I’m very much a Libertarian

Speaking of Bill Simmons and his clear disdain for actually *watching* sports, here’s his take on the end of the Spurs-Nuggets game 7:

You didn’t read her story right

This is a whitewashing fit for the pages of the New York Times.

Oof, this one hit close to home

This is tremendous content.  I never expected the truck to keep going so far up that ramp.  Really, I’m just making this comment so I can find the video quickly later on.

Arthur Chu had a similar strategy of bouncing around the board randomly until he hit the daily doubles.  People hated that too.

Arthur Chu had a similar strategy of bouncing around the board randomly until he hit the daily doubles.  People hated that too.

Something’s happening in the country
And the government’s to blame

I’m not making a value judgment on the underlying crime, I’m explaining the reality of criminal trials

You can't put someone on the stand and not allow cross examination; that's a violation of the 6th amendment.

Oh honey, you’re not fat. You’re husky - it says so on your jeans!

If you use do not disturb, why do you care if people text you?  

damn you Kinja! 

I think the issue between the two is one of standards of proof.  We require that a criminal case be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, which is a very high and difficult standard to meet.  Whereas there’s basically no standard at all for firing or for who to support entertainment-wise

I am lazy, pls do my legal research for me:

None of you people have any understanding of criminal procedure

At trial, the defendant would show their email exchanges to argue that everything was consensual.  To combat that, you’d need to bring the victim to the stand to testify.  She’d then get torn apart on cross-examination by the defense attorney.  It would be extremely traumatic for her.  Without her testimony to combat…

Yes, and?  Just because it’s not a “civilized” defense doesn’t mean the defense attorney won’t present it.  And there’s certainly enough there for one juror to decide that there’s reasonable doubt.

This site is replete with writers and commentators who have no understanding at all of how criminal trials work