Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou...
by runesoerensen on Sunday November 19, 2017 @04:55PM
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> perhaps this guy did indeed do it (personally, I don't care)
You might want to elaborate on this - it sounds like you don't care even if you think someone is a rapist, but I hope that's not your position? That's a really low bar.
Re:In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Cou...
by erikpukinskis on Sunday November 19, 2017 @06:29PM
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Acting on information is not the same as believing it. You can act on something while still maintaining the possibility the information is wrong. Even a 51% probability can be acted on to good effect sometimes.
Perhaps "convicted in court" is a too high of bar to you, but given the fact that people do lie about being sexually assaulted, perhaps the bar of "being accused means you did it" is a bit too low.
Ultimately it's up to each individual to decide the proper position of their bar, and perhaps this guy did indeed do it (personally, I don't care)... but the current trend of taking the accusers word as an actionable truth is troubling.