"Alex"
nyc.NOSPAM.rr.com> wrote in message
news:C4F8879C.BFB7%%akaufmann@nyc.NOSPAM.rr.com...> On 9/18/08 10:27 PM, in article N6EAk.13307$rV4.10956@newsfe03.iad,
> "Odious"
>
cox.net.nospam> wrote:
>>>>> "Accused" is the operative word there. By the sounds of it the only
>>>> place
>>>>> he's been convicted is in the court of public opinion.
>>>>
>>>> "ZForce" treats internet hearsay as his gold standard when it suits
>>>> him. Are three women who claim to have been drugged and raped by the
>>>> same man, lying?
>>>>
>>
>> I always question the payday motive. Does the guy being accused have
>> money?
>> Is the person doing the accusing the type of person who would do anything
>> for money?
>>
>> Look at the Duke university case... a stripper accused some rich white
>> boys
>> of rape, thinking there'd be a payday in it for her.
>>
>> Even though they could prove beyond any shadow of a doubt they were
>> innocent... charges were still filed. It damn near ruined these boys'
>> lives.
>>
>> Plus I doubt any accusations of rape that aren't immediately reported to
>> the
>> police. Some chick wakes up in the morning with bloody sheets... that's
>> called evidence. That's the stuff that PROVES something went down. Why
>> not report that to the police right away so they can do a rape kit, check
>> for drugs and get the evidence needed to lock this guy up if he's guilty?
>> Why wait a week or a month, then announce it publicly instead of going to
>> the police?
>
> Different people have different reactions to traumatic events.
>
> I wouldn't dismiss a rape claim out of hand just because it wasn't
> immediate.
>
I didn't say dismiss.... I said doubt. I doubt such claims.
And unfortunately there is a strong tendency for the system and the public
to automatically assume any rape accusation is true, and treat any expressed
doubt as blaming the victim or defending rape.
