Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t...
by pjc50 on Friday March 23, 2018 @08:09AM
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The idea that there's a recurring massive problem of false convictions for rape is bizarre. In most countries it's extremely difficult to get alleged rape prosecuted in the first place and the conviction rate is low. I'm not going to dispute that it might have happened in some cases but it's a comparatively rare problem.
(Also, I'm going to assume you're not a native English speaker - the contrasting group nouns should be "men" and "women" not "males" and "girls")
Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t...
by syshum on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:38AM
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>The idea that there's a recurring massive problem of false convictions for rape is bizarre
You are talking convictions, the OP seems to be talking Accusations and where the latest trend is to gain a conviction in the court of public opinion and to inflict punishment outside of a judicial system
Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t...
by mLuby on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:17AM
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This parenthetical is an odd leap. Perhaps it was meant to suggest that the author (who is certainly fluent in, if not a native speaker of, English) shouldn't use the word girls to refer to women?
Reasoning recursively: To dismiss males’ testimonials, you’d need to take girls’ words at face value, which, in itself, demonstrates that girls’ words are taken at face value by a lot of people in society, hence the recurring massive problem of false convictions.