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Originally posted by Historian
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‘Sass, I love my forum friend MdmeX very much (we go way back to my early days in 2002 on the track and field forum next door), and Gamma is my very decent homeboy (and fellow parishioner). However, when it comes to rape, I generally take a very hard line, and I tend to give the victim the benefit of the doubt in the alleged crime until evidence points otherwise.
Of course I am not stupid, and I realize that many claims of rape (including possibly this one) are hoaxes -- character defaming lies with an ulterior, selfish motive in mind. For example, why did this lady wait so long before reporting her rape?
On the other hand, the crime of rape against a woman is, in my mind, second only to murder. This is why whenever a woman says “rape” I never jump to conclusions that she might be lying. I try and take as objective an approach as I can, at the same time bearing in mind the trauma (in many cases life-changing trauma) that she is most likely going through if her claim is true.
I probably came across unnecessarily harsh in my original reply in this thread, and this was not intentional.
Of course I am not stupid, and I realize that many claims of rape (including possibly this one) are hoaxes -- character defaming lies with an ulterior, selfish motive in mind. For example, why did this lady wait so long before reporting her rape?
On the other hand, the crime of rape against a woman is, in my mind, second only to murder. This is why whenever a woman says “rape” I never jump to conclusions that she might be lying. I try and take as objective an approach as I can, at the same time bearing in mind the trauma (in many cases life-changing trauma) that she is most likely going through if her claim is true.
I probably came across unnecessarily harsh in my original reply in this thread, and this was not intentional.
Ok, I am trivializing a serious issue ad discussion, but this is the kind of mood I'm in tonight. Call me disrespectful. 
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