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<blockquote data-quote="Anton Coaker Blog" data-source="post: 7473649" data-attributes="member: 152737"><p><strong>Sarah Everard</strong></p><p></p><p>Dare I venture into the morass that has erupted after the murder of that poor woman Sarah Everard, near Clapham Common? It is not the murder itself that has raised all the questions, as abhorrent as such things inevitably are, nor the fact that the suspect is a serving policeman. I say ‘is’, because I take it until such a time as he’s convicted, he remains ‘innocent’. Where it has all got a bit difficult is firstly, the Metropolitan Police’s handling of the ‘vigil’ last weekend, and separately, the discussion about how to protect girls and women from the unwanted male attention. </p><p>In the case of the former, it was obvious from the moment it became known a serving copper was the chief suspect that a wagon load of ‘anti-establishment’ types would be piling in. Given that far lefty students were already rumbling on the subject before Saturday’s vigil, you’d hardly have to be the world’s shrewdest bookmaker to give pretty low odds against there being some kind of scene. And once the vigil had been denied whatever licence it is you need to hold such an event…the writing was on the wall.</p><p>Likely no-one really knows what happened, or who shoved who first. And once the shoving starts, who knows whose shins have been kicked? But it was desperately inept to have allowed such an obviously potential confrontation to have flared off like that. I think, in Dame Cressida Dick’s place, I’d have given everyone on the force the night off, except half a dozen female Bobbies – apparently they’re not called WPCsanymore, because they’re just ‘police officers’ now. Or at least until they manhandle a member of the public, when their gender suddenly matters again. I like to think I would’ve also had the foresight to instruct officers to keep their hands in their pockets, and ignore breaches in the covid rules for the duration. </p><p>But then, I’m not Cressida Dick, nor am I Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police service…. And given Cressida’s lapse in judgement last Saturday, I don’t know that she will be for much longer either. When the PM says he has ‘full confidence’, the bookmaker in me would be shortening the odds again. Perhaps the problem was a combination of the Met’s sensitivity about the murder suspect being ‘one of their own’, coupled with what must be a never ending battle to try and maintain some kind of public respect in the face of deliberate lawlessness. </p><p> To touch briefly on the fact that the main suspect is a cop himself, I know it’s counterintuitive, but I don’t think it makes any difference to the crime whatsoever.I’m concerned that public and media interest in the case could make a trial more difficult, but that ship has sailed now. </p><p> As for the general discussion about women’s right to walk the streets unmolested – and perhaps we oughtn’t to be using that specific term, but you know what I mean.It’s more or less impossible for me, or any bloke, to understand what it’s like for a woman who feels intimidated thus, when they’re out and about. I’m not even sure I have the right to comment, so forgive me if I get it wrong. </p><p>I am unclear whether anyone could change what drives some men’s actions. Outside of a safe developed society, nature does regrettably little to disadvantage men who don’t try a kind word, a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates as an introduction. It’s the nature of biology that evolution doesn’t necessarily stop them in their tracks,as deplorable as that may be. So the potential for some men to act in varying degrees of unpleasantness is inevitably there, however we wish it wasn’t. </p><p>Societal change is all well and good – as my daughters eloquently lecture me on the topic. And small incremental changes must all help women as a whole, although how you get to some muppet suggesting- seemingly with a straight face- a 6pm curfew for all men isn’t clear. But, as I hate to point out, it seems unlikely potential murdering rapists would be too worried about breaking a few curfew rules. </p><p>In fact, on the subject of such monsters, I’m not at all sure you can fix the kind of illness that leads to someone killing a girl in such situations. I’d happily start with the boiling alive of conclusively convicted perpetrators, but don’t suppose that’d deter the next one.</p><p>If you want to move the discussion in the right direction, perhaps teaching young men how intimidating they can be for some girls should be part of the human biologycurricula. Because, as I’m astounded to discover, it apparently isn’t.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anton Coaker Blog, post: 7473649, member: 152737"] [B]Sarah Everard[/B] Dare I venture into the morass that has erupted after the murder of that poor woman Sarah Everard, near Clapham Common? It is not the murder itself that has raised all the questions, as abhorrent as such things inevitably are, nor the fact that the suspect is a serving policeman. I say ‘is’, because I take it until such a time as he’s convicted, he remains ‘innocent’. Where it has all got a bit difficult is firstly, the Metropolitan Police’s handling of the ‘vigil’ last weekend, and separately, the discussion about how to protect girls and women from the unwanted male attention. In the case of the former, it was obvious from the moment it became known a serving copper was the chief suspect that a wagon load of ‘anti-establishment’ types would be piling in. Given that far lefty students were already rumbling on the subject before Saturday’s vigil, you’d hardly have to be the world’s shrewdest bookmaker to give pretty low odds against there being some kind of scene. And once the vigil had been denied whatever licence it is you need to hold such an event…the writing was on the wall. Likely no-one really knows what happened, or who shoved who first. And once the shoving starts, who knows whose shins have been kicked? But it was desperately inept to have allowed such an obviously potential confrontation to have flared off like that. I think, in Dame Cressida Dick’s place, I’d have given everyone on the force the night off, except half a dozen female Bobbies – apparently they’re not called WPCsanymore, because they’re just ‘police officers’ now. Or at least until they manhandle a member of the public, when their gender suddenly matters again. I like to think I would’ve also had the foresight to instruct officers to keep their hands in their pockets, and ignore breaches in the covid rules for the duration. But then, I’m not Cressida Dick, nor am I Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police service…. And given Cressida’s lapse in judgement last Saturday, I don’t know that she will be for much longer either. When the PM says he has ‘full confidence’, the bookmaker in me would be shortening the odds again. Perhaps the problem was a combination of the Met’s sensitivity about the murder suspect being ‘one of their own’, coupled with what must be a never ending battle to try and maintain some kind of public respect in the face of deliberate lawlessness. To touch briefly on the fact that the main suspect is a cop himself, I know it’s counterintuitive, but I don’t think it makes any difference to the crime whatsoever.I’m concerned that public and media interest in the case could make a trial more difficult, but that ship has sailed now. As for the general discussion about women’s right to walk the streets unmolested – and perhaps we oughtn’t to be using that specific term, but you know what I mean.It’s more or less impossible for me, or any bloke, to understand what it’s like for a woman who feels intimidated thus, when they’re out and about. I’m not even sure I have the right to comment, so forgive me if I get it wrong. I am unclear whether anyone could change what drives some men’s actions. Outside of a safe developed society, nature does regrettably little to disadvantage men who don’t try a kind word, a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates as an introduction. It’s the nature of biology that evolution doesn’t necessarily stop them in their tracks,as deplorable as that may be. So the potential for some men to act in varying degrees of unpleasantness is inevitably there, however we wish it wasn’t. Societal change is all well and good – as my daughters eloquently lecture me on the topic. And small incremental changes must all help women as a whole, although how you get to some muppet suggesting- seemingly with a straight face- a 6pm curfew for all men isn’t clear. But, as I hate to point out, it seems unlikely potential murdering rapists would be too worried about breaking a few curfew rules. In fact, on the subject of such monsters, I’m not at all sure you can fix the kind of illness that leads to someone killing a girl in such situations. I’d happily start with the boiling alive of conclusively convicted perpetrators, but don’t suppose that’d deter the next one. If you want to move the discussion in the right direction, perhaps teaching young men how intimidating they can be for some girls should be part of the human biologycurricula. Because, as I’m astounded to discover, it apparently isn’t. [/QUOTE]
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