Alleged Rape of NCCU Student: (Duke Scandal)

[mccoyred]

Originally posted by Rain Man
That's besides the point.

The point is, was this the case in this matter or was it a matter of crying wolf "because it worked once before"?

It didn't 'work' once before. She accused someone of an alleged rape but did not pursue the case; no one was charged or convicted.

Reading is fundamental!!!

[Rain Man]

Originally posted by mccoyred
It didn't 'work' once before. She accused someone of an alleged rape...

If the police believed her story and took down a report, then in essence it did work.

Again, this begs the question: Is this victim for real this time around, or is she just being an attention whore smiting people at random?

[mccoyred]

Originally posted by Rain Man
If the police believed her story and took down a report, then in essence it did work.

Again, this begs the question: Is this victim for real this time around, or is she just being an attention whore smiting people at random?

You are hopeless. I give up.

[Rain Man]

Originally posted by mccoyred
You are hopeless. I give up.

Thank you.

*sighs*

Finally......

[teena]

Originally posted by Rain Man
Thank you.

*sighs*

Finally......

RM,

I would really like you to give me the names and addressed of the people/women who have influenced you to think the way you do. I would like to 'smite' them. You are cool with me. But your natural suspicousness of women makes me sad. I know that there are truly evil people who lie and hurt others for their own personal gain. But for the sake of that one person who isnt lying, it is well worth it to withhold judgement, IMHO.

[Rain Man]

Originally posted by teena
RM,

I would really like you to give me the names and addressed of the people/women who have influenced you to think the way you do. I would like to 'smite' them. You are cool with me. But your natural suspicousness of women makes me sad. I know that there are truly evil people who lie and hurt others for their own personal gain. But for the sake of that one person who isnt lying, it is well worth it to withhold judgement, IMHO.

Teena, that point touched my heart. No really, it did.

It touched my heart to the point that I am contemplating leaving the online sources that influenced my thinking in the first place. While it did enlighten me in some respects, it also made me a little jaded, which IMHO isn't good.

[hijack]ETA: Here is the catalyst that started it all:

No Marriage.com [/hijack]

Anyhow, you gave me something to reflect on as I go to bed tonight.

I'll talk to you later.

RM

[Gods Ivy]

Reading is fundamental!!! [/B][/QUOTE]

Yes it is. I am glad you brought that up. It's funny how folks can past judgement on someone based on their history alone. God has a way of bringing clarity to the blind, in due time.

[Rain Man]

Originally posted by Gods Ivy
Reading is fundamental!!!

Originally posted by Gods Ivy

Yes it is. I am glad you brought that up. It's funny how folks can past judgement on someone based on their history alone. God has a way of bringing clarity to the blind, in due time.

Let's get one thing straight right here and now:

No one here (AFAIK) is passing judgment on anybody. Just because someone raises a possibility that the case isn't as cut-and-dried as it appears doesn't mean that they are passing judgment.

As a former auditor, my job required me to exhibit an attitude of professional skeptism, meaning that while I didn't assume that the client was inherently lying about their financial statement assertions, I also didn't assume that their assertions were as good as gold either.

All I have been doing throughout all this was asking questions and raising a possibility that there might be more to this story than what is being presented to us by the media. That has been agreed upon by more than a few participants' posts here. Just because I take the plunge and say that it's possible (not probable, mind you, but possible) that this victim might not be fully telling the truth, you say that I'm passing judgment? C'mon now, do better.

Skepticism is not the same as passing judgment.

[Gods Ivy]

Again, this begs the question: Is this victim for real this time around, or is she just being an attention whore smiting people at random? [/B][/QUOTE]

Attention Whore sounds like judgment and not sarcasm Rain Man. Maybe I am reading things wrong.

[Rain Man]

Originally posted by Gods Ivy
Attention Whore sounds like judgment and not sarcasm Rain Man. Maybe I am reading things wrong.

I prefaced that with: "Is this victim for real this time around, or...", thereby raising the possibility that she could very well be telling the truth as well as the possibility that she could very well indeed be an attention whore.

Again, the key is possibility, not probability that either factor is a valid one.

[Gods Ivy]

Originally posted by Rain Man
I prefaced that with: "Is this victim for real this time around, or...", thereby raising the possibility that she could very well be telling the truth as well as the possibility that she could very well indeed be an attention whore.

Again, the key is possibility, not probability.

Again sounds like judgment. That's my opinion and we are all entitled to one.

[Rain Man]

Originally posted by Gods Ivy
Again sounds like judgment. That's my opinion and we are all entitled to one.

Just remember that the next time an honest man tries to sell you something and you are a little skeptical because it is possible that it could be a scam, you are by your own definition passing judgment on that honest salesman actually being a scam artist/con man.

[Gods Ivy]

Originally posted by Rain Man
Just remember that the next time an honest man tries to sell you something and you are a little skeptical because it is possible that it could be a scam, you are by your own definition passing judgment on that honest salesman actually being a scam artist/con man.

I will keep that in mind, won't call him a whore though. And to clear things up, it’s ok to be skeptical but when you place a term on that skepticism, like whore, its judgment.

[Gods Ivy]

More on Duke Response

The response was too slow. See the above article.

[Gods Ivy]

See more information. Duke response was based on police speculation. updates