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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:34 AM Original message |
Politically correct speech comes to the court room. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Here's the thing: |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. The Homicide Unit gets by without mentioning murder all the time.. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Perhaps homicide is less of a loaded term. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. The homicide unit goes to court all the time. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. A person who was raped is not a "witness" but a "victim" |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. All true things. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. No, but... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. True. I am sure, however, that the jury can be informed... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. True, but people have been known to bring false accusations against others |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. important nit to pick: ALLEGED victim, of an ALLEGED |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Agreed. eom |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. A person is charged with rape. So not to be able to use the word is ridiculous |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. Who put those judges on the bench? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. This totally makes sense to me. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. Hmm. Possibly in some cases, but not for people telling their own stories. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm so sick of the victim's rights movement I could puke |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. There needs to be a balance. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Victim's rights? Too bad... |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. libertarian much? |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Not libertarian, far right |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. lol libertarian. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The justice system is a public (i.e., community) function |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. No Libertarian here |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. What are you talking about... If someone mugs me there are two options |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Of course, nobody ever gets convicted by mistake |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
26. I've been asked why I never reported what happened to me. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
27. That's incorrect. |
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