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Rush to judgment at Duke
orlandosentinel ^ | April 16, 2006 | Kathleen Parker

Posted on 04/16/2006 12:41:53 PM PDT by ncountylee

'We don't know all the facts about the alleged Duke lacrosse rape, but . . ."

That's more or less how most commentators have introduced their remarks on the case that has reduced the Durham, N.C., community to prayers, tears and recriminations.

Let me interpret the code for you: Men are bad.

Even though we don't know what happened, we're not going to let the absence of facts interfere with our indictment of a team, a coach, a school, but more to the point -- of boys.

About the only thing to emerge with any clarity since a black exotic dancer claimed that three white lacrosse players raped her last month is our willingness to believe the worst about males.

That belief is all the more rewarding if the males happen to be white, as well as athletes, and especially if they're perceived to be privileged. If there's one thing we can't bear in this country, it's spoiled white boys who think the world owes them a good time.

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While we wait to hear what the grand jury decides, we might turn our harsh judgment inward and recognize that the anti-male groupthink that permitted a presumption of guilt in Durham is little different than the lynch-mob mentality that once channeled rage against blacks.

Obviously, no woman deserves to be raped for any reason, under any circumstances. But nor do men deserve to be presumed guilty just because they're men.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: duke; dukelax; dukeu; kathleenparker
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To: SauronOfMordor
As the father of a teenage daughter

I got one of those, too.

201 posted on 04/17/2006 7:43:25 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard
I got one of those, too.

Does dealing with them wear you out too?

202 posted on 04/17/2006 7:47:34 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A planned society is most appealing to those with the hubris to think they will be the planners)
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To: gaijin; billorites

it's also the national sport of Canada.


203 posted on 04/17/2006 8:46:04 AM PDT by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: SauronOfMordor

The truth such women live are a function of the manipulation and cruelties (both physical and psychological) their pimps inflict on them, up to an including threatening their families. Many of them live in fear.


204 posted on 04/18/2006 2:24:05 AM PDT by Jezebelle
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To: billorites; gaijin

I did some checking. YOU are right. It's believed to have originated with the Indians and travelled to England through the colonies which went back to England.


205 posted on 04/19/2006 7:31:49 AM PDT by Alia
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