In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Countless Sexual Assaults

Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou... by timthelion on Sunday November 19, 2017 @02:10PM (#15735342)

People keep on blaming women, asking "why didn't she come forward earlier". Simultaneously, many women HAVE gone to the police and the police have ignored them. Often times, cases where women came to the police and were ignored come to light only after many years. Don't you think that these maters should be solved in public so that at least it is publicly known that an accusation has been made?

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Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou... by giggles_giggles on Sunday November 19, 2017 @02:53PM (#15735583)

>Don't you think that these maters should be solved in public so that at least it is publicly known that an accusation has been made?

Ideally, no, it would be settled in courts so that unsubstantiated allegations wouldn't damage the reputations of any innocents accused.

What I would like to see in public is all of these cases the police are ignoring and those investigators brought to task, because they are presumably the root of the rot in the legal system which makes it such that the only perceivable route of justice is instead through the court of public opinion. I fail to understand why this isn't the primary political thrust of activists regarding this issue, seeing as that's the part of this equation addressable by public policy.

Loss of trust and faith in the legal system is deadly to a society.. with that restored, these women would have justice, the perpetrators would be in jail where they belong, and the critics who call "witch hunt" wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

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Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou... by runesoerensen on Sunday November 19, 2017 @03:05PM (#15735645)

These allegations are not unsubstantiated, as the article clearly shows.

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Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou... by Buttes on Sunday November 19, 2017 @05:07PM (#15736214)

Yeah he basically admitted it in a PGP signed message. Why are we debating his innocence?

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Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou... by giggles_giggles on Sunday November 19, 2017 @09:48PM (#15737405)

I was commenting on the topic generally and not on the specific case from the OP.

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Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou... by watwut on Sunday November 19, 2017 @03:48PM (#15735864)

There is no way to substantiated he said she said only two of us after party rape accusation. Especially not when accusers are not stereotype of modest lady. Just about the only way is if multiple events collect and the stories match - effectively becoming they said he said.

It would be cool if justice system could wave magical wand and know for sure what happened behind closed doors. They can't.

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Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou... by stale2002 on Sunday November 19, 2017 @03:22PM (#15735736)

> Loss of trust and faith in the legal system is deadly to a society.. with that restored, these women would have justice

Ok, but how about society fixes that first before they are allowed to say what ways women can or cannot have justice?

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Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou... by corndoge on Sunday November 19, 2017 @02:31PM (#15735473)

I didn't blame women, and no I don't. Innocent until proven guilty. Hate all you want after the verdict comes in and not before.

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Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou... by tptacek on Sunday November 19, 2017 @03:06PM (#15735649)

That's absolutely not how reputation works. Your logic is easily flipped onto its back: if they're lying, they're doing horrific damage to him. Why is he not suing?

We know why he's not suing, and that's why he's finished.

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