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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 04:15 PM
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8. The maid Strauss-Kahn tried to rape wasn't bragging about sex with him on Twitter?
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  -Why do so many people give Julian Assange the benefit of the doubt but not Dominique Strauss-Kahn? LoZoccolo  May-16-11 04:01 PM   #0 
  - I suppose the violence factor- no one has accused Assange of being violent  cali   May-16-11 04:02 PM   #1 
  - Why don't you tell us what you think about that? Somehow, we never really know  blondeatlast   May-16-11 04:03 PM   #2 
  - I generally let people have their day(s) in court.  LoZoccolo   May-16-11 04:04 PM   #4 
     - Humor me once--take a stand. nt  blondeatlast   May-16-11 04:12 PM   #6 
        - I see no reason to humor someone at the expense of someone else's reputation.  LoZoccolo   May-16-11 04:13 PM   #7 
           - Deleted message  Name removed   May-16-11 04:15 PM   #9 
  - Two totally different scenarios and charges maybe?  truebrit71   May-16-11 04:04 PM   #3 
  - +1  FLAprogressive   May-16-11 04:20 PM   #13 
  - I believe both should have their day in court. Assange, as we all know, has not  Luminous Animal   May-16-11 04:10 PM   #5 
  - The maid Strauss-Kahn tried to rape wasn't bragging about sex with him on Twitter?  Matariki   May-16-11 04:15 PM   #8 
  - And (so far anyway) the woman accusing him doesn't have any CIA links.  Matariki   May-16-11 04:16 PM   #10 
  - Why do you think the cases are related or similar?  Bluenorthwest   May-16-11 04:18 PM   #11 
  - Both men have been accused of a crime.  LoZoccolo   May-16-11 04:19 PM   #12 
     - So have thousands and thousands of other men.  Bluenorthwest   May-16-11 04:26 PM   #16 
     - More precisely, one has been charged of a crime by the state. The other is wanted for questioning.  Luminous Animal   May-16-11 04:26 PM   #18 
        - That is a fair criticism of my comparison.  LoZoccolo   May-16-11 04:42 PM   #20 
  - Sex without a condom just seems like a silly crime. Strauss is a Rapist  TNLib   May-16-11 04:22 PM   #14 
  - Un-Recced for Deliberate Obtusion ~nt  Mojeoux   May-16-11 04:23 PM   #15 
  - Deliberate? Intentions of the DU member are unknown, and  Boojatta   May-16-11 05:51 PM   #22 
  - I'd like to know how this latest case is different from the accusations against Al Gore.  grasswire   May-16-11 04:26 PM   #17 
  - not much, based on detail of accusation -- assault was attempted rape it seems  Distant Observer   May-16-11 07:49 PM   #25 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   May-16-11 04:36 PM   #19 
  - You could probably say that about any two people/crimes  RZM   May-16-11 04:50 PM   #21 
  - apples and oranges n/t  riverwalker   May-16-11 06:47 PM   #23 
  - i dont give assange any benefit of doubt. he is an ass. but his cases are not the equal to this  seabeyond   May-16-11 06:49 PM   #24 
  - Strauss-Kahn is a financier. Why would you even ask that question?  bluestate10   May-16-11 08:03 PM   #26 
  - Because the maid isn't a CIA tool?  Odin2005   May-16-11 08:08 PM   #27 
  - I don't judge either of them.  TexasProgresive   May-16-11 09:28 PM   #28 
  - I don't give either of them a pass  customerserviceguy   May-16-11 09:33 PM   #29 
 

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