Tension high in Duke caseN.C. stripper hides as TV shows pics

nydailynews.com ^ | April 20, 2006 | TAMER EL-GHOBASHY and DAVE GOLDINER

[Coldwater Creek]

My sons are grown, one with a daughter that is graduating from college in a couple of weeks.

[mlc9852]

I doubt any of us think our kids are perfect. That was a mean thing to say.

[maggief]

No Susan was dead serious.

Guess it was a "formal" gang rape.

[sissyjane]

The POINT is---A "pure young man" as you put it can be falsely accused as well....and as far as I know there aren't any pure men or women for that matter.

Go back to sticking your head in the sand now.

[Peach]

Now you're putting words in my mouth that I didn't say. If that's how you have to make your point, it can't be a very good point.

Metrosexuals and feminazis do that a lot to get their bogus points across.

[investigateworld]

>>I'm so glad you think your kid is perfect. Catch up with us in 10 years.<<

Perfect!

[Singermom]

She seems to know to go right to the Sheriff's office if she is not getting her way.

[mystery-ak]

Has the DA looked in the trash can for that shoe...that's where I would have put it...

[mlc9852]

Of course anyone can accuse anyone of anything. I think our point is to not knowingly put yourself in a position where it is this easy.

[Peach]

I've heard one of the talking heads talking saying he had a client who was a minister and had false charges of rape made against them. I guess in the Holier than thou's world he MUST have done something wrong. Something.

[schooter]

I hope they take some lessons with them. That it's not wise to bring people who live on the fringes of legality into any area of your life. That it's not wise to trust the media. That the left is not good for them personally or the country as a whole (the Duke admin sold them out wholesale). I hope they notice that there are many good people standing up for them, both on campus and off (like here!).

And I'll bet most of the fathers are saying "There but the grace of God go I."

As are many of us. Including me.

[Peach]

And they waited 4 weeks to go looking for that shoe. That tells me a lot.

[maggief]

This is becoming a "Cinderella" story. LOL

[sissyjane]

Oh my--you're going to be called nasty. Just like me LOL!!

See post 520.

[Coldwater Creek]

I do understand what you are saying, but I doubt that the fellow that you described got drunk and set himself up.

For Heaven's sake Tucker Carlson was accused of rape by a viewer that he had never even heard of, much less seen or talked to.

I am not stupid.

[Peach]

It was mean to say I'm glad she thinks her son is perfect? OMG. Your threshold is set a little lower than most people's.

[Enterprise]

I would tell Sean what you have said, and that there aren't any perfect people here. However, this case involves something far more serious than name calling. There are two very serious things in play:

1. An allegation of forcible rape and kidnap.

2. A denial of the allegation, and an assertion that the allegation is a lie, and that the lie may cause innocent people to spend time in prison.

Name calling in this situation does not rise to anywhere near the seriousness of what is happening. Sean should concentrate on justice, not name calling. And I wonder, did either stripper call the boys honkies or mother effers? Just curious.

[Locomotive Breath]

I think LB's looking for a new charge of "criminal stupidity." Which keeping the stripper's shoe for 4 weeks would be, except how would he get rid of it? Remember Gary Condit and the watch? There's no way to get rid of it without making yourself look guilty.

You're right. My point was "criminal stupidity".

He could put it with Saddam's WMDs. It'll be there but never be be found and everyone will blame Bush.

Actually, he could have put it in any trash can along the street. How about in neighbor Bissey's trash? After carefully removing his finger prints of course. A.K.A. hide it in plain sight. Even if found, everyone would just assume it got picked up up in the yard and thrown away by someone/anyone.

[maggief]

Well, they just search Finnerty's dorm looking for his computer ... after he's charged, and left town.

What do they need the shoe for?

[mlc9852]

I'm on the players' side here as far as the rape charges. However, they displayed very poor judgment for Duke college guys. Hope they can get some of their tuition back because they obviously haven't learned much at Duke.

But I am at a loss for how people can defend underage guys drinking and hiring strippers. It's sad that our culture has sunk so low.