[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by colin25

i didn't say he was DG then. But he was in charge of tribute programming, and should have at least asked the question.

And the BBC is in focus, because they should have done more, as a public company. But chose to ignore. Hence the focus on them, but not to exclusion of others, hence the other stories coming out.

I am all "henced" out now

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I suspect that inquiry will be a bit of a dead end.

I wonder if they will exhume any bodies for DNA?

Originally Posted by Chris

It's not entirely surprising though, is it. While the State decrees that sex under the age of 16 is illegal, the State on the other hand is quite willing to hand out contraception, up to and including the morning after pill, to underage girls, not always with the knowledge of the child's parents.

The notion that underage, teenage sex is tolerated, if not technically approved of, has become embedded in our society, and all we have left is a messy, ill-defined debate over exactly when it should be treated as a crime and when it should simply be covered up with a quick, secret visit to Boots.

Until we resolve that central contradiction in public morals, there will be very many people up and down the country watching this story unfold on their TVs and in the newspapers, quietly thinking what Rippon is supposed to have said aloud.

oops, my post should have read "pre pubescent" after "post pubescent."

You make a very good point there.