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Gorsameth
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands22425 Posts
December 14 2019 16:49 GMT
#38981
On December 15 2019 01:38 redlightdistrict wrote:To all of you thinking nothing would come of this because it "just a grope" and not rape. sexual assult = rape
Terribly convenient of you to argue against a non existent position because no one said it was 'just a grope'.

And people have already explained several times to you that not all sexual assault is rape.
It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-14 17:07:46
December 14 2019 17:05 GMT
#38982
The amount of people here who said "just a grope" = 0

The amount in which any of your links writes that sexual assault is rape = 0
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27015 Posts
December 14 2019 17:18 GMT
#38983
On December 15 2019 01:38 redlightdistrict wrote:
The man who violated a female reporter on live live tv has finally been charged with sexual assault.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-accused-slapping-reporters-bottom-095508603.html
Show nested quote +
The man accused of slapping a reporter's bottom during a live television report was arrested Friday, Savannah police said. Tommy Callaway, 43, was charged with misdemeanor sexual battery, Bianca Johnson of the Savannah police department confirmed to CBS News. Callaway posted bond, Johnson said.

To all of you thinking nothing would come of this because it "just a grope" and not rape. sexual assult = rape

Harvey Weinstien has reached a settlement on one of his charged without having to pay out any of his own money. It will be paid out by Miramax in bankruptcy proceedings

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/us/harvey-weinstein-settlement.html
Show nested quote +
After two years of legal wrangling, Harvey Weinstein and the board of his bankrupt film studio have reached a tentative $25 million settlement agreement with dozens of his alleged sexual misconduct victims, a deal that would not require the Hollywood producer to admit wrongdoing or pay anything to his accusers himself, according to lawyers involved in the negotiations.


Weinstien isnt out of the woods yet, but this settlement gives him a more favorabile chance of the other charges being settled and/or dismissed

I said when you previously posted this that I’m not sure what debate you’re looking to stir here, but if you wished to expand on whatever I can’t figure out you’re saying by all means do so.

I legitimately have no idea what wider point you’re trying to make in reposting these (vaguely) related stories without additional commentary.

As per ‘just a grope’ nobody here actually said that.

Myself I think it is important to tackle more ‘benign’ forms of sexual impropriety as well. Canvassing female friends, without probing particularly deeply few have reported rape but many (all) have reported sexual harassment of the unwanted touching/arse grabbing variety in the workplace or out in the town.

A commonly reported frustration was being put in the position that made them extremely uncomfortable (one left her job), but the social pressure that to report someone when it was ‘just a laugh’ and fearing they’d be ostracised for doing so.

It’s a problem basically all women have to varying degrees, unlike rape, but unlike rape it’s to a degree socially tolerated as ‘just having a laugh’ or whatever. There are also societal problems around rape absolutely, but an actual proven rapist is a social pariah.

Is that the point you’re trying to make or, what? Well if not I at least made some kind of point relating to this.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24779 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-14 17:31:51
December 14 2019 17:31 GMT
#38984
On December 15 2019 01:38 redlightdistrict wrote:
The man who violated a female reporter on live live tv has finally been charged with sexual assault.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-accused-slapping-reporters-bottom-095508603.html
Show nested quote +
The man accused of slapping a reporter's bottom during a live television report was arrested Friday, Savannah police said. Tommy Callaway, 43, was charged with misdemeanor sexual battery, Bianca Johnson of the Savannah police department confirmed to CBS News. Callaway posted bond, Johnson said.

To all of you thinking nothing would come of this because it "just a grope" and not rape. sexual assult = rape

It was not rape. Rape is different. Please do not post in this thread again until you correct yourself here.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
December 14 2019 17:33 GMT
#38985
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Sent.
Profile Joined June 2012
Poland9310 Posts
December 14 2019 17:41 GMT
#38986
I legitimately have no idea what wider point you’re trying to make in reposting these (vaguely) related stories without additional commentary.


The wider point is to ridicule groups who tend to demand inadequate responses to mild offences and actions that aren't even offences. Or weren't until their "victim" realized they can make profit from them.

