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BainsBane

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16. Typically there are no links

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #15)

Sat Feb 8, 2014, 03:05 PM

Feb 2014

There will be this:

"Predictable"
"Obsessed much"
Applause for whoever attacks me, even when they don't engage with the facts at issue or my argument
as well as a bunch of snarky remarks and jpgs

Links would require giving thought to the subject matter and having actual evidence.

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Can there ever be enough evidence for people to believe a rape victim? [View all] BainsBane Feb 2014 OP

Not if they don't want to believe. elleng Feb 2014 #1

The vast majority of cases of rape are real /nt lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #2

Yet why every time a case arises BainsBane Feb 2014 #3

Sex is, and always has been, a somewhat dangerous pastime. reusrename Feb 2014 #4

It is a serious mistake to conflate sex and rape BainsBane Feb 2014 #5

Yes, it's a very serious mistake. reusrename Feb 2014 #6

Hold on BainsBane Feb 2014 #7

I agree with most of what you said, so I'll just address where we disagree. reusrename Feb 2014 #8

A moral issue of what is appropriate BainsBane Feb 2014 #23

Are you saying rape victims are often disbelieved because *rarely*, rape cases are used redqueen Feb 2014 #11

Indeed. BainsBane Feb 2014 #25

Yes. That's exactly the point I am making. reusrename Feb 2014 #28

My point was simply that the vast majority of people wo are raped or report rape are valid. What lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #10

I hope you're right about the majority of DU BainsBane Feb 2014 #24

That judge seems like a gem. He read between the lines, and made provisions to Squinch Feb 2014 #9

"But I am frankly terrified for those two children he is raising with Soon-Yi." Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #14

well-said n/t zazen Feb 2014 #26

Face It, Baines - Some people love to wallow in it. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #12

And some will always believe a man over a girl or woman BainsBane Feb 2014 #13

There are a few on here that, yes ... if you or sea said "water is wet" they Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #15

Typically there are no links BainsBane Feb 2014 #16

yes, the peanut gallery. Those few that do provide links, I have more respect for them. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #17

If someone is on topic, cool BainsBane Feb 2014 #18

This = Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #19

If Dylan Farrow was a boy instead of a girl, do you think the accusations would Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #20

Yes BainsBane Feb 2014 #21

if the molester was a woman instead of a man..... lol, nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #22

No. Agschmid Feb 2014 #27

Yes. laundry_queen Feb 2014 #32

Obviously not gaspee Feb 2014 #29

Some of them are just women-hating trolls. They don't bother me as much as the ones Squinch Feb 2014 #31

Rape is almost legal gollygee Feb 2014 #30