On the one hand...
'Helen Brayley, from University College London's Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, said people should not draw hasty conclusions.
'Ms Brayley, who wrote the first independent academic analysis of child sex trafficking, said: "When you jump in with thinking about race too quickly, you can miss a whole load of other things that are happening in other areas.
'"So by racially stereotyping this early on without a national scoping project... we don't know what the situation is in other areas around the country... you might be leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy of if people are looking for Asian offenders, they will only find Asian offenders."'
(Or you might want to avoid stereotyping people concerned about this as racist morons, but I digress)
On the other hand...
'He [Keith Vaz] said: "Why didn't Jack Straw say something about this (before)? He has represented Blackburn for 31 years, he's been the home secretary."'
(all from the Beeb, betraying no hint of awareness of a contradiction)
Well, actually, not the other hand but very much the same one. Too soon, too late, any time but the right time. Which is of course never.
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