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Many of us have spent months listening to this trial, educating ourselves, following the threads.

You posted this earlier on this thread at #279:

And the "rape video" is animation which the US Supreme Court has ruled is not a crime.

On what do you base this assertion?

Why does Feldman argue in his closing that the rape videos are of real girls? Why does he tell the jury that the females in the videos are not under eighteen and therefore not illegal? Why would age enter into his argument if the videos were "only" animation?

From Feldman's closing argument:

THE SAME WITH THE MPEGS, FRANKLY. I'M SORRY, MY SLANG. THE RAPE VIDEOS THAT YOU ALL, ALL OF US HAD THE EXPERIENCE WITH. IF THOSE FEMALES ARE OVER 18, THERE'S NO CRIME. END OF DISCUSSION. GROSS, OKAY. DISGUSTING, OKAY. INAPPROPRIATE, OKAY. ENOUGH TO SHOCK YOU, OKAY. ENOUGH TO BIAS YOU, DEFINITELY. ENOUGH TO PREJUDICE YOU AGAINST MR. WESTERFIELD, ABSOLUTELY. THE PLAN. BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CONSIDER BIAS, PASSION OR PITY OR PREJUDICE. OBJECTIVELY, THOSE PICTURES DON'T DEPICT FEMALES UNDER THE AGE OF 18. PERIOD. LOOK. AND I'M NOT ENCOURAGING TO LOOK FOR ANY PURINE INTEREST OR ANY INTEREST. THAT'S BAD ENOUGH. BUT WHAT THEY DID WAS TAKE TWO OR THREE VIDEOS OUT OF THOUSANDS AND CLAIM THIS IS A TRUE AND ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF MR. WESTERFIELD.

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WAIT A MINUTE. IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOWNLOADS WE FOUND A VIDEO OR TWO OR FIVE OR TEN THAT MAYBE PROVE THE POINT. SO BY THAT LOGIC, ANY OF US WHO MAY POSSESS ANYTHING LIKE THAT ARE GOING TO GO OUT AND KILL CHILDREN. RIGHT? ISN'T THAT THE LOGIC?

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Also note, it is not "rape video" singular, it is "rape videos" plural. Two or five or ten per Mr. Feldman.

Thought you'd be interested in my post #1512 putting to rest the notion that the rape videos were animations.

Possibly before using that particular quote from me, you should have followed the whole situation I was replying to.

"THE RAPE VIDEOS THAT YOU ALL, ALL OF US HAD THE EXPERIENCE WITH. "

Thanks for the heads up. The defense knows exactly what they are cyn..that's why the defense did NOT deny it. The reporters who saw the videos stated little prepubescent girls were being raped from behind while being held down. They were screaming, and those of us who were listening on real audio heard the screams. Now whether the reporters were lying or not...I HOPE the jury will tell us what it was. We deserve to know.