Posted on 06/11/2006 5:01:09 PM PDT by joeclarke
If the Duke Stripper is Crystal Gail Mangum (yes, it sounds like a stirpper name) as indicated by much of the internet, I would like to apologize in advance for revealing her identity - again - only if her story(s) is true. But, there are so many accounts of this incident and they are all contradictory. See a bio, criminal record and pictures of the Duke accuser at http://www.dilby.com/duke-lacrosse-team-accuser.htm.
If you have not read the original accusations by the very tipsy Crystal on that fateful night, please, go to http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0329061duke4.html where she describes and names three men, three invasive inputs, in thirty minutes. (A lot of multiples of threes for the profilers to ponder)
If Ms. Mangum's accusations are false, she can join the many thousands other females who have been given credence by prosecutors, judges, children's services, lawyers, and ministers who have aided such women in wrecking their husband's/boyfriend's lives as well as: getting a Duke coach fired, forever ruining the reputation of the Duke lacrosse players and holding and entire city like Durham, North Carolina hostage to the results of affirmative action. Why else would the Durham prosecutor drag this thing out if he were not afraid of women and/or of minority gravitas?
Women have been given more than a "leg up" in the judicial system and the culture through such vehicles as the Violence Against Women Act and affirmative action. No, there is no such thing as a bad girl. Sugar and spice, etc.
The reality of the harm of the affirmative action boost is starting to kick in (and kick men) more than ever.
Why cannot the identity of these women who make mass accusations be revealed? "They would be afraid to testify," or other excuses are the normal response. So, in catering to the evidently weaker and fairer sex, society has taken advantage of our good intentions to promote "women and children first," in so many ways. Tawana Brawley with Al Sharpton's help was on the leading edge of this "always favor the woman concept," and it did nothing but ruin the lives of those falsely accused, even though it was good for Al Sharpton's' public relations image which the Democrats have been honoring ever since. False accusers should be dealt with harshly, even if they are girls and women.
In Akron, Ohio a college coed invited a man into her dorm, had relations with him, escorted him to the door and gave him a goodnight kiss. The next time she saw her temporary lover was in a courtroom, surrounded by lady judges and female prosecutors where he was sentenced to 10 years for raping her. His name is Nathaniel Lewis.
The judge refused to allow a diary into evidence in which the accuser, Ms Heaslet Beard[her name was revealed only after he had spent 5 years in the pen] had written how she was going to "pay back" the men who had taken advantage of her. Read all about it here http://www.truthinjustice.org/nathaniel-lewis.htm. After serving 5 years of the ten, and missing college and a possible football career, Ohio released Nathaniel, and paid him nearly a million dollars for his inconvenience.
THIS IS ALL TOO COMMON.
Another of the million similar stories involves a retarded woman [*IMG I probably should use the term "special needs," but just this past week in Akron a juvenile was arrested for stabbing his mother. The local juvy court is now considering how they can address his "special needs." If you have children who are placed in "special needs" classes, check to see if any of the classmates have been arrested for murder.] has cried rape up to 200 times - all without provocation. Nevertheless, the police arrest men without due cause, interrogate them and eventually let them go. Yet, this woman's veracity and record of lying is never questioned.
*IMG = I Must Digress
The Duke case is about race relations, but also about gender relations.
The rape charge is the ultimate nuclear option for women. And, we've all heard the stories of women who push that button.
Sadly for everyone, we'll soon reach a stage where rape charges aren't believed. Later on, we'll believe that there is no moral stigma in any sexual activity, and therefore the violent act of rape will be seen as simply an alternative sexual expression.
Good gosh, the State of California executed Caryl Chessman for demanding blow jobs from a series of women who he had stopped (sometimes with their boyfriends) using a red light on top his car.
I don't know how many of these cases involved actual sexual penetration, but I do know that in some of the testimony, he demanded of the victims, "Suck it".
Of course, Sick Willie Clintoon later made blow jobs not even a sexual act. Juanita Broadrick alleged that the then attorney general raped her, but that evidently wasn't a crime either.
So Caryl, Cell 2455 Death Row, maybe we can get Clintoon to apologize to you for what the State of California did.
Joe,
Have you talked with your therapist about your anger?
my feelings about this case are pretty clear, but I take issue with you on the "leg up"....men are roughly 50% of the population but still are in vast majorities in Congress,in the state houses and governorships, in the ranks of judges and police...
a woman is still a minority among those groups....
look at what happened to the 19 yro who accused Bryant.....the defense "slipped up" and stated her name three times in court.....you do know, don't you, that her family home was broken into and she herself was threatened to be killed.....I think two guys in separate cases were arrested.....
before you make sweeping statements about revealing victims or alledged victims name in the media, first think of your own dtr or your wife, or maybe niece....rape is still the ultimate humiliation for anyone, even men.....
"...before you make sweeping statements about revealing victims or alledged victims name in the media, first think of your own dtr or your wife, or maybe niece....rape is still the ultimate humiliation for anyone, even men....."
The same could be said for the accused also, right?
If she had accused Bryant of robbing her instead of raping her, she'd still have had to bear the brunt of angry Kobe fans.
I see no good reason to keep the name of any accuser private, except a minor.
It's humiliating to be robbed, too. Crime is a humiliating experience.
If you can't stand up and make your accusation in public, maybe you shouldn't make it?
The accused should be allowed to confront his accuser in an open court of law. That, BTW, is not a suggestion or a good idea; it's a Constitutionally protected right. Not that our govt gives a fig about the Constitution...
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