Don't Let Dominique Strauss Kahn Become the Victim

[dynasaw]

"The news of Strauss-Kahn's arrest in New York for allegedly assaulting a housekeeper of the Sofitel hotel where he was staying prompted astonishment: how could this successful politician take the risk of committing an offence that could lead, in the US, to 30 years behind bars? Conversely, if this was actually a political conspiracy, what would the motive be? Friends and allies were certainly quick to rush to his defence: Bernard-Henri Lévy vouched for his good character in the Daily Beast and Robert Badinter (husband of French feminist personality Élisabeth Badinter) ferociously insisted that he had been unfairly and deliberately "destroyed before any trial" on French radio. Either way, the spotlight focuses on the ruined politician, and not his alleged victim. . .DSK's behaviour toward women is talked about as if it wasn't harassment, but a game of seduction. And if we finally start talking about his alleged victim, it's to describe her as a honey trap.

In this country, (France as well as in the U.S.) it seems that the shame of sexual assault is still squarely placed upon, and carried by, the victims. It is akin to those families where incest is kept silent for fear of reprisal or to preserve the family, while the victim is scarred for life and asked to suffer in silence. It is a means of preserving a social equilibrium dictated by the powerful."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/17/dominique-strauss-kahn-french-media

[Distant Observer]

1. Perversity in US Justice is what MAKES DSK LOOK THE VICTIM. Treated as mass murderer not PERVERT

The charged crime indicates a morally insensitive and perverted old man grasping at a fantasy and failing miserably. The vehemence of police action, the exaggerations, the prosecution and the judges refusal to give bail suggests biased persecution based on an unhinged legal system.

A crime is reasonably charged. But far more serious crimes are being committed in most of those Wall Street high rises that effectively rape the defenseless, ravage nations and pervert our economic system. These are real crimes that the Justice system could pursue. BUT IT DOES NOT. Rather chase ganga smokers and ass-grabbing perverts that need to be thrown in jail.

[seabeyond]

2. are you fuckin serious. it is ASSAULT. not "insensitive". damn

i am glad you can dismiss assault as a mere insensitivity. you have never been raped, have you?

[Distant Observer]

4. DON'T DISMISS. Charge appropriately and convict the bastard. Don't make him the victim by phony

stories that exaggerate and confuse the crime.

[seabeyond]

5. These are real crimes that the Justice system

sounds to me like you dont see this as a real crime. i see assault on a woman as a real crime. and they threw his ass in jail because he could get out of country and france protects their rapists. i am not seeing where the issue is

[Distant Observer]

6. A REAL CRIME IS CHARGED. But dissproportionate actions and media exaggerations make him

look a victim of US media and justice system bias.

A FLIGHT RISK SO NO BAIL? BRUTAL RAPE? FLEEING? None of this seems real based on the facts so far.

[seabeyond]

7. oh, bullshit. nt

[Gold Metal Flake]

8. seabeyond, you are outmatched here. Can't you see the capital letters?

All caps = win. Them's the rules on the Internets.

[seabeyond]

9. lmfao. lol. another poster pointed out to same post ADDRESSING ME

in another thread.

lol

i think i learned something from you two and

I AM NOT DOING IT ANYMORE. LOL.

[blondeatlast]

11. "Flight risk" routinely means no bail; and his status makes him even more of a risk.

Try and step back from emotion here.

[seabeyond]

excellent article. people knew about this man and ignored or joked. now people excuse as personal

life, stay out of it

VIOLENCE. what this man did was assault.

[sufrommich]

3. B-but how could he do something so terrible, he's a socialist! nt

[dynasaw]

10. He's a Man who Has Lost All Sense of Reality

Like many powerful people he's someone who is deluded to the point of thinking nothing can touch him.
Conservative or socialist--the deluded straddle both sides of the aisle. Clinton and Edwards, Gingrich, or DSK political
affiliations don't enter into male vanity.