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« Reply #75 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 21:29:09 » |
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Why be offended at the suggestion somebody might be lying for personal gain?
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« Reply #76 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 21:31:11 » |
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Because victim blaiming like that is a horrible thing to presume. Victim blaming is rife in rape cases. Conviction rates are insanely low. And it's really fucking horrible.
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« Reply #77 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 21:37:33 » |
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Victim blaming?
If Ollie is right and she is lying then she's no victim is she? Is it wrong to suggest that Ranger might just be innocent?
*For the record, I'm not trying to say he is innocent or a good bloke or anyhting.
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« Reply #78 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 21:50:39 » |
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Victim blaming?
If Ollie is right and she is lying then she's no victim is she? Is it wrong to suggest that Ranger might just be innocent?
*For the record, I'm not trying to say he is innocent or a good bloke or anyhting.
There's a big difference between innocent before proven guilty and any girl who accuses a man of rape being a "northern slag on benefits trying to get some extra cash". What a fucked up place to start from.
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« Reply #79 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 21:55:37 » |
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There's a big difference between innocent before proven guilty and any girl who accuses a man of rape being a "northern slag on benefits trying to get some extra cash".
What a fucked up place to start from.
And where are you starting from? You've already called her 'the victim'.
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« Reply #80 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 22:00:03 » |
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Where I started from, and have stayed at, is saying that describing the girl accusing Nile Ranger of Rape as a "northern slag on benefits trying to get some extra cash" is fucking wrong.
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« Reply #81 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 22:06:00 » |
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He said 'I wouldn't be surprised if'. To be frank I agree with him. I'm not saying she is but if it transpired to be the case then I would not be surprised.
Would you have been so indignant had he said 'It wouldn't surprise me if she is lying'? Or.. 'I would not be surprised if Ranger is innocent'?
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« Reply #82 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 22:10:17 » |
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To be fair, the Crown Prosecution Service would probably be surprised.
The CPS will have carried out an objective assessment of the evidence which I somehow suspect the "northern slag on benefits" theorists have not.
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« Reply #83 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 22:12:28 » |
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The former yep. The latter not so much
We live in a world where loads of rape victims don't come forwards. And normalising sexual assault is commonplace. And it shouldn't be.
Rape is a horrible horrible thing.
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« Reply #84 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 22:19:19 » |
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The former yep. The latter not so much
We live in a world where loads of rape victims don't come forwards. And normalising sexual assault is commonplace. And it shouldn't be.
Rape is a horrible horrible thing.
The latter and the former likely amount to the same thing. Rape is a horrible thing and it is sad that so many victims are afraid to come forward. It is also sad that some use it against innocent people for personal gain. Perhaps Ollie could have been more tactful but I agree with his premise. (Again I'm not trying to defend Ranger). The courts will decide in a few days.
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« Reply #85 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 22:34:03 » |
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The latter and the former likely amount to the same thing.
Rape is a horrible thing and it is sad that so many victims are afraid to come forward. It is also sad that some use it against innocent people for personal gain. Perhaps Ollie could have been more tactful but I agree with his premise. (Again I'm not trying to defend Ranger). The courts will decide in a few days.
You "agree with the premise"? Do you think every girl who accuses someone in the public eye of rape as the same. Isn't that why people like Hall and Saville got away with it for so long? "Oh they just wanted it!" What would you say if you had a friend, girlfriend, daughter, who claimed to have been raped. "Oh they can call you a slag until he's proven guity!"?
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« Reply #86 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 22:44:06 » |
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You "agree with the premise"?
Do you think every girl who accuses someone in the public eye of rape as the same. Isn't that why people like Hall and Saville got away with it for so long? "Oh they just wanted it!"
What would you say if you had a friend, girlfriend, daughter, who claimed to have been raped. "Oh they can call you a slag until he's proven guity!"?
Yeah Ben that's exactly what I'm saying. It's blatantly clear I'm saying every girl that accuses somebody of raping them is a lying slag aren't I? What a load of fucking shite! Bore off
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« Reply #87 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 22:49:50 » |
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So you're agreeing with the premise that this girl is probably a slag on the basis that we might sign the accused?
What a fucking warped sense of judgement. Really really warped.
Would she be a slag if Ranger was signing for Oxford.
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« Reply #88 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 22:51:48 » |
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You're being an obtuse prick mate.
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« Reply #89 on: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 22:54:13 » |
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You're being an obtuse prick mate.
No I'm really not. You're just trying to jump through hoops to defend a player we might sign. Much like you jumped through hoops to defend fascism as soon as Di Canio turned up. I know you've been living in Thailand for 20 years and don't get to watch games so much, but you don't have to try so hard. There are people on here who don't watch games and do it better.
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