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echo-sierra ago

I would tend to agree, given the subject matter, unless the perpetrators are caught in the act and confess to their crime (which is a near impossibility), victims testimonies must be treated respectfully, and with a healthy skepticism. If I recall, she did say that the UK's equivalent of Child Protective Services were useless in that they were more intent on sending her back to the abusive household than protecting her from them.

Who would have thought that sick pedo in Austria not too many years ago would have been caught if his daughters whom he abused to father many children didn't escape. (Look up Josef Fritzl).

Now, given Percy's age, her claim that her abuse started at age 4, and the first trafficking happened at age 9, going on for years afterwards, we would hope that the authorities there catch her parents (or have already caught them) and deal with them like the Austrian authorities did to Fritzl and others. (see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/8723400/Austrian-man-locked-up-daughters-for-40-years.html))

It does appear that the people perpetrating these crimes don't seem to care when others doing the same thing get caught. Her parents' abuse may have occurred when the Austrians got caught, and Saville, being a high profile personality in the UK getting caught doesn't send the message through.

Maybe their thoughts, at least in the UK, may be "Our cops won't bother with small fry, they're only going after the elites and celebs", thus validating their actions, and they think that their control over Percy is strong enough to not make her go public?

I do agree that the cover-up, especially by a compliant media, may not be satisfying. In the case of Pizzagate, what I think we are seeing is the PR mechanism going into damage control - deny any wrongdoing, denigrate the opposition to destabilize their efforts, shut down debate, lobby government to legislate against the researchers, threaten libel and so on.

See my other submission on Media Matters is a case in point given their detailed analysis of "fake news" - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1519639