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In reply to the discussion: 40 years of college football's sexual assault problem [View all]BainsBane
(53,093 posts)69. Note zero interest in facts
because they don't serve the agenda.
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the state attorney did not think the case was winnable. slight difference. but keep trying.
niyad
Dec 2013
#5
If that is true, a) it's inexcusable and b) should justify rolling heads at the PD.
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2013
#19
since, by your own admission, you know nothing about the case, perhaps you could educate
niyad
Dec 2013
#72
wow--that is one of the funnier statements I have seen today. thanks, I needed the laughs.
niyad
Dec 2013
#75
If you review the facts as we know them in this case, its clear it was a false accusation. nt
aaaaaa5a
Dec 2013
#127
Why do you think a woman who had sex with her boyfriend willingly can't be raped by someone else?
EOTE
Dec 2013
#178
you are familiar with the fbi statistics on false rape accusations, yes. but this is what you post?
niyad
Dec 2013
#3
When it comes to rape, some people like to pretend false allegations are common
BainsBane
Dec 2013
#55
Do you think women should be intimidated into not pressing charges? That the minority of rape
BainsBane
Dec 2013
#60
i know man. that lack of evidence. like videos put up on the net. or admitted to raping a child
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#82
there is all kinds of NORM where women and girls being raped is dismissed by people, cops,
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#93
Guilt and innocence is handed down by courts only. We merely have opinions.
LanternWaste
Dec 2013
#133
That FBI study is hotly disputed. This is why such numbers are not allowed to
aaaaaa5a
Dec 2013
#128
hotly disputed by whom? those who don't want to look at facts, who want us to think that all
niyad
Dec 2013
#131
she lied because she knew she was going to get 1.5 mil? how many other women have sued
niyad
Dec 2013
#78
The ideal is to convict, sentence and punish every guilty person and zero innocents.
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2013
#49
"It is more important that the innocent be protected, than the guilty be punished"
davidn3600
Dec 2013
#59
really? cause i was the first to suggest 10 INNOCENT girls should not be protected for 1
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#66
You sound like you're okay with innocent men being imprisoned if it prevents rape.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#68
wow, did you even bother to read that list? you keep bringing up this banks person, without
niyad
Dec 2013
#70
I wonder whether the girls in the top pic would have the signs out if Jameis Winston....
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Dec 2013
#23
evidently you and a couple of others here see this as all about the football fans
BainsBane
Dec 2013
#38
What's amazing is that you can't use an iota of reading comprehension....
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Dec 2013
#85
What do you think? The article talks about 40 years of sexual assault going unpunished
BainsBane
Dec 2013
#142
I would guess that since these females are attending college, they are adults, women, not "girls"
niyad
Dec 2013
#117
The banner they are holding says "No means No" once. It says "Go Gators!" twice.
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2013
#33
Oh, I'm sure they're very upset a Florida State player might be getting away with something.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Dec 2013
#41
I would agree with you if they didn't have a "Go Gators" on that sign...
ScreamingMeemie
Dec 2013
#130
While you willfully ignore the hundreds of unprosecuted rapes discussed in the article
BainsBane
Dec 2013
#144
goddess forfend that we should discuss issues of importance to women,issues like rape culture,
niyad
Dec 2013
#94
Once the falsely convicted has been exonerated, the legitimacy of justice is already damaged.
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2013
#97
NOTHING would have happened in that stuebenville case if people didnt yell from
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#98
Yeah, and justice isn't "damaged" when communities sweep rape under the rug
NuclearDem
Dec 2013
#100
hyperbole much? mob justice? because this one person to whom you keep referring, completely
niyad
Dec 2013
#116
you might read this thread if you still wonder why we need to speak up, even when told nuthin' to se
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#197
but surely Ben Roethlisberger has dropped out of the "beloved" position... surely.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#106
I bet you do. Have you ever considered the possibility that the sports media might be biased?
radicalliberal
Dec 2013
#201
i didnt know one "vindicated" themselves of raping another human being, simply by marrying. wow. k
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#193
It should be standard procedure in situations like this for the FBI to take jurisdiction
stevenleser
Dec 2013
#132
not sure what it would take, and not sure of the fbi's track record. but, as you said, somebody
niyad
Dec 2013
#136
I understand the suggestion, but am not a big fan of ever-expanding federal law enforcement.
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2013
#154
It wouldn't happen much after the first few. Police departments hate the Feds doing this...
stevenleser
Dec 2013
#155
What about the 40 years of rapes in which victims were pressured, shamed, and intimidated
BainsBane
Dec 2013
#182
"It's about a half century of rapes going unpunished. That is being widely ignored. Why?"
redqueen
Dec 2013
#165
yes, we do know exactly why, and the fact that we do know, and are not silent about it, is
niyad
Dec 2013
#181
Well, fortunately, more and more women are no longer willing to silently accept it.
redqueen
Dec 2013
#186
but we are not supposed to notice, or point it out for fear of hurting their feelings. how dare
niyad
Dec 2013
#180
Notice the pathetic attitude on the part of so many football fans toward the OP.
radicalliberal
Dec 2013
#202