So What Happens Now?

[James]

Passionate debate.

Ok this is my problem with this situation:

Initially we have a woman that comes forward claiming to be raped by three men at a party with 40 plus lacrosse guys.

Thats fine.

But the DA went public with the allegations making some very strong claims. That she was definitely raped, that the DNA was going prove it and that the lacrosse players were not cooperating.

Here is the problem, she is accusing three of the team members but everyone is getting punished. In fact, by not charging the three she picked out they are basically trying all 40 plus of them in the media.

Duke University has cancelled their entire season based on the allegations against three members. Their coach resigned based on the allegations against three members.

And in the eyes of the rest of the world, it seems like all 40 plus of them are potentially guilty of rape . . . because of the allegations against three members.

As far as the rest of the team not cooperating, from my understanding a few of them made statements and then sought the advice of a lawyer. As they should. In any legal matter you should always sek the advice of an attourney. Thats just common sense. They shouldn't be blamed for it.

A tribute to how effective media campaigns are in convicting people can be see on greekchat. You would think that everyone here would be backing off a little and saying, "what if these guys are innocent?" Especially as new physical evidence comes out.

And yet many people are still devoted to her position in a way that defies rationality.

Was she raped? I have no way of knowing. But neither do any of you, so maybe we should all hedge our bets a little bit and start logically considering the physical evidence rather than respond emotionally.

Could she have lied about what took place? Sure, why not? Why would she lie? I don't know. But we have exonerated a number of people that spent decades in jail for rape . . . maybe we should ask the women why they falsely accused them.