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'She didn't affirmatively say no': Silence means consent according to defense...(Steubenville rape)
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Posted on 03/12/2013 8:26:48 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Scotswife
Not to mention that the possible instigator, her former boyfriend and son of the local prosecutor(?)called the girl’s father to gloat about what happened to her.
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posted on
03/13/2013 12:32:53 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(Liberalism. Ideas so great they have to be mandatory.-FReeper Osage Orange)
To: Scotswife
No, there was only one black kid. The other one on trial is white.
142
posted on
03/13/2013 12:34:23 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(Liberalism. Ideas so great they have to be mandatory.-FReeper Osage Orange)
To: RetSignman
To: Politicalmom
To: BinaryBoy
145
posted on
03/13/2013 1:04:02 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(Liberalism. Ideas so great they have to be mandatory.-FReeper Osage Orange)
To: Darren McCarty
That is why those two need to start lifting weights. They'll have a new address soon. In Texas, we outlawed having weight lifting in prisons, to keep prisoners from leaving prison stronger than when they came in. We figured it's not fair to ordinary citizens for freshly released prisoners to be in better condition than the criminal class that would prey on them.
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posted on
03/13/2013 6:00:04 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
To: Darren McCarty; Admin Moderator
In Texas, we outlawed having weight lifting in prisons, to keep prisoners from leaving prison stronger than when they came in. We figured it's not fair to ordinary citizens for freshly released prisoners to be in better condition than the criminal class that would prey on them. I meant to say that in Texas we don't want the criminal class to be in better shape than ordinary law abiding citizens.
I sure wish it were possible to edit comments on Free Republic for 30 minutes to an hour after they are posted.
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posted on
03/13/2013 6:04:55 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
To: Scotswife
After leaving her unconscious in one persons yard - urinating on her - and continuing to party at one location (which is when that video was made) They loaded her up again (for the 2nd or 3rd time) and dumped her in her parents yard. You are willing to send boys to prison based on hearsay evidence just because its video taped?
Clearly they were mocking her without mercy, but apart from your desire to destroy them and protect her, I see no reason to take their hyperbole about raping her any more seriously than their hyperbole about her being "dead" when she manifestly was not.
To my knowledge, we have no first hand evidence of what transpired "in coitous," and apart from such evidence I don't see how a charge of rape can be sustained.
148
posted on
03/13/2013 6:23:47 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(It's only "hate" if you're conservative.)
To: stuartcr
Apparently she was punched quite a lot...too bad you dont seem capable of understanding that.Oh I'm quite capable of understanding: I just don't agree. But don't let that stand in the way of your "two minutes hate."
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posted on
03/13/2013 6:31:39 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(It's only "hate" if you're conservative.)
To: TalonDJ
If the guys had all been passed out drunk and some gay dudes came and bum raped them I doubt you would be defending them. You would be wrong if the guy intentionally went bar hopping, and perhaps wven flirting, with them knowing full well said gay dudes were looking to get "lucky."
Action causes responsibility. Inaction does not.
Tell that to your creditors when you haven't paid them. Perhaps "due diligence" is a foreign concept to you?
150
posted on
03/13/2013 6:47:44 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(It's only "hate" if you're conservative.)
To: Lakeshark
That might just be your dumbest response in a series of really stupid posts. You ignored them because you couldn't answer them. Not giving the answer you want is not a lack of ability to answer.
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posted on
03/13/2013 6:54:08 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(It's only "hate" if you're conservative.)
To: WXRGina
This is about a young girl who was passed-out drunk who was brutalized by a group of human animals. Of course her young, dumb mind made a very bad choice to drink like she did in the company of losers, but that does not make it legal for a group of punks to gang rape her. Assuming the thing you're trying to prove is "circular reasoning" by definition.
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posted on
03/13/2013 6:59:53 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(It's only "hate" if you're conservative.)
To: RetSignman
You are assuming she was totally unresponsive for the entire ordeal.
Has that been established?
Bear in mind, even a momentary smile could be construed as “consent” in some circumstances.
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posted on
03/13/2013 7:04:49 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(It's only "hate" if you're conservative.)
To: JimRed
If I have too much to drink, leave my car at the pub and walk home and get mugged on the way, was I a non-victim too? You are if you took great pains to associate with the muggers, practiced deception to facilitate the association, and perhaps even provoked said muggers through word or deed.
154
posted on
03/13/2013 7:09:46 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(It's only "hate" if you're conservative.)
To: Nifster
I hope you have no children Then who will your children work for?
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posted on
03/13/2013 7:11:33 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(It's only "hate" if you're conservative.)
To: papertyger
I’m not trying to “prove” anything. You can over-think these things, you know...
156
posted on
03/13/2013 7:17:51 PM PDT
by
WXRGina
(The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
To: WXRGina
Im not trying to prove anything. You can over-think these things, you know... No, you can't, but thanks for acknowledging your approach to the question.
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posted on
03/13/2013 7:22:36 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(It's only "hate" if you're conservative.)
To: papertyger
My children are very successful in their own right and wouldn’t work for the likes of yours. I know you think you are clever but boorish is not the same as clever
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posted on
03/13/2013 8:31:55 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: papertyger
Actually, yes you can. You can be stupidly wedded to a position that you did not arrive at by means of being on the scene and witnessing first-hand what the hell happened, or you can be like others, who say if it was rape, the boys should be punished; if it was not rape, the boys should be found “not guilty.”
Yes, you really CAN over-think these things.
Goodnight.
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posted on
03/13/2013 8:36:56 PM PDT
by
WXRGina
(The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Nifster
I know you think you are clever but boorish is not the same as clever Because your adolescent antipathy is a so much more nuanced approach.....
What do you plan to spring on me next? "I know you are, but what am I?"
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posted on
03/13/2013 8:49:40 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(It's only "hate" if you're conservative.)
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