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Originally Posted by Damien
It would have jumped up but it's relative. I don't think anywhere in the UK would have massive percentage point jumps in 10 years, just because of the sheer numbers of people already living in those locations.
Also didn't they use one or two girls to draw others in?
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Exactly. One of the women who bought girls to the gang hung around with other white girls and got victims involved that she already knew. Was she brainwashed into only bringing non asian girls? Or is it that she bought people to the gang that she knew or could associate with, fit in with? I'd say the latter.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
My point of view is, I suspect, the same as yours which is that they targeted the most vulnerable girls they could, and they happened to be white. But I don't know I've never asked any of them.
But does it make the crime any less terrible?
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Not at all, the crime is just as bad. We both suspect that the gang targeted the most vunerable girls who happened to be white. My argument in this whole thread is that it's not a racist crime, and shouldnt be painted as a racist one. I also think the race element was overly over played, and the "racially motivated" tone the commentators/media were using has probably set race relations a lot further back in that area of England.