What worries me is that not only wasn't I believed at the time, but that it isn't happening now? It is.
That Savile was the *most* prolific offender? No - he was the most prolific DISCOVERED offender.
How naive. It is going on now? Say it isn't and history will prove you wrong I am so confident.
Savile - a watershed? Hardly - I suggest it's the norm (how often, frequently does this abuse occur)?
Adults abuse children naturally? Fact?
Fact. Just look how common it is.
What should we do now about those most likely to be offenders in the same position - that is those who are suspected but we dare not name for worry of being sued, maligned - accused of being an internet troll?
The most paedophile.
Can I give you my list now? If only to suggest who I feel about now, in the same way Jim Fixed It for me?
Name and shame? Give us an assurance of immunity to alert to those who should be notified.
So, give me guidance. Savile was so obvioulsy red alert.
As for those who currently have the same creepiness as Savile - should we wait until their offences are discovered, or alert to them now and strike pre-emptively?
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I never met the man, thankfully, but I recall from when I was pretty young (all of the 60s roughly, to put it in context) how creepy he was when I saw him on TV and now that I think of it, it is perhaps a contributory reason why I never really cared for 'Top of the Pops'. Coming home from school, around the same time, I was once propositioned by a man in a car (we lived in a rural area on the edge of Aberdeen at the time), I had no idea what was happening, but I knew it was not good - must have been 10 or 11 at the time & a 'pretty' kid if I say so myself - when I got home I told my parents exactly what had happened and they, knowing I was a pretty sensible kid, listened carefully to what I said and told me to be careful; I was able to describe fairly exactly the man and the car he was driving - never saw him again; may not have been entirely coincidental, I expect.
What puzzles me is how Savile was able to get away with it for so long when it was so obvious he was a creep. People in 'the media' (now as much as then) have a lot to answer for - I don't believe none of them knew, or know now about a few of the contemporary ones that I now think of as 'creeps'.
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