SpokenTruth said:
I mean skeptical that a women is filing a false report. You should never be skeptical that a person is filing a false report. That doesn't mean you have to presume guilt on an a given attacker. That's separate and I completely agree with you 100%. Innocent until proven guilty. But we're not talking about the guilt of a given suspect, we're talking about a person filing a false report. Better stated, for all people that are shot and killed, is your default stance skepticism that the person was shot and killed? No, that would be ridiculous. The person is obviously shot and dead and it would take unusual circumstances for a person to appear shot and appear dead and yet not be either. The guilt of the robber, stabber and rapist is subject to the process of law and are innocent until guilty but you don't harbor initial doubt about the person being robbed or the person being stabbed....so why have doubts the person was raped?
Yeah, that IS victim blaming. You want to change the attitude and actions of the victims rather than the attitude and actions of the attackers. That's backwards and simply accepts rape, assaults and attacks as an inevitability that cannot be prevented. You'd rather teach your daughter to fear men than teach your son to respect women. How can you not see how misguided that is? |
Yes to the three questions about robbery and what not. You should at least make sure there's no holes in their story before you take their word for it 100%. If there's any holes, it should be investigated. It's rarely clear cut and people's lives will be affected by it. People lie and for a myriad of reasons including for nonsensical ones. Should we trust everone's word when it comes to car accidents or how about in cases of self-defense shootings?