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Should the Duke Accuser's Name be Published Now? | 97 comments (97 topical)
Re: Should the Duke Accuser's Name be Published No (none / 0) (#84)
by Aaron on Tue Apr 18, 2006 at 03:55:44 PM EST
First just let me congratulate most everyone commenting here on some seriously substantive debate going on in this thread. Obviously my criticisms of the discussions on this site are having an effect on the level of the discourse. No need to thank me.:) Lora Thanks you for your thoughtful comments and your rather insightful analysis specifically regarding TL's position, who seems to have picked a side, consciously or not, early in this investigation. I as well would be interested to know exactly what prompted her rather carefully positioning on this issue. Although I was tempted to think it was just the knee-jerk reaction of a defense lawyer, TL's bias does seem to be rather unfounded, and that is a bit surprising, and perhaps even a bit disappointing . Having known a number of women who were raped, some of whom produced a child as evidence, and given the number of reported rapes in this country which go on to be prosecuted in contrast to the number of reported rapes which aren't, I have to say that I tend to give the accuser the benefit of the doubt in these situations. [deleted for length] From an ethical standpoint I don't think anyone's identity should be revealed until the trial is concluded, but from a practical perspective that's pretty impossible to do in the modern world. Supamike I don't know about the numbers of false rapes which are reported, but I imagine they're vastly higher than the number of false rapes which actually wind up being prosecuted. Perhaps you and J Pierpont Flathead should be more concerned with the number of rapes that go unreported, I assure you those numbers are vast. Millions of rapists go completely unmolested by the legal system in America, realized that if you realize nothing else. [remainder deleted for length]

Should the Duke Accuser's Name be Published Now? | 97 comments (97 topical)

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