This obviously made news here in Australia as well, and it has qualities which I think anyone who has read 'hillbilly elegy' can relate to: in small communities, sometimes there is a cone of silence which is really strong, and quite at odds with what we think of as "the law"
Obviously, people know things. But, as a small community, there is a 'hang together, or hang separately' quality here. They are very isolated, and they have strong mutual dependencies even if they don't want to acknowledge it.
So.. sometimes the "best" outcome they work out for themselves is just not to talk to outsiders.
Obviously, people know things. But, as a small community, there is a 'hang together, or hang separately' quality here. They are very isolated, and they have strong mutual dependencies even if they don't want to acknowledge it.
So.. sometimes the "best" outcome they work out for themselves is just not to talk to outsiders.