Comments on: Psychic Information Began Child Abuse Investigation

By: capital L

capital L — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:07:09 +0000

Wow I did totally fail to make the connection, and your comment makes a lot more sense now. Mea culpa.

(Hmm, This message seems sarcastic, but I assure you it's not.)

By: William d'Inger

William d'Inger — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:08:32 +0000

Fine display of comment-Judo there. Take the momentum and flip it on it's ass. Way to go. Because the fact that this actually just happened in Canada, not Texas, is more inconvenient that anything else.

Say what? I was comparing the lunacy of the official reaction in Canada in this case to the equally bizarre official reaction in the recent polygamous sect case in Texas. Maybe you don't recognize sarcasm when you see it?

By: capital L

capital L — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:14:20 +0000

"Maybe it's one of those international agency deals, you know where they exchange investigators with Texas." Fine display of comment-Judo there. Take the momentum and flip it on it's ass. Way to go. Because the fact that this actually just happened in Canada, not Texas, is more inconvenient that anything else.

By: Steve Plunk

Steve Plunk — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:54:03 +0000

I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with Tlaloc on a very important point. It does matter what the source of information is. Any accusation must come from a credible source or the system will become untrustworthy and eventually discarded. In the long run more abuse will go undetected because of a faulty system.

By: John425

John425 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:26:02 +0000

Tlaloc didn't read the entire story..."Leduc said they advised her that Victoria’s educational assistant (EA) had visited a psychic, who said a youngster whose name started with “V” was being sexually abused by a man between 23 and 26 years old. Leduc was also handed a list of recent behaviours exhibited by her daughter. The "educational assistant" (EA) could have stopped by at a county fair "psychic" booth for Chrissake!

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:25:34 +0000

This is the twenty-first century! It should be a matter of shame and social stigma that somebody believes in psychic abilities and trusts a psychic enough to act on the “information” provided.

well let's unpack this a bit. Someone comes to the school and says a kid is being abused. The school ignores the information based on the "kookiness" of the source. If said kid is in fact abused the school just brought themselves a big helping of liability in court. On the other hand notice the following: "Leduc was also handed a list of recent behaviours exhibited by her daughter." So a "psychic" says a kid is getting abused, using apparently vague information. The school looks around and happens to find a student who apparently meets some criteria for abuse warning signs. There's no way they can just ignore that. So really it is hard to find fault with the school district. They seem to have done the only thing they could do under the circumstances. In addition- I don't care if the information came from Achmed Chalabi channeling the ghost of Curveball's pet chiuahua. If somebody says a kid is getting abused someone needs to stop and take a look.

By: William d'Inger

William d'Inger — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:22:55 +0000

Maybe it's one of those international agency deals, you know where they exchange investigators with Texas.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:11:54 +0000

Oh, Canada!

What's become of you?

By: John425

John425 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:48:05 +0000

"and in other news, The Children's Aid Society has launched an investigation into an "educational assistant" who has perhaps committed witchcraft."