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contestgamer on 05 October 2018
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Puppyroach said:
contestgamer said:

Like I said, in many of these cases:

1. It cant be investigated, due to statutes. So time IS relevant in those cases. If it cant be investigated, you're just lobbing accusations that cant be disproved, but do just as much damage as if it was proven.  It is unethical to come forward in such cases. Do it when it can be legally pursued, to be proven or disproved. 

2. Many of these women don't pursue an investigation. They just throw out accusations on social media or elsewhere and call it a day. The mans life is destroyed with zero proof.

1 You can still investigate, just not convict. And a victim doesn't take statue of limitations into consideration, they often times just want to put it behind them until something reminds them of what happened. Imagine this scenario: you were raped as a woman by a guy 30 years ago and the statue of limitations has passed. Now it turns out that the company at which you work is in the process of hiring the same guy that raped you 30 years ago. How do you deal with it?

 

2 I agree, many women throw out allegations in a way that actually also damage themselves and doesn't help the process. But that is a product of the society we live in, just look at how the President tweets all kinds of uncorraborated statements constantly. He too is a product of a society that doesn't teach us how to go about things resonsibly anymore. But I wouldn't count on Kavanaughs life being destroyed, he will be elected as a supreme Court judge and his friends and family won't punish him for this.

1. No idea, I havent been in that position. There's a reason though that the law is enforced by impartial third parties. If we let the victims dish out the law we'd be living in a terrible, eye for an eye society. As such even victims have to work within the law. In your hypothetical, how does the company and its employees know that the alleged victim isnt lying? An investigation 30 years later would have no chance of proving or disproving her allegations either way. She could simply accuse this person trying to get the job of rape and ruin his chances of getting that job. You know full well that in most cases that person will NOT be hired, regardless of whether it did or did not happen. And IF that person was hired, they would likely be ostracized by their coworkers. 

We can't have a society where people skirt the law and throw out accusations outside a court setting.

2. Trump should stop tweeting. I wouldnt use Trump as a barometer of whats right and wrong, because he's clearly a terrible role model. Regarding Kavanaugh, a large segment of the country will now forever consider him a rapist. A large portion of all future generations will now consider him a rapist just based on the accusations they'll read on wikipedia and elsewhere. His reputation has been severely damaged, regardless of whether he is confirmed or not.