Europe Is Asking – What Is Wrong With Great Britain?
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November 20th, 2008
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Europe is wondering what is wrong with Great Britain after 18 month old "Baby P" was physically abused by his own mother until he tragically died. Normally I would not write about this kind of stuff. But this tragedy is over a year old, just became public, and is unlike anything I've ever heard of. This case involve such unbelievable mismanagement by social services in Great Britain that one must ask, what the hell is wrong with the country???
Detecting child abuse can't always be easy. Small children may fall down a lot, like my daughter Annika, and have small bruises quite often. But why social services in UK didn't take forceful action in this case will always be a mystery to me and everyone outside UK. Iit shows some real problems with the country. Child abuse is unfortunately not uncommon, documented child abuse of an 18 month old cute boy of this scale without forceful interference is unheard of.
A whole nation, and continent, is grieving and pissed off by the unimaginable abuse that was allowed to continue. But I must still ask, what is wrong with this country? Allowing this to happen is a clear sign things are not working well. Blame it on finances, moral standards, lack of interest, poor doctors, bad parents, shitty social system, or whatever. It's a sign of a country going downhill in a rapid pace.
"Baby P" had a stunning 78 contacts with social services and hospitals during 18 months and still nothing was done. He was used as a punching bag by his mother and two men involved. He finally died after being punched so hard in the face a milk tooth came loose which he swallowed and then suffocated. Without his mother doing a thing. Stay short of GBP as long as you can, you will make a fortune.
Two days before Baby P , doctor saw him. This fantastic doctor failed to notice Baby P had 8 broken ribs, a broken back, and was paralyzed from waist down. Don't you just love the great health care in UK? How difficult would it be to notice injuries of this scale?
On 2 August 2007 police announced they were dropping an investigation into allegations of child abuse they had launched the previous December.
Baby P's mother was elated and told social workers she would go home to hug her son and bake cakes.
The next morning he was dead.
This does not happen in normal countries. Parents may abuse their children but it's discovered about 65 visits before Baby P's death. Worst thing of it all may be that no one has gotten fired. What does it take to get fired in UK? Does doctors and social services not have any moral standards? Obviously not.
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Oh my goodness! This just made my stomach churn. Absolutely heart-breaking. And shocking that it can happen in a country with the kind of public health and welfare system like Britain!
From one of the links: “When he clicked his fingers, the baby would touch his head to the ground for fear of being punished.” That made me cry. The rest was horrible– but that shows the extent of how systematic this was. This took TIME. This took EFFORT. Think how long it takes to train a dog. Time after time after time to correct them. Now think about a child being “corrected” by a sadist who liked to torture animals. Oh, if I was his judge there would be no mercy.
From similar cases we’ve seen in the States, often the overloaded social workers fudge reports/contacts, they are so busy things just kind of “slip by” that they’re supposed to check on. Are they negligent? Absolutely. Should there have been more resources to prevent this? Yes.
Yo. Nice blog. I would turn it this way instead: What is wrong with Sweden that let the Åmsele murder go to finnish prison and then be released after just a few years … Hey, wake up – the guy is out now.
When these atrocities happen a whole nation askes ‘why?’ and is totally absorbed for a little while, until another big story comes along , eg, kids getting shot and killed in school, here or in usa, kids horrifically killing other kids like Jamie Bulger. I recieved a text msg about baby p which went across country fast, it revealed the names of his killers. I received it from my neighbour who had received it from another neighbour-I was horrified and disgusted that some one could put court case in jeopardy, as we all know criminals jump on any excuse to call theirs an ‘unfair trial’.I know it is not only goverment responsibility to stop this happening but DUTY of every citizen to be nosey and report suspected abuse! I am not ashamed to admit that I reported someone who is a violent person and had already threatened my 11 yr old daughter on one occcasion, I let s.s know that she was letting 3 yr old play in the road without being watched (neglect surely?), her response to this was to find out eventually through process of elimination and report me for same thing although obviously this report was fabrication. It can be hard standing up to bullies but if we don’t then we are lost.I wonder if Europe is also asking why in Britain you can murder a whole family with a lorry whilst looking at sat nav and be out of prison in about 18 months, or race with another car ,killing 2 children in a crash, an get out in 3….the list goes on…