The core scandal is real and appalling: Decades of organized rape and exploitation of vulnerable girls, with authorities repeatedly failing them—often prioritizing political sensitivities over child protection. Documented victims number in the thousands across inquiries; the true total is almost certainly higher due to under-reporting and cover-ups. The 250k extrapolation is a reasonable order-of-magnitude estimate from the available local evidence (conservative in the sense of not maxing out multipliers), while higher figures like 1–2 million reflect plausible alternative assumptions about under-reporting and scaling. Official data is too broken to settle it definitively either way.
The Lowe report is a legitimate push for accountability from a survivor-led perspective, highlighting what many inquiries have already shown. Parallel official efforts (Casey audit → mandatory ethnicity recording, NCA Operation Beaconport reviewing cold cases back to 2010, and the ongoing statutory national inquiry) are steps in the right direction, though implementation and honesty about patterns will determine if anything changes.
This isn't about demonizing groups—it's about facing uncomfortable empirical patterns in specific crimes without euphemism or fear. Poor data collection has been a feature, not a bug, for too long. Rigorous ethnicity recording + honest analysis of cultural drivers (where relevant) is essential for prevention. The victims deserved better then; they still do.
@IsmaelNazar1@RepFine Even if you are 100% correct and it's vastly overstated, it's still infinitely more than there should be and the politicians are still covering it up. 5k is too many let alone whatever the real number is.
The cognitive dissonance with your ilk is hilarious. Do we hold vehicle manufacturers liable for the deaths of those that cause accidents? Do we hold boat manufacturers liable for owners who run aground? Do we hold bike manufacturers liable when their owners run into cars?
Why do you ever only want to hold gun manufacturers and owners to a whole level standard different than EVERY single other industry? Oh yes, you want to get rid of the 2nd amendment.
@NateForUtah And if it was up to you, NASA would be doing the work? Elon has saved the government so much money compared to what they would have had to pay to themselves or any other entity.
Just because the government pays doesn't mean it's a handout.
@GunnelsWarren Your kind spends billions on homeless care and other things that still haven't moved the needle because you don't know how to spend money. Money is not the problem.
@DarrigoMelanie And have you seen how much money we've spent on the homeless and it hasn't solved the problem. Money is not the issue, our processes are
@tridentasia@toddsaunders Not sure what you're talking about, I just had it build a full game in about 45 seconds. A simple transcription and pricing thing like this probably only take 10 to 20 seconds.
@UltimateTrad8r@saylordocs There is not a single company with FSD type autonomy that works better than Tesla. There are many getting close however and some are better at SOME specific use cases, but no one at a holistic level.
@UtahDemocrats Do you even understand how the process works? The governor only appoints two members that were nominated for him by a nonpartisan commission. It includes both Democrats and Republicans.
@otter_blues@ingelramdecoucy Consistent? Just years ago he was screaming about illegal immigration being horrible, then all of a sudden the moment Republicans agree with him he switches and says it's immoral to be against it.