My interest in this debacle is more of a scientific one. It'll be interesting to see just exactly how far this Dim prosecutor lets himself be jerked along by the race hustlers in order for him to appear 'fair'.
I feel sorry for the accused here, I really really do. But I've got to tell you I think these kids should have been just a touch smarter than they were.
Now I'm not condoning the obvious prosecutorial farce here, but if those kids had followed my mothers "nothing good ever happens after midnight" maxim along with Lurkers Rule Of Life #47 "Don't hire Hookers. They're never as cute as they are on TV and there's no such thing as one with a heart of gold." they wouldn't be in this mess.
Once again, I'm certainly not condoning the behavior of this Nifong dipstick. He's a pandering charlatan who's going to get his head handed to him if he actually takes this thing to trial. But let's face it. Them hiring 'exotic dancers' as entertainment for a college dorm was pretty fricking stupid. Not to mention it's just plain gross.
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No doubt about it, they brought it on themselves, in one way.
But, really, who would have ever thought it would turn into this?
I saw Wade Smith on TV today; that guy does not play -- he's going to tear Nifong apart -- and the accuser, too.
And I seriously doubt Bob Bennett is in Durham for the Rice Diet!
BTW, Tucker doesn't wear the bow tie anymore. He gave it up. Maybe you can watch now?
And I'm not even going to ask you what happened to you that compelled you to draw up Rule #47! :-)
Well I think the players or rather their parent brought it on themselves in a way too. They sent their kids to a place where a significant fraction of the community hates their kid for the kid's race and sex and that fraction of the Duke community carries a weight probably greater than their numbers.
Sure hiring strippers is not in my [male] view as good a use of time as reading FR. But then again I am long make that decades past 20.
But sending your kid off to a place where many hate them for their race and sex is not in my view a good decision either.
In the pecking order of dancer-stripper-prostitutes, the one who comes at midnight with another dancer to "put on a show" is more likely also a prostitute who expects to sell extra services upon arriving. These are not "pretty women." They're hardnosed, mean, cynical, and sometimes dangerous women who typically scheme and drug for a living.
There isn't anything about this case that suggests she was raped at the Duke house, except her word and an exam that may or may not bear up to cross-examination.
Agree with all of that in a vague sort of way, except about Tucker.
He hasn't worn the tie for a long time.
But I liked the tie, anyway.
..Thank goodness the stupid things I did...(& I suspect you and a lot of other people on this forum)....during our college years, didn't get us on the front page of the nation's newspapers and the threat of prison!!
Stupid is stupid....but life's lessons should be a learning tool....not a prison sentence.
Our society is turned upside down and inside out!!