On 1/11/06, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is an example of people rushing wrongly to judgement. A local > council removed children from their families because some idiot believed > rumours about satanism. The consequences were devastating. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4602268.stm > > There are always far too many people ready to believe the worst, however > nonsensical.
It even happens in sleepy small town Saskatchewan, Canada (I'm sure Wheatfield is familiar with this one): http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/martin/ All it takes is an enthusiastic social worker, a police force afraid to be seen as "ignoring" so-called signs of sex abuse, an overzealous prosecutor, and lives are ruined... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
