Comments on: Gangrape Rewarded http://www.petsgardenblog.com/2005/12/04/gangrape-rewarded/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:47:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: pet http://www.petsgardenblog.com/2005/12/04/gangrape-rewarded/#comment-151 pet Thu, 08 Dec 2005 09:10:57 +0000 http://www.petsgardenblog.com/2005/12/04/gangrape-rewarded/#comment-151 I am more concerned that a young woman has been branded a liar, and convicted of filing false charges. Rape is a crime, and for what ever reason the young woman chose to wait to report it is really not the issue. For a judge to convict her based in part on not acting traumatized is bull excrement. I think the blogging community needs to seriously consider helping with a appeal if that be monetarily fine, or simply to generate publicity that this is a wrong message. Sad that in all this these, families will be so damaged. I am more concerned that a young woman has been branded a liar, and convicted of filing false charges.
Rape is a crime, and for what ever reason the young woman chose to wait to report it is really not the issue. For a judge to convict her based in part on not acting traumatized is bull excrement.
I think the blogging community needs to seriously consider helping with a appeal if that be monetarily fine, or simply to generate publicity that this is a wrong message.
Sad that in all this these, families will be so damaged.

]]> By: Alex http://www.petsgardenblog.com/2005/12/04/gangrape-rewarded/#comment-149 Alex Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:37:33 +0000 http://www.petsgardenblog.com/2005/12/04/gangrape-rewarded/#comment-149 I don't know that I'd touch this one with a ten foot pole. The guy (Mr. Hayden) who started this hubbub now admits that he's a close personal friend of the girl he is championing. It all seems a little fishy to me. Not that the other side of the case presents a solid defense, either. I just don't see the blogging community rallying around the boys - but that's normally the case when these kinds of accusations are made. It doesn't really matter if the boys are innocent; they're now branded rapists for the rest of their lives. Funny that there's no physical evidence, though. Rape is often quite easy to prove if reported immediately. I maintain that it's all very fishy on both fronts. However, the distinction between an 18 year old male being a man and a 17 year old female being a girl is beyond legalist-pedantic. I'd say all four of them are children. I don’t know that I’d touch this one with a ten foot pole. The guy (Mr. Hayden) who started this hubbub now admits that he’s a close personal friend of the girl he is championing. It all seems a little fishy to me.

Not that the other side of the case presents a solid defense, either. I just don’t see the blogging community rallying around the boys - but that’s normally the case when these kinds of accusations are made. It doesn’t really matter if the boys are innocent; they’re now branded rapists for the rest of their lives.

Funny that there’s no physical evidence, though. Rape is often quite easy to prove if reported immediately.

I maintain that it’s all very fishy on both fronts. However, the distinction between an 18 year old male being a man and a 17 year old female being a girl is beyond legalist-pedantic. I’d say all four of them are children.

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