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[pisskop]

part of my news program in the morning is listening to the British news. They've been talking about this woman who they think went and disappeared by the river?

this morning they said that they had classified or is high risk and high vulnerability, but they wouldn't say what they mean by that. Is there something in between the lines here? What are they trying to say without saying?

are they trying to say that they expected her to go missing *based upon* certain qualities she has? I feel like that's what they're trying to say, but seen it post facto just seems superfluous.

[hector13]

According to the BBC it means she’s at significant risk of harm, though they won’t say more than it’s based on “specific vulnerabilities” and information pointed out by her partner.

[martinuzz]

A group of women who were placed into the care of the 'Good Sheperd' nun's cloisters in the period between 1940 and 1970, after being taken from their home for various reasons (abuse, sexual abuse, alcoholist parents, poverty, sickness, you name it) have started a lawsuit against the catholic church and the dutch state, blaming them for forced labour, abuse and extortion when they were just girls aged 12-18.

"the cloister was a factory, and we were their means of production", the women say.

"These girls were, often by government mandate, locked up and forced to work in seamstress' workshops and laundries, under duress of punishment when not complying", their lawyer says.
"They are entitled to payment of overdue wages".

A research report from 2019 already classified the circumstances the girls were put in as 'falling under the international definition of forced labour and slavery'.

[EuchreJack]

part of my news program in the morning is listening to the British news. They've been talking about this woman who they think went and disappeared by the river?

this morning they said that they had classified or is high risk and high vulnerability, but they wouldn't say what they mean by that. Is there something in between the lines here? What are they trying to say without saying?

are they trying to say that they expected her to go missing *based upon* certain qualities she has? I feel like that's what they're trying to say, but seen it post facto just seems superfluous.

According to the BBC it means she’s at significant risk of harm, though they won’t say more than it’s based on “specific vulnerabilities” and information pointed out by her partner.

It means she's nuts.
She's a nutter that wandered off. Probably had a brain injury or something.

Since you can't say someone is nuts, the media beats around the bush, but it's fairly obvious. 
It's also possible the media can't confirm because her doctor certainly can't say she is nuts.

Sounds like there could be an implication that she is suicidal.  Which is difficult to confirm by the media, but probably common knowledge among the government.

[hector13]

She’s alcoholic, apparently. Dealing poorly with the menopause.

The police do have the dignity of the family to consider though, which is presumably why it took them three weeks to mention it.

[EuchreJack]

She’s alcoholic, apparently. Dealing poorly with the menopause.

The police do have the dignity of the family to consider though, which is presumably why it took them three weeks to mention it.

What makes her "specifically vulnerable"? I thought you were all alcoholics....

[TD1]

Eh? No. Drinking alcohol is not the same as being an alcoholic.

The latter is distinguished by lack of control, damaged relationships with friends of family, and possibly alcohol withdrawal symptoms (confusion, etc).

Which in itself makes her vulnerable. Though I'd say there's probably a deeper emotional or mental reason for the alcoholism (hector seems to be suggesting hormone issues).

[hector13]

That’s what was reported by the police, according to the Beeb.

To be honest they shouldn’t be telling people that. The fact it’s been in the news for over three weeks with nothing to report is ridiculous though (which is a problem with the media, not the police. “Pretty white woman goes missing” apparently needs coverage every hour on the hour regardless of developments) which is probably why they felt the need to say those things.

People have been abusing local dignitaries and also some sort of macabre tourism is taking place also, which isn’t helping the police do their job, presumably as a consequence of the excess coverage.

[EuchreJack]

Maybe if I change the tread title...
Though to be fair, they do the exact same thing in the US.

It's entirely possible that the leak about her being an alcoholic came from her family/friends whoring for attention. We get that all the time in the US.

[hector13]

It came from the police. They said something about specific vulnerabilities, then a few hours later said she had issues with alcohol.

[Dorsidwarf]

Recent BBC news article mentioned that Tiktok conspiracy theorists have been swarming the area, trespassing on local properties, etcetera.

[hector13]

‘cause it’s been in the news every day since it happened, with very little to report. Nature abhors a vacuum; in this instance, people have filled it with all manner of bollocks.

[EuchreJack]

‘cause it’s been in the news every day since it happened, with very little to report. Nature abhors a vacuum; in this instance, people have filled it with all manner of bollocks.

That's what they want you to think!
 

[Grim Portent]

We really should do something about news companies spamming out articles when they don't actually have anything to say. Just warps people's perception of events.

[scriver]

The EU has banned Tiktok from all staff phones

Once more EU's internet/digital policy shows itself to be the EU's most sensible area of policy.

Complete ban next pls?