Posted on 01/03/2007 10:57:18 AM PST by abb
Uh, no, from the beginning of this, my commentary has ONLY been about "restoring their reputations."
I'm sorry if that has been anything less than abundantly clear.
>>But, if not for the fact that these nice young gentlemen hired a stripper (dog) to bump and grind for their lovely little party, NONE of the damage (fleas) would have occurred.<<
This is truly a stupid comment. If they hadn't gotten out of bed that day, this wouldn't have happened either.
They engaged the services of someone offering those services. Was it tasteful? No. Was it responsible? No, but I'll leave the judgement of that to their coach and parents. Where in the world do you get that engaging in immature, silly, and even stupid, behavior puts someone on the hook for malicious prosecution, defamation, false arrest, etc?
Getting arrested for rape isn't even a remotely foreseeable consequence of hiring a stripper. Getting yelled at or suspended by the coach is, and if that were the case, you might have a point. But here, your idea is ludicrous.
So, in the end, what damage has been done to the young men's reputations? They're not rapists. Maybe their reputation will be that of "whoremonger" for a few years. Big whoop.
It's a pretty big whoop when someone gets kicked out of college, death threats received, the team and sport for which you've trained for years is disbanded and your parents are forced to spend gobs of money.
But hey, big whoop.
Too bad. If he's disbarred, can he be removed from office?
Aint you the sanctimonious one!! The next time your'e caught speeding on the highway maybe they can arrest you for a hit and run 20 miles back and if you werent there you can tell it to the judge in 15 months. Oh, and if you dont want to get arrested for causing an accident then stay off the road a-hole!
Why don't you just whoop it over to DU? They' love ya there....maybe swap stories about how they too lay down w/dogs and look where they are now...at DU.
To imply that because some students hired a stripper, 3 of them should expect to be publicly charged with rape by a corrupt prosecutor, have their names dragged through the mud and face a peecee lynching that could have literally destroyed their lives is extraordinarly callous.
The only reason they should return to Duke is to serve their summonses on the President of the University, Blohard or whatever his name is.
Am I to understand that you believe it's unjust for a young man to suffer some damage to his reputation for hiring a stripper?
Becausethis is importantthat's ALL my comments have been about; if you follow my posts in this thread, you'll see that. Someone asked, "When do they get their reputations reinstated?"
Every time I see someone shedding any tears about these boys' "reputations," I respond consistently. Actions carry consequences. If they come away as reputed whoremongers, where's the injustice?
"Didn't it have the idea that if Finnerty transfers he'll have the new campus immediately peg him as that "Duke Rape Kid" and have to set about clearing his name again on that campus. "
He will have that problem everywhere for years and possibly for the rest of his life. Rape charges, whether false or true, haunt the exhonerated for the rest of their lives. This kid will always be known as the "Duke rape kid" and will always be subject to comments and glances and doubt. Its a damn shame what this DA has done to these three boys. Things can never go back to the way they were before the charges.
Er... "suffer some damage"
You're kidding right?
didn't one leave before the stripper even took off her clothes? im not positive but if so he shouldn't even have a reputation of whoremonger.
Man I'm going back to the Talk Left board, the trolls are smarter there. LOL
I see. Anyone who has attended a strip show deserves the same reputation as a brutal rapist. So no harm done here.
By the way, how are things up there on planet Head Up Your Ass nowadays?
You are absolutely correct but he will not have to explain himself on the Duke campus like he would on some other campus. Everyone at Duke will know the whole story of how he got screwed over and except for the idiot leftists I think most of the students will be sympathetic to him. That would not be the case elsewhere.
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