Chinese athlete accuses former top Communist Party official of sexual assault

Re:Chinese athlete accuses former top Communist Party offici... by secondaryacct on Thursday November 04, 2021 @06:41AM (#29105424)

I disagree. Yes the law is the law and he should not have raped her, but she also should have had the moral fortitude not to then get into an affair with him.

The guy checks all the boxes, and will have to be punished, but giving the appearance of a scorned mistress doesn't help her convince something so wrong happened a decade ago.

But, no need to be perfect to he heard, and she'll have to have her chance.

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Re:Chinese athlete accuses former top Communist Party offici... by krageon on Thursday November 04, 2021 @07:01AM (#29105562)

> she also should have had the moral fortitude not to then get into an affair with him.

> giving the appearance of a scorned mistress doesn't help her convince

Given that we are certain both of those things can exist together, the case must at least be investigated. People should not have to be punished (or disbelieved) for being what they are: imperfect beings.

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Re:Chinese athlete accuses former top Communist Party offici... by posterboy on Thursday November 04, 2021 @11:09AM (#29108137)

GP:

> "Is it normal?" just sounds like you saying "it isn't normal, she did something bad", almost putting the guilt on her.

You:

> I disagree.

Also you:

> she also should have had the moral fortitude not to ...

This seems to be a contradiction, unless you disagree on some metalevel, disagreeing with the course of events in general.

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