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what some say: "but victims will stop coming forward" (upvote, upvote, upvote)

what others say: "but false accusations, indictments and convictions will also stop" (upvote, downvote, downvote)

what some reply: "are you sure that is really a problem" (upvote upvote upvote)

how frustrating, especially when nobody can reliable quantify anything or reliable prove anything

And BBC journalists can't be bothered to explain even roughly what the current law is. Just copy-paste a few quotes, waffle a bit (don't forget to hit return twice after every full stop!) then move on to the next story.

When I was in another commonwealth country, Australia, I found that newspapers would often dance around uncomfortable issues to the point where you wouldn't even know what they are talking about.

That was very odd to me. Who, what, why, when, where and how was just missing from articles like with Myanmar immigrants, or sexual assault solutions.

This BBC article reminds me of that.

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