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- From: dswartz@sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber)
- Newsgroups: talk.rape,soc.men
- Subject: Re: Drunk Sex = Rape?
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:25:47 GMT
- Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
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- Thank you for proving my point. Since not being found guilty ranges from
- the extreme (the accused proves conclusively that they didn't commit the
- crime of which they are accused) to the gray (the case is largely one of
- circumstantial evidence, which doesn't convince the jury), although we are
- obliged to let the accused go free, only someone very naive would claim that
- the reputation of the accused is restored. If you don't believe that, ask
- anyone who's ever been accused of child sexual abuse, which is basically
- impossible to disprove. And even if it were, the mud sticks. Which is why
- I find it offensive to hear this kind of crap from the mass media. And I
- think you are being disingenuous to not admit that although you are correct
- in the technical sense, the public at large will read the worst into it.
- And they are probably safe from a lawsuit, since the tabloids have honed this
- skill to a fine art. "Accused child-abuser Ted Frank arrested by State
- Police!" What they don't tell you is that the accusation of child abuse was
- made by your ex-wife 3 years ago, with no substantiating evidence, and was
- dropped. And the reason you were arrested was because the statie who pulled
- you over found that your license had expired the day before and you hadn't
- gotten around to renewing it yet. Of course, that's not what happened in
- this case, but the dark and dirty part of people that this tactic appeals to
- in precisely what headlines like this appeal to.
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- Dan S.
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