I legitimately have no idea what he's trying to achieve by posting those stories in this thread.
You're now breathing manually
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35173 Posts
December 14 2019 18:11 GMT
#38987
On December 15 2019 02:33 JimmiC wrote:
Rape is a sexual assault
Groping is a sexual assault
Groping is not rape.

Same as

Apple is a Fruit
Orange is a Fruit
An Apple is not an Orange.

I like to use squares and rectangles. All squares are rectangles, the same way all rapes are sexual assault, but not all rectangles are squares, the same way not all sexual assaults are rape.
Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany11895 Posts
December 14 2019 18:27 GMT
#38988
You would be surprised to how many people "squares" and "rectangle" and "four sided figure" are the exact same thing. (is there really no more common word in english for an object consisting of 4 lines and 4 corners, but without any additional requirements to angles and so on). In fact, even google translate wants to translate the german "Viereck" meaning "four-sided figure" to "square", which is clearly a subtype of that.

At least in the german language, a lot of my students refuse to ever learn the difference/additional requirements.
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35173 Posts
December 14 2019 18:37 GMT
#38989
On December 15 2019 03:27 Simberto wrote:
You would be surprised to how many people "squares" and "rectangle" and "four sided figure" are the exact same thing. (is there really no more common word in english for an object consisting of 4 lines and 4 corners, but without any additional requirements to angles and so on). In fact, even google translate wants to translate the german "Viereck" meaning "four-sided figure" to "square", which is clearly a subtype of that.

At least in the german language, a lot of my students refuse to ever learn the difference/additional requirements.

You're looking for quadrilateral.
redlightdistrict
Profile Joined October 2018
382 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-14 18:43:05
December 14 2019 18:42 GMT
#38990
On December 12 2019 07:14 Nebuchad wrote:
Since redlight wants to make no difference between groping and rape he probably feels in the same way that ostracization is the same as "two people said some stuff"

This implys that the user is saying groping is different that rape, discounting the severity of the offense when they are the same. Smacking someone is violent act, Grabbing a girls ass is sexual act, a sexual act combined with violence is Rape.
Even a board certified physician is on record saying Rape is a violent crime is combined with an sexual act.
+ Show Spoiler +
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBjIXCKtIxk

Saying grope and rape are different is the justification rapists use to defend there actions and lessen their prison sentence, such as the 2015 Brock Turner case.
https://www.leagle.com/decision/incaco20180808037

WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27015 Posts
December 14 2019 18:46 GMT
#38991
On December 15 2019 03:42 redlightdistrict wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2019 07:14 Nebuchad wrote:
Since redlight wants to make no difference between groping and rape he probably feels in the same way that ostracization is the same as "two people said some stuff"

This implys that the user is saying groping is different that rape, discounting the severity of the offense when they are the same. Smacking someone is violent act, Grabbing a girls ass is sexual act, a sexual act combined with violence is Rape.
Even a board certified physician is on record saying Rape is a violent crime is combined with an sexual act.
+ Show Spoiler +
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBjIXCKtIxk

Saying grope and rape are different is the justification rapists use to defend there actions and lessen their prison sentence, such as the 2015 Brock Turner case.
https://www.leagle.com/decision/incaco20180808037


No this is preposterous.

In your own post it says the ass grabber was charged with a misdemeanour. I’d make a ‘demean her’ pun but I’m above such things.

He got charged for that because wow it’s almost like grabbing someone’s ass is treated differently from penetrative rape by both societal attitudes and the legal system.

If I push my partner in the case of an argument, I’ll be treated rather differently than if I beat the living shit out of her. Hence why grievous bodily harm exists as an extension of assault.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24779 Posts
December 14 2019 18:57 GMT
#38992
On December 15 2019 03:42 redlightdistrict wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2019 07:14 Nebuchad wrote:
Since redlight wants to make no difference between groping and rape he probably feels in the same way that ostracization is the same as "two people said some stuff"

This implys that the user is saying groping is different that rape, discounting the severity of the offense when they are the same. Smacking someone is violent act, Grabbing a girls ass is sexual act, a sexual act combined with violence is Rape.
Even a board certified physician is on record saying Rape is a violent crime is combined with an sexual act.
+ Show Spoiler +
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBjIXCKtIxk

