What we’re all missing is the grave injustice of Andrew Jackson being forced to relocate by the federal government. He must be very sad...

The fun* part of the IRA is that a large part of its intentions were to move Native Americans off of land to create more plantations, so it not only proved a fatal expulsion of one minority population but allowed for the expansion of the enslavement of another. It gets you both coming and going!

I find your reaction here fascinating. Rather than addressing my clear, streamlined, factually-based points, you reframe my positions in order to misrepresent them, so you can personally insult me, based on your fictional representation of my position.

I honestly don’t get why you’re bothering. Is it that you feel a…

This process isn’t unique to universities. There are similar processes in workplaces for dealing with sexual harassment and assault allegations. There are similar laws mandating action in the aftermath of an accusation.

Ok. Your initial statement was that “you don’t settle if you weren’t wrong” which is not the same thing as “the other side has a good case” or “you’re afraid to go to trial”.

The lawyer says he’s going to sue because it obviously couldn’t have been rape because she slept with him before, and got back into his bed after. That’s it. That’s his public explanation of why his client is suing. Yet tons of evidence supports the assertion that this is a common behavior for rape victims.

Are you…

If you’re an attorney and you don’t understand the difference between innocent and not guilty, or that settlements are paid for many reasons (to make it go away, because they feel they were justified but may lose the case and would rather settle than lose, etc, etc) then I feel sorry for your professors.

The assertion by the lawyer is that because she slept with him before, and got in bed with him again later, he can’t have raped her. That is false on its face. He certainly could have raped her, and she certainly could have gone back to his bed after out of a combination of denial, fear, etc. Marital rape is also a…

First, the legal finding is “not guilty” not “innocent”. Our legal system does not determine innocence, just that there is not sufficient proof (or there have been enough procedural fuckups) to call it guilty.

I don’t know that there’s ever going to be a particularly good alternative within the criminal justice system in cases lacking physical evidence (though I do think victim-shielding laws are important).

What I think is that it makes the question of rape culture and how to end it even more important. If there are good…

Stop fucking replying, you whiny little bitch. No one is forcing you to continue.

Sure. Downplay the relevant facts.

Yeah, I find the whole premise behind the Title IX “trial” system to be odd. The FBI classifies rape as the second ‘most violent’ crime behind murder/attempted murder. That’s a big deal. I’m sort of shocked that we even have the option to not go to trial when a complaint is raised. An actual court of law, one hopes,…

No, people are not rushing to judgment here. A panel heard all of the evidence and determined he committed an offense. It is not like the only thing out there is an accusation. Someone has heard all of the evidence and made a determination. Not sure how that’s a rush to judgment.

The details of the case are not even remotely the same. The general public rushed to judgment about the Duke players because District Attorney Mike Nifong gave something like 50 local and national television interviews absolutely swearing that the evidence clearly showed a rape happened. Then when it came time to…

Got it. Because in your other comment you seemed to be running away from any notion that you were telling people who think this guy did what he’s accused of they were rushing to judgment. But your original comment sure seemed like you were clearly saying that.

I understand what his suit is about. YOU are saying we should be withholding judgment for some reason A panel responsible for deciding these things heard all of the evidence and decided he was guilty. Why are we required to withhold judgment in that case?