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I'm of the view that starting a thread does not imply control over what others can post and that there is value in sorting out the people stuff sometimes.

No apologies needed to me.

R0bert

hi to all the for gotten australians

we will no longer be forgotten

( steel )

comment for you i know this story was for something and it falls into this topic i have been raising for over a year

i can only hope that barbra will post her comment here as it may well help than destroy what i have written in the past

I thank all of you out their for the support of my post and articles

steel

i don't have any problem with what you say as it is a forum , but if you want to be on the same path as the new south wales govererment and continue with the cover ups of the rapes and abuse we suffered well you are no better than those in denile

also don't make out im hystirical as the truth is in the court system and in the goverment records that the state still continue to keep hidden from us all

as i said a long time ago in my post of which you will have to go through one at a time

i stated that their were certian people in certian jobs that were and maybe still are in a position of trust of which they are abusing for their own gain

and last week proved it by the crack down on the pedophiles , our public has to be aware of these things as for the future of our children need protecting from these sick perverted pedophiles

this article is about child sexual abuse correct
well we the forgotten australians are those victims and we will not give up our fight for justice

another thing i am no raving idiot you tool. maybe you should look in the mirror and rethink about youself and how you react to the post its obvious that you have not read anything i have ever written or what other people have written , exspecially the senate report

we are the forgotten australaians and will no longer be forgotten

regards huffnpuff

I am a lefty left of center that is not far left but left I doubt even my party will do much to right the wrongs huffnpuff tells us about.
It is real you know, white wash is easier than fixing problems.
20 years ago a call came to me for help a kid I helped rare had been raped in a kids prison.
Nothing could be done all my party ties did not help, my union ties could not help, my love and grief could not change anything.
That child never recovered he never got over it, his attacker continued to attack others.
No chance exists that now man will ever get back on track his life was ruined the day he went to prison.
Surely even the hardest of us never wanted him punished that way?
A six month prison sentence turned into a ruined life.
If we ever say sorry, if we ever change this dreadful crime, if we ever understand some of the offenders are those paid to protect it will be some one like huffnpuff we have to thank.

Steel: "I said he sounded like a raving lunatic, and i stand by it. his post looks similar to one under god's. none of you can refute my words..."

I refute your words. You are wrong. I understood every word his said. (Which I frequently don't do when I used to read "one under god".) His post sounds like a member of the Forgotten Australians who was given a shamefully poor education. If by "raving lunatic" you are trying to say that huffnpuff has a mental illness, than I've read enough of his posts to be completely satisfied that is not the case.

"... I did him more a favour that all of you did not, by giving him implicit constructive feedback that his posts needed improvement."

Do you really think saying someone sounds like a raving lunatic is "implicit constructive feedback"? Some members of this forum have, in the past, helped huffnpuff with grammar issues and talked to him about his use of capitals. I will leave it to him to decide which approach best helps him improve his style, but I certainly disagree that your particular feedback was constructive.

"We do not need hysteria about "child abuse" after what has taken place recently. Hysteria and these witch hunts threaten to become destructive to society and the indviduals in it."

Huffnpuff's post refers to the Senate Inquiry into the Forgotten Australians. It is not hysterical — it is one of the better and most important senate inquiries of the last decade. It's available here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/report/index.htm

There is no "witch hunt". Most of the organisations named in the report have admitted that children were sexually and otherwise abused under their care and have apologised. There is no "hysteria". Huffnpuff's posts are emotional because he was raped as a child, and he is yet to see a satisfactory resolution to his story — if one exists.

Others of us on OLO are involved in lobbying the government to fully implement the recommendations of this report.

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Here is a quote from the introduction to the report:

"For the Committee members and parliamentary staff involved with this inquiry the scale and magnitude of the events described in evidence was overwhelming. To think that a human could treat another in such a psychologically and physically abusive manner is unthinkable; to treat a child in such a manner is simply incomprehensible. Yet it happened. Comments were made during evidence that it is impossible for others to fully comprehend what was happening unless they had actually experienced this life...

One Committee member has described the inquiry 'as the most emotionally wrenching period I have spent in politics in 15 years', a view shared by all members."

I recommend you read the report.