Comments on: Tell me if I am being sexist, realistic, naive, all of the above… http://www.blagnet.net/2009/02/24/tell-me-if-i-am-being-sexist-realistic-naive-all-of-the-above/ Discussing libertarian philosophy Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.blagnet.net/2009/02/24/tell-me-if-i-am-being-sexist-realistic-naive-all-of-the-above/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 John Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:27:57 +0000 http://www.blagnet.net/2009/02/24/tell-me-if-i-am-being-sexist-realistic-naive-all-of-the-above/#comment-1283 Yeah, after sleeping on it, I realize defending the accused is only considering people innocent until proven guilty. The burden of proof rests on the plaintiff in any trial or accusation, especially when women like that British idiot give women a bad reputation. It might not be long before the story of the boy who cried "Wolf!" will be replaced with the woman who cried "Rape!" Yeah, after sleeping on it, I realize defending the accused is only considering people innocent until proven guilty. The burden of proof rests on the plaintiff in any trial or accusation, especially when women like that British idiot give women a bad reputation. It might not be long before the story of the boy who cried “Wolf!” will be replaced with the woman who cried “Rape!”

]]> By: Cork http://www.blagnet.net/2009/02/24/tell-me-if-i-am-being-sexist-realistic-naive-all-of-the-above/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 Cork Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:54:21 +0000 http://www.blagnet.net/2009/02/24/tell-me-if-i-am-being-sexist-realistic-naive-all-of-the-above/#comment-1279 Agreed. I think people tend to reflexively trust women over men in these cases, regardless whether the woman is actually telling the truth. Men only "think with their dicks," we're told, so they're presumed guilty in all of these cases. The thing is, since rape (or alleged rape) happens in private without a lot of witnesses, we often only have two stories--the guy and the girl's--of what happened. I tend to be skeptical of our justice (sic) system in general. It's amazing how when people hear a story about some person being arrested, they automatically assume he's guilty (because, as we all know, they never make *any* mistakes). Agreed. I think people tend to reflexively trust women over men in these cases, regardless whether the woman is actually telling the truth. Men only “think with their dicks,” we’re told, so they’re presumed guilty in all of these cases. The thing is, since rape (or alleged rape) happens in private without a lot of witnesses, we often only have two stories–the guy and the girl’s–of what happened.

I tend to be skeptical of our justice (sic) system in general. It’s amazing how when people hear a story about some person being arrested, they automatically assume he’s guilty (because, as we all know, they never make *any* mistakes).

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