance punishment and rehabilitation. Some people have suggested the death penalty for all cases but I think we can pretty much dismiss the chance of that becoming a reality.
So if we're then saying we want to lock everyone up, and for a considerable period of time or potentially for life if we're saying rehabilitation is impossible and therefore they are a danger to the public, it becomes an issue of practicality. With the number of people that some posts have suggested you'd be talking about a huge increase in the prison population so you'd need an unprecedented prison building program, which obviously can't happen overnight.
And that's before you think about how you fund that building program, how you fund locking up tens of thousands of people indefinitely, where you get the staff for these prisons from and probably all sorts of other practical considerations.
Not sure there's an easy answer. I do think we need to go after the tech companies a lot harder. Post a song with copyright or a Premier League clip and its taken down in minutes. If they can do that why can't they be as effective with other types of content?
Obviously you're not going to be able to completely stop pirated content but you can make it as hard as possible for people to access. Seems that things only get done when rights holders push hard for it and threaten legal action and there's no rights holder to do that with the horrific content we're talking about here.Yes we’ve really stopped pirated commercial content
The problem with “the tech companies” is who do you go after? Most of this stuff is shared peer to peer or on small private forums like this one (well not like this one but you know what I mean) and when companies like Apple developed ways to scan stuff backed up to the cloud privacy groups came down on them like a ton of bricks until it was canned:
Apple’s Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy
Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday.www.wired.com
Obviously you're not going to be able to completely stop pirated content but you can make it as hard as possible for people to access. Seems that things only get done when rights holders push hard for it and threaten legal action and there's no rights holder to do that with the horrific content we're talking about here.
Yeah, fair play. Must have been a hard thing to do.My dad was an alcoholic and physically and emotionally quite abusive. Since becoming a dad I understand a little more of what he struggled with and I made peace with my childhood and with him. He didn’t deserve it but I didn’t want it hanging over me. It still does a bit in terms of self confidence and anxiety but it was right for me to make peace
Especially when kids can’t stand their mum and dad kissingYeah, fair play. Must have been a hard thing to do.
It's a bit different to finding out you have a dad who has been watching/looking at pictures, of a young child being anally raped, though
Your book made for a hard read but your story has to be heardJust going on from the questions about how kids of the accused are affected. As most of you know, I'm in my 72nd year, but it was only this year (2024), that I found out the true reason as to why I was brought up in care for the whole of my childhood - from a few months old until I was 15.
In January this year, I applied for and was granted access to my childhood records from the Coventry Social Services from the early '50s onwards, and now regret that I did. They had to extend the time for which they needed to put it all together, because of the "extreme diversity of the content." They have to return your records within one month of applying, or they have to apply for an extension of time. In my case, it took three months for them to complete their searches.
Stuff that I read came as a huge shock to me. Things which I never knew about. I don't wish to say what these things were, but it was enough to keep these "family secrets" from me, by my whole family and Social Services. I was the youngest of 7 siblings and I guess they all thought that I needn't know about my dysfunctional parents.
Thankfully, my childhood upbringing in children's homes has made me a better adult, but it was mainly due to one children's home in particular, where I was from aged 11 - 15. Also my deputy headmaster at school was a great support.
Sorry for long post but as a sort of 'victim', I felt that I wanted to get things off my chest. Only my wife has read my records. She was a legal secretary for 32 years and volunteered for the Youth Justice team in Cov, so she wasn't shocked at what she read. She was very understanding and sympathetic.
I guess what I'm trying to put across is, that kids DO get affected by the parents actions, no matter when they eventually find out about them.
Thank you Pete. I wrote my book before I found out so much. Not sure if I want to write a revised edition. Too much hurt.Your book made for a hard read but your story has to be heard
Proud of you
I’m sureThank you Pete. I wrote my book before I found out so much. Not sure if I want to write a revised edition. Too much hurt.
Or a good few squares of kitchen roll maybe?Why you saying "good?"
I don't think his wife will have been best pleased.
I bet she had to take it to PC World/Curry's to get it all properly cleaned
Thanks for sharing, Houch. Glad you managed to come out the other side and made a decent, happy life for yourself.Just going on from the questions about how kids of the accused are affected. As most of you know, I'm in my 72nd year, but it was only this year (2024), that I found out the true reason as to why I was brought up in care for the whole of my childhood - from a few months old until I was 15.
In January this year, I applied for and was granted access to my childhood records from the Coventry Social Services from the early '50s onwards, and now regret that I did. They had to extend the time for which they needed to put it all together, because of the "extreme diversity of the content." They have to return your records within one month of applying, or they have to apply for an extension of time. In my case, it took three months for them to complete their searches.
Stuff that I read came as a huge shock to me. Things which I never knew about. I don't wish to say what these things were, but it was enough to keep these "family secrets" from me, by my whole family and Social Services. I was the youngest of 7 siblings and I guess they all thought that I needn't know about my dysfunctional parents.
Thankfully, my childhood upbringing in children's homes has made me a better adult, but it was mainly due to one children's home in particular, where I was from aged 11 - 15. Also my deputy headmaster at school was a great support.
Sorry for long post but as a sort of 'victim', I felt that I wanted to get things off my chest. Only my wife has read my records. She was a legal secretary for 32 years and volunteered for the Youth Justice team in Cov, so she wasn't shocked at what she read. She was very understanding and sympathetic.
I guess what I'm trying to put across is, that kids DO get affected by the parents actions, no matter when they eventually find out about them.
Pathetic smear. Using crimes like this for cheap political points says more about your than anyone else. FFS
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