The Headline:
Up to 250,000 estimated to have been abused in state, faith-based care - Royal Commission
Mainly due to boredom I've been reading a bit about this story.
The numbers, rather than inducing shock/horror, are about what would be expected given that "abuse" appears to include being frowned at, told off, made to study or eat at times not agreeable to the complainants etc. and spread over a long period.
By including these "incidents" the commission makes light of the very serious and nasty sexual and physical assaults that were hidden by officials until recently, genuine horrors that must never be allowed to happen again.
The commission was created to assist the State to protect vulnerable children.
They have failed!
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