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Originally posted by fastpat
I find your position an outrage. You're advocating using state power to "teach lessons" to someone you think may have violated some sort of moral code that you personally hold. That's about as unAmerican, and unChristian, a concept that anyone can have.
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I guess you could say that being a die-hard atheist does make me "unChristian" -- so you got that call right!
As for being "unAmerican" -- I have never considered the idea of a person "ending up being arrested when he is accused of rape" as being "unAmerican."
Investigations take time and evidence is not always "perfect" (unlike people's TV inspired view of police work). It is the jury's job to determine the validity of each side's evidence. It is not your job to determine guilt or innocence based upon what the media reports. (I am assuming the media is your source of information on this case?)
The facts as I know them: A bunch of guys (it sounds to me like "jocks with an attitude" -- I've met the type before) have a drunken party with strippers. One of the strippers goes to authorities and says she has been raped. What do you want the prosecutor to do? Just ignore the accusation because the woman has a questionable background?
I have little sympathy for these "boys" -- just as I have minimal sympathy for the stripper if she was in fact raped -- but I am
very aware that the defendants' lawyers are the source of most of the accusations questioning the woman's character/story.
I have my doubts about
both sides' stories. And do not mind seeing these "boys" sweat while a thorough investigation is conducted. A little "rough justice" is not something I'm going to get "outraged" over in this case. There are plenty of other injustices that are far more deserving of my outrage.