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Besides the obvious details portrayed by the story, and the ramifications thereof, I can only take in what the article says as speculation.
There is more than a fair share "believe"'s and "may have"'s present throught out the article. Perhaps the victim was assaulted, perhaps by more than one male, and perhaps for a prolonged period of time, upwards of two hours, all the while perhaps being gawked at more by a dozen or more teenage onlookers; but what does it mean?
My general predilection is to say the reason why it was not reported, just in my mind, is because only one " unique clique" was privy to the criminal spectacle. Say, only "the jocks" saw what was going on, and had no inner desire to even ponder about whether this act of degradation is right or wrong, but instead think to themselves, "This is a show! Woo!" and moved on. That's not to excuse anyone, of course, but the near-incomprehensible apathy and malaise that subverts the teenage social ties and aspect of thinking, especially in a group setting, is, well, outrageous.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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