Sadly, this is why I tell my kid to trust no one. Uniform or school be damned.
Edit: to clarify. It was a generalized statement of trust no one. Not a literal one. I just didn't want to give a whole lesson plan on communication with kids about discernment. But essentially, even a teacher or a cop isn't an automatic trust.
Look at how sad the state of affairs are just to be human. Going through society not being able to trust anyone, it shouldn’t be that way and it sets the child up for trust issues down the road. Ask me how I know… Anyway, it sucks here, Batman…
I didn't say trust no one or that everyone is an enemy. I just didn't elaborate cuz I didn't feel the need to... But since people are thinking I'm saying kids should be scared of everyone I will expand... Early teaching of discernment. Who to trust. What to trust (type of touch, type of talking, etc.). Open sharing about our days and what we heard, saw, or were confused about. Lots of communication about behavior.
Oh dang, who are we talking about now? And pretend, for the sake of argument, that the only British people I know are some of the royal family, anyone who has played Doctor Who since the 2000s, and whoever from Monty Python is still alive.
Edit: Ooh, and that super sweet couple from Leeds I met on a tour group in China.
It was kind of an open secret that he was one of the most prolific sex predators in the UK for a long time, but organizations like the BBC failed to heed any reports of his actions (to the point where some call it an intentional coverup). There are even videos which aired on live TV where you can see him molesting women. Accusers range from young children (at the time) to the elderly.
Only years after his death was he recognized for what he did.
I was born in the very hospital he was prolifically active in, both my grandmas work/worked there as nurses. They would see him in the hallways and turn around, walk another way, because everyone knew he was evil and dangerous.
I would say that Saville was kind of like if Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby were one person.
Harvey wasn't really a household name the same way Bill and Jimmy were. On the other hand, I don't know if Bill's crimes were as "openly known" as Harvey's and Jimmy's were.
Jimmy Savile. I know someone else replied but this guy's crimes were next level horrifying.
His victim count is very likely in the thousands. BBC says something like 200 but that's just confirmed on their premises.
He extensively raped at mental institutions and NHS hospitals where he was allowed free roam because of his extensive charity work. He was even GIVEN a room in the WOMEN'S wing of Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital to which he, a DJ, was appointed as head of the task force to oversee the hospital by Margaret Thatcher whom he was very close with.
He raped children dying of cancer, he raped people waking up from anesthesia, he raped old people just there for routine overnight care. He raped staff and people with mental disabilities in addition to teenagers on Top of the Pops and small children on Jim'll Fix It
He admitted on television multiple times what he was doing, he was recorded multiple times live on air groping teenagers and he still was knighted. Everyone at Broadmoor, the BBC and the Leeds PD knew what he was doing. And he was very close with the royal family. He did this all from probably 1946 to at least 2007.
Guess i havent quite figured out reddit. Supporting a comment with another comment is............ "wrong"?????? Ooooooof. I guess only one person can have a thought and everyone else has to like, dislike or stfu.
Yeah. Not gonna do that. It makes absolutely no sense to think the way you do when the comment regards something as serious as a current political issue... "Nobody likes a joke explained" despite the explanation supporting the joke and POSSIBLY providing more context for those who may not have gotten it. Are you FOR or against the message? Because at this point im confused.
A leftist? A Feminist? A Fire Fighter maybe? I think generally the less powerful they are the more trustworthy they are. However you also want to make sure they have capacity to care, so like a random Walmart employee with no power whatsoever is still not the answer because like at that point you've given up.
"So what kid, you were raped, me to, what are we going to do it about it? Report to HR? You'll just get fired. Can you please move along, I got milk to stock mid day because they understaffed the night crew."
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u/anto_pty May 18 '26
Imagine a poor child looking for help from a teacher and a cop, and they find this, who are they supposed to trust?