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Re:Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka, creator of Somethingawful, has died by notahacker on Thursday November 11, 2021 @08:51AM (#29187794)
The principle that the standard of evidence for the state to deprive somebody of their liberty should be high /= it being epistemically sound to assume the person issuing denials is the most likely person to be telling the truth.

And as far as concrete responses go, I would think it extremely unjust to lock up somebody purely based on anecdotes about creepy behaviour towards kids. But I also wouldn't hire him as a babysitter or a television presenter.

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Re:Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka, creator of Somethingawful, has died by unbalancedevh on Thursday November 11, 2021 @09:39AM (#29188251)
When false accusations/anecdotes result in someone being socially ostracized, it is still an injustice that can severely affect the person.

I don't really think there's a prescriptive solution to this, but I hope society improves on it. Reality is what it is.

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Re:Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka, creator of Somethingawful, has died by notahacker on Thursday November 11, 2021 @10:02AM (#29188536)
Oh, I agree with that (and likewise not being believed can severely affect a person whose accusations are true, and often also involves ostracism). Ultimately I think society improves when the crime is genuinely rare, which has the side effect of innocent people being less likely to be accused, but there isn't an easy answer to that either.
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