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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
"Innocent until proven guilty" means that our system is going to have a high burden of proof against the victim, but most folks seem to feel that's a good thing.
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I sometimes worry that we're forgetting
why the burden of proof is high. The historical abuses of authoritarian states against their citizens are receding from memory. We've let our understandable frustration with people getting away with bad behaviour blind us to how bad things get when accusations alone are enough to ruin someone. People being people, in that climate accusations become weaponized to destroy political rivals, dissidents, or just a neighbour who you hate.