There was a moving programme on BBC 1 TV last night about the 1990 Rochdale satanic ritual abuse scandal of 1990. The children concerned are now telling their story and suing Rochdale council for the traumas they suffered at the hands of credulous social workers. (Credulous in the sense that leading social workers took on board the stuff they had been fed with at conferences on "satanic ritual abuse" held in that period.):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/real_story/4602302.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4594250.stm See also 1991 Orkney Islands satanic abuse scare: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/4/newsid_2521000/2521067.stm Despite these fiascos, there was another "satanic panic" on the Isle of Lewis in 2004: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3907473.stm http://www.faascotland.co.uk/sundayherald.htm Even as late as 2001 the Independent newspaper Health Editor was still showing credulity towards satanic abuse claims: http://www.saff.ukhq.co.uk/indyhoax.htm Interestingly, while I believe such scares in the States are fuelled by evangelistic Christian organizations, this is rarely the case in the more secular UK. Britons' belief in God vanishing as religion is replaced by apathy (Daily Telegraph, 27 December 2004): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=CEICGBPKJGV4DQFIQMFSNAGAVCBQ0JVC?xml=/news/2004/12/27/nfaith27.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/12/27/ixportal.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.human-nature.com/esterson/index.html http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=10 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=57 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=58 http://www.srmhp.org/0202/review-01.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
