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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I only have the one problem in that coming out is awesome but at some point it has to go to the justice system, the accused has the right to face his accuser in the court of law.
Are we entering an age where its going to be about throwing accusations out in the press and then nothing happens from a justice system point of view because I'm not really cool about that.
And at this point the question has to be asked, is the accuser being paid by these papers and T.V. shows for her story.
A rapist is a rapist is a rapist, but there is a requirement for them to be able to mount a vigorous defense in front of a judge or a jury to be able to ensure that there aren't false acusations happening or shaming happening.
I'm not on Bill Cosby's side on this, I'm pretty sure that he's scummy based on what we've heard. But even he deserves a day in court where the facts are examined properly and impartially.
I go back to the accusations of the two liberal MPs for sexual harassment where they're not really being given their right to know what they're being accused of or having a chance to mount a defense.
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Well the other part that rubs me the wrong way about this and cases where the victim doesn't come forward for decades is that the accused basically has nothing they can say. Like I said earlier, Cosby doesn't even seem to deny this, so its not him in particular. But if he were to to say he was innocent, and its been three decades, no one would believe him anyway. That's not right either.