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Originally Posted by martyh
It's daft because in one sweeping statement you have removed any obligation of the BBC ,stoke mandeville etc of any responsibility for ignoring the rumors and basically giving Savile the opportunity to continue his sordid behavior by not investigating him and listening to patients and guests .So yes very daft ,i will even go as far as to say ignorant of the wider implications so there should be no "moving on"
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It's not the BBC's,. or Stoke Mandevilles place to investigate rumours.
There were plenty of individuals that with apparant 1st hand knowledge that didn't do anything.
I believe the correct thing to do is call the police? not the BBC.
If, for example, Virgin Media accused me of being a paedophile at work, and then could not offer up any real evidence -then they would be looking at a large out of court settlemnt.
However, if enough peoplethat knew of the rumours and eye witnesses had gone to the police, there would have been enough evidence to warrant an investigation.
So it's not down to the BBC it's down to everybody that knew, trying to blame all of this on the BBC is smoke and mirrors and meat and drink to the lynch mob such as yourself
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By telling everyone to "move on" you are saying that nothing can be done for the victims .Well yes there is, plenty.The victims can be heard and more importantly believed for the first time in their lives
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Good, I hope they find someone to talk to, I on the other hand don't want to hear it every day at 07:00, 18:00 and 10:00.
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Well up to now at best he has shown gross incompetence and his grasp of the importance of the problem has been dire ,at worst he has used his position as (at the time) program planning director to protect the BBC from criticism and possible criminal proceedings
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I don't see any evidence for any of that.