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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:15 AM Original message |
Judge Reportedly Questioned Whether Woman Was Raped Because She Was "On Top" |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. If this is true, he should NEVER preside over a rape trial again! |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You would not believe |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I would believe it. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Being on that jury |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. It can be very eye-opening. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. My friend was accused of "attention seeking behavior" after she was raped. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I thought of you |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. Thank you! |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. He should not preside over ANY trial |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. Some of the comments at that link are just vile. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I didn't read the comments. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Never...NEVER...read the comments; it only causes pain and anger. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Ugh, I shouldn't have looked. That's just disgusting. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. "No" means "No", and the position doesn't matter |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You expect that (unfortunately) |
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bkkyosemite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. Lately I've been calling a lot of people idiots (repubs) but this beats the cake idiot! |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. As if the woman |
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bkkyosemite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. True true........ |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. Probably no difference in "difficulty" in raping a woman even though she's on top |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Deleted sub-thread |
Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. The trial I just finished - |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. "Violence" -- the word is "violence," not "difficulty." "Difficult" for whom? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Your two deleted subthreads above wasn't clue enough for you? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Would you mind reading the post and answering the questions? Considering how language matters? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. No. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Yes. Language matters. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. and I'm sorry I offended you |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Wow, WTF what happened in the deleted sub-thread? |
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WinstonSmith4740 (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. I heard this story years ago... |
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bkkyosemite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Now that proves a big point. Glad he did that! |
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SwissTony (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 04:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I heard of a similar stunt in a British Court many years ago |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. That an entire jury |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. I hope this ruins his career. I hope he gets pulled off the bench |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. Delete duplicate |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. Until someone more reputable than the Houston Press covers it ... |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I actually heard about it |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. It's probably true, but the HP has run far too many stories that are hit pieces. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
28. This victim-blaming dimwit should be impeached. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
30. What a fucking psychopath that "judge" is. This is the twenty-first century, right? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. If DU is any indicator even plenty of "Progressives" are misogynists. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. You know what? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. They're still trying to recover from the fact we had a huge, varied constructive thread |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. lulz |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Oh, see. He's here. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Well, Well, look who showed up. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Oh, I was in the deleted subthreads before they were deleted. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. It's pathetic, innit? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Remeber this from yesterday? JAILED FOR YAWNING |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yes, I do. |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. There is an easy retribution for rape , no jail , no fine , no need for parole and all that |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. It's the violence, not the dick, that's the problem. What's Mr. NoDick gonna think up next? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I seriously doubt that would solve anything. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. He can still rape. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. Right. Because nobody has ever been wrongly convicted, evidence hidden, or lies told in court |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. Won't work, sexual assault is about power more than it is about sex. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
61. Amadou Diallo... |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
46. Must have liked the answer |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
47. For Those Who Chose Not To Read the Full Article: Here's His Response |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Ok. I'll concede. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. By leaving such things out, it gives the appearance that you were trying to hide that fact... |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I didn't intentionally leave anything out. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I didn't say you did. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. OK. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. I don't see why the judge would need that info at all period. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Exactly, rape is rape. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. That's Your Inference |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. He may be a new judge |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. No, it was exposing his own misogynistic cultural biases. |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Are you trying to get a date? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. What's that got to do with anything? |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. What does that mean? n/t |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #57 |
72. I can see it being needed (along with a host of other evidence) |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Why Was His Statement Inappropriate? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
65. Disgusting, even though it was after the verdict. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
67. K&R |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
75. K&R |
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