| Re: The Ipswich Ripper??
I think it's being a bit sensationalised, really. The media have taken the ball and run with it. The police are being very cautious with the details they're releasing, and it seems to me the press is whipping up a frenzy, and escalating things. It may or may not be one person, but getting hysterical about a 'ripper' is panic-mongering, I think.
Prostitution should be legal, and safe. There will always be those who want to buy or sell sex, and if it's legal, there's less risk to everyone involved in the transaction. It's really a bit of a no-brainer. If the girls who have been killed had worked in a brothel which was legal, they could be licensed, there could be a discreet way of keeping track of their clientel, it would be much more sensible.
My husband grew up in Ipswich, and this whole thing's really shocked him. He used to go on picinics in the area where the last body was found. It's strange, because (no offence) this is more the kind of thing you would imagine happening in America, not a place in England which is still rather Olde Worlde and slow. |