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On October 27 2010 16:54 Dooba wrote:
While i completely agree with the girl and her reasoning, i fail to see why the fuck this should get any attention at all. Alright, you got kicked out of the cheer leading team. The school is an asshole. Nothing really bad happened to you this time, nothing life changing (like rape definitely is). So just go on with your life... Not like cheer leading is going to make you a living.
No reason for the media to blow this thing out of proportion. My 2 cents.
ThisOn October 27 2010 16:56 CurLy[] wrote:
Yeah that lawsuit had no grounds and was correct.
It is pretty ridiculous that the kid wasn't expelled from school though, and even more so that he was allowed back on the team. He better be the next lebron james or something is real messed up
And this.
No one seems to understand what freedom of speech actually means.
You don't have a right to be part of a school's cheerleading team. No one is violating your rights by kicking you out of a cheerleading team for any reason.
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With this type of publicism the administration will probably be knocked hard.
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As liberal as I am with regards to punishment, I still don't see how you can rape someone and not do time, let alone return to the school at which your victim is a student.
Messed up, just messed up. Hopefully this media attention will help justice be served.
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The thing is, while cheerleading and homecoming arent the most important things in the world, its the fact that she has to make accomodations and changes to her life, while her assaulter can just keep on living his life like nothing ever happened. The victim gets the social punishment here, not the assailant which is mind boggling and just retarded.
Unfortunately a very common thing even here in Sweden, we hear reports atleast once a month about bullies doing very extreme things borderline assault and the reprecusions for the bullies are 0 while the victim has to move, change school etc. The bottom line is the victim is getting 0 support while the assailant seems to get all the rights of the law, while it should be the other way around.
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Why the hell is that kid still on the team? Criminals don't belong on sports teams, especially high school teams.
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as sad as this is the headline made me laugh, like c'mon, just read it out loud, it's more ridiculous then upsetting.
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That's 'MERICA right there for you
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What does it take for him to be put on the sex offender registry?
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Wow, this is a HS kid as well... I fail to see how he has managed to get out of so much trouble without any jail time. This must be one of those towns that rely on their sport teams for so much... Where the players can do whatever they want and experience no consequences.
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On October 27 2010 22:48 Rawenkeke wrote:
That's 'MERICA right there for you
Basicly the same thing happened in Sweden but there it was a graduation at a church were the rapist were saluted, whilst the girl had to move because the whole community supported the rapist (despite him being convicted twice (tingsrätt and hovrätt) for child rape, they thought he was innocent). And after the event he raped another girl.
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Shitty decision, but its the right one by law and so it had to be enforced. Also, I don't think it is in the girls best interest to attend the same events of her rapist. That's just not healthy. She shouldn't have put herself in that situation because now she has a constant reminder of what happened (she would mentally attach not being on the cheerleading squad to her rapist). If she was really passionate about cheerleading, this can be pretty damaging to her self-esteem
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So much derp in this thread. He was charged with Class A assault. Unfortunately, they were unable to prove he raped her (STOP ASSUMING HE DID) and so the school should not treat him as if he raped her. While it is unfortunate if he did, there is no logical reason to punish someone simply because of something they were not proven to have done. The only problem I see here is that he isn't on some type of social suspension or something for the assault he was proven guilty of. I understand why the girl would not want to cheer for him, but unfortunately she is going to have to when she is participating in an organization that is supposed to cheer for the team. If you refuse to play your sport when you are on a sports team, they are gonna kick you off the team.
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On October 27 2010 19:45 writer22816 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2010 19:43 jacen wrote:What? The felon got back on the team? WHAT? He better throw many 3pts the next season to justify this ...  he plays football
finally someone worrying about the real issue! it annoyed me too.
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On October 27 2010 23:41 junemermaid wrote:
Shitty decision, but its the right one by law and so it had to be enforced. Also, I don't think it is in the girls best interest to attend the same events of her rapist. That's just not healthy. She shouldn't have put herself in that situation because now she has a constant reminder of what happened (she would mentally attach not being on the cheerleading squad to her rapist). If she was really passionate about cheerleading, this can be pretty damaging to her self-esteem
You're okay with a convicted felon playing for a high school football team?
Edit: Wait, it's football? Then no one should be surprised. Football in Texas is as important as God.
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Yes, he was shooting free-throws for the football team.
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If he didn't rape her, it's only because people interrupted him when they tried to get into the room. Why do you think they jumped out the window naked? They didn't attack a girl in a locked room and take off their clothes to NOT rape her.
The fact that the school is favoring him because he's a star athlete only goes to show how fucked up American culture is with it's sports worship.
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On October 27 2010 23:44 Ferrose wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2010 23:41 junemermaid wrote:
Shitty decision, but its the right one by law and so it had to be enforced. Also, I don't think it is in the girls best interest to attend the same events of her rapist. That's just not healthy. She shouldn't have put herself in that situation because now she has a constant reminder of what happened (she would mentally attach not being on the cheerleading squad to her rapist). If she was really passionate about cheerleading, this can be pretty damaging to her self-esteem You're okay with a convicted felon playing for a high school football team?
at the point he was playing, he hadn't been convicted, it had gone to court and been thrown out.
(source: the OP!)
basically, this is one of the unfortunate byproducts of a legal system where people are assumed innocent until proven guilty..
what if it had turned out that she had made it up? should schools expel all accused rapists as soon as anything is said? obviously, once proven guilty i hope there were serious consequences.
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wow thats just wrong... but a felon allowed back into school? that shouldnt happen
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On October 27 2010 23:48 kerpal wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2010 23:44 Ferrose wrote:On October 27 2010 23:41 junemermaid wrote:
Shitty decision, but its the right one by law and so it had to be enforced. Also, I don't think it is in the girls best interest to attend the same events of her rapist. That's just not healthy. She shouldn't have put herself in that situation because now she has a constant reminder of what happened (she would mentally attach not being on the cheerleading squad to her rapist). If she was really passionate about cheerleading, this can be pretty damaging to her self-esteem You're okay with a convicted felon playing for a high school football team? at the point he was playing, he hadn't been convicted, it had gone to court and been thrown out. (source: the OP!) basically, this is one of the unfortunate byproducts of a legal system where people are assumed innocent until proven guilty.. what if it had turned out that she had made it up? should schools expel all accused rapists as soon as anything is said? obviously, once proven guilty i hope there were serious consequences.
"In September 2010, Bolton pled guilty to a lesser charge of Class A Assault and was sentenced to one year in prison, a sentence that was suspended by the judge in lieu of two years probation, a $2,500 fine, community service and an anger management course."
That was from the OP too. A year prison sentence is definitely a felony. Rape or no, that kid should not be playing high school sports.
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