Saying grope and rape are different is the justification rapists use to defend there actions and lessen their prison sentence, such as the 2015 Brock Turner case.
https://www.leagle.com/decision/incaco20180808037

You are temporarily banned from posting in this particular thread until you can speak more intelligently about serious topics like "rape" and stop derailing the thread.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany11895 Posts
December 14 2019 19:18 GMT
#38993
This whole thing is really weird. It appears as if redlight wants to "own the libs" by pointing out a particularly stupid position and showing how absurd it is. But that only works if you find someone that actually holds that position. (Ideally, you would find a large group of people who hold it, and not just a single crazyperson)

You can not just make up an incredibly stupid position, and then point at that position and say "Look at how stupid people who hold that position are!". That just doesn't work.
Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12470 Posts
December 14 2019 19:24 GMT
#38994
It's far right politics, there is no concern about what's rational and what's irrational. You say some bad things about the other side and that shows that your side is good. You're not trying to be right, you're trying to win.
No will to live, no wish to die
Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-14 19:29:23
December 14 2019 19:28 GMT
#38995
Ah, was that what he was doing. He was doing the same thing in the gun thread. I guess I should watch out for that. I wonder if there is a website that tells him how to do this. I doubt he sourced those stories by himself.
Falling
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada11555 Posts
December 14 2019 19:58 GMT
#38996
Yeah, that's as stupid as saying battery = murder.
All murder would involve battery to some extent, but most battery is not murder.
Collapsing those two categories into one would be a great disservice to the justice system.
ModeratorDavid Duke, Richard Spencer, Nick Fuentes, Daily Stormer... "Some very fine people on both sides"
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-14 21:26:20
December 14 2019 21:24 GMT
#38997
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27015 Posts
December 14 2019 21:43 GMT
#38998
On December 15 2019 06:24 JimmiC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2019 04:24 Nebuchad wrote:
It's far right politics, there is no concern about what's rational and what's irrational. You say some bad things about the other side and that shows that your side is good. You're not trying to be right, you're trying to win.

I think in this particular case its just far wrong politics. It almost feels backwards to explain what isn't rape. More often it is explaining that date rape, is rape.

I mean is it always though?

It’s an immensely complex issue tied into certain cultural norms around gender.

A sober person taking advantage of a really drunk person then yes, but if you’re both hammered?

I once arrived in Finland to visit my then girlfriend, had a house party to welcome me and was plied with traditional Finnish booze by her and her friends. Can’t remember the tipple but imagine liquorice in booze form. Next day had a lot of joking ‘oh you had fun last night’ comments, which i had zero idea what they were referring to initially as I’d zero memory of the previous evening.

But I’m a guy, so my response is ‘oh cool I got laid’ and not a negative response, whereas the opposite may have been more problematic.

There’s an underlying cultural bedrock on the issue that is pretty problematic.

This absolutely isn’t saying women make false rape claims, more that women being chaste and loyal is still culturally embedded in society, so if women fall off that standard they will feel violated in a way that men are not.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4421 Posts
December 14 2019 23:25 GMT
#38999
NJ Democrat rep Jeff Van Drew is switching to the republic party over the impeachment farce.

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/14/jeff-van-drew-change-parties-085036

“It was supposed to be bipartisan, it was supposed to be incontrovertible. It was supposed to be something that was always on the rarest of circumstances,” Van Drew told reporters about impeachment earlier this week. “Well it’s not bipartisan.”

Republicans were excitedly touting the news on Saturday, describing it as a huge blow to Democrats' effort to impeach the president, which Trump and other GOP leaders have repeatedly decried as a "partisan witch hunt." The move is also certain to score major points with Trump, whose support could be crucial in a crowded GOP primary. Trump and Van Drew are expected to hold an event together next week, according to sources on Capitol Hill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24779 Posts
December 14 2019 23:27 GMT
#39000
If he wasn't going to vote with the other democrats based on the evidence so far, then I don't really see any problem with him changing parties. Just having a "d" next to his name isn't really valuable to the party.
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