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Anyone daft enough to write manifestos about something as sensitive as the standards of proof for rape is grinding an axe to cause a reaction.
by bobdole1234 9y ago
Anyone daft enough to write manifestos about something as sensitive as the standards of proof for rape is grinding an axe to cause a reaction.
- DanBC 9y agoChed Evans is a UK football player convicted of rape and then found not guilty on appeal. There was a lot written about the case, particularly because the appeal relied on questioning the accuser about her sexual history. Some lawyers have written about the importance of protecting victims from abusive questioning, while also protecting alleged offenders from miscarriages of justice. Those barristers and solicitors aren't grinding axes, they're trying to educate an ignorant public. (In this case they had to correct the mistaken impression that "not guilty" is the same as "innocent".) (I upvoted your comment because I agree that people writing manifestos about rape tend to be grinding axes.)