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Michael Jackson Died, Guys
Candle:
--- Quote from: Alex C on 28 Jun 2009, 11:22 ---I think I care more about Billy Mays' untimely death than MJs.
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Cire27:
--- Quote from: KvP on 28 Jun 2009, 18:56 ---"False accusations of sexual violence are very rare..."
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Oh this is so untrue it almost hurts.
supersheep:
That is so wrong it hurts. In fact, it's that sort of attitude that is responsible for a LOT of the shit associated with poor treatment of abuse victims and low conviction rates.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: KvP on 28 Jun 2009, 18:56 ---Given his candor I don't believe he really intended to do harm but he may have done so simply by his inability to perceive the appropriateness of his actions
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It is also possible that he did little or no harm, but that harm has been created or increased by outside observers telling children they've been harmed. This area is, as we know well, a minefield.
Patrick:
Paul, that's one of the first things I saw in one of my sister's old uni textbooks on psychology. Fascinating read, and that story proved pretty conclusively that firsthand testimony is not always accurate.
Still, we don't have any idea what happened, and we never will. He was acquitted through the justice system and is therefore innocent of these specific allegations of abuse. Fallibility of testimony and the justice system as a whole is another topic that can be saved for another thread in another subforum.
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