tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post3329411749024323408..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Group of 88 for Credit: Reading Assignmentskcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-81054616031492621342007-02-05T11:45:00.000-05:002007-02-05T11:45:00.000-05:00To Anonymous 10:41 a.m.
I made some contacts two ...To Anonymous 10:41 a.m.<br /><br />I made some contacts two years ago (no reply), but the length of my email was so long, it may have been automaticlly deleted by the recipient before it was even read.<br /><br />Will definitely give it another shot. Thanks for commenting! I wish I had your email ... so I could keep you posted.E-mail:https://www.blogger.com/profile/05104865182873148411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-4031362564642492392007-02-05T10:41:00.000-05:002007-02-05T10:41:00.000-05:00Georgia,
If you seriously want to pursue a civil ...Georgia,<br /><br />If you seriously want to pursue a civil case against your assailant you could either contact a private lawyer or talk anonymously to a rape crisis counselor, who could probably give you some baseline advice on the legal aspects of how a civil case would work, what the rules of evidence are in your state and how the length of time would impact your chances of success.<br /><br />I wish you luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-35794006329781169242007-02-04T22:55:00.000-05:002007-02-04T22:55:00.000-05:00> Did anyone notice that Michael was
> spouting s...> Did anyone notice that Michael was <br />> spouting statistics and inventing <br />> acronyms during the middle of the <br />> game? Most "men" across America <br />> were watching the Super Bowl at <br />> that time. Even I was watching the <br />> game, and I'm nothing but a woman.<br /><br />KC Johnson said...<br /><br />As a Patriots fan, I am boycotting this year's Super Bowl.<br /><br />I guess it was just KC and me.<br /><br />> It has taken me a while to <br />> realize you are not worth of <br />> anyone's attention.<br /><br />That's fine with me. Have a nice life.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-41446509225643838982007-02-04T21:56:00.001-05:002007-02-04T21:56:00.001-05:00"worthy", that is"worthy", that isE-mail:https://www.blogger.com/profile/05104865182873148411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-84191505526853529982007-02-04T21:56:00.000-05:002007-02-04T21:56:00.000-05:00Well, the Bears couldn't pull it off.
Did anyone ...Well, the Bears couldn't pull it off.<br /><br />Did anyone notice that Michael was spouting statistics and inventing acronyms during the middle of the game? Most "men" across America were watching the Super Bowl at that time. Even I was watching the game, and I'm nothing but a woman.<br /><br />Now .... go back and play with your balls (tennis balls of course).<br /><br />It has taken me a while to realize you are not worth of anyone's attention.E-mail:https://www.blogger.com/profile/05104865182873148411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-70688633909922101072007-02-04T19:15:00.000-05:002007-02-04T19:15:00.000-05:00[Now go hit some balls (on the court, that is).]
...[Now go hit some balls (on the court, that is).]<br /><br />Do you have an NTRP?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-53834024960825927092007-02-04T19:14:00.000-05:002007-02-04T19:14:00.000-05:00> I think it is truly HYSTERICAL that
> I rely on ...> I think it is truly HYSTERICAL that<br />> I rely on a 2 year old study of<br />> almost 3000 rape cases from all<br />> over England that was sponsored and<br />> vetted by the government which found<br />> 3-4% of rape complaints were LIES.<br />> This study also found that ONE THIRD<br />> of rape cases listed as unfounded by<br />> police should not have been....<br />> somewhat calling into question the<br />> FBI's 8% number as possibly too high,<br />> not too low.<br /><br />I think that others have addressed your<br />UK study in a more current thread so I<br />will leave discussion of that for them.<br /><br />But for arguments sake, let's assume<br />3.5%. What would you like to do for that<br />3.5% that get falsely accused? It is<br />very hard to take you seriously when<br />you are hysterical and do not believe<br />in the scales of justice as balanced.<br /><br />> You rely on a 20 year old study in a<br />> single town of 109 cases to say that<br />> 41% of rape cases are lies, yet I am<br />> the one that does't stick to<br />> the evidence. That is laughable.<br /><br />Even if I assume your numbers for arguments<br />sake, you are still recalcitrant on the<br />matter of justice being blind, fairness<br />for the accused and compensation for those<br />falsely accused and prosecution of the<br />false accuser. Question: should Crystal<br />Gail Magnum be prosecuted for her false<br />accusations?<br /><br />> I've also told you OVER AND OVER that in<br />> science, if your study results cannot be<br />> replicated, as they have never been, then<br />> your results cannot be generalized and<br />> are not particularly useful. If the<br />> majority of other similar studies do not<br />> find the same results, then chances are<br />> there was something amiss in the anomalous<br />> finding. The Purdue study falls into that<br />> category since its results are not born<br />> out by other studies, other experience<br />> or anything else other attitudes and<br />> beliefs of the uninformed.<br /><br />As has been mentioned in the other posts,<br />studies aren't research.<br /><br />> It's also a convenient fact you overlook<br />> that rape shield laws only came into being<br />> in the 1970s and the 1980's as well in the<br />> 1980s the statutes removed actual physical<br />> force as a prerequesite for proving a rape<br />> conviction, now in most states not<br />> consenting to sex is all that is required,<br />> yet you don't factor any of this into your<br />> review of cases and statistics from that<br />> time frame.<br /><br />I really don't anything about the history<br />of the rape shield laws. Just their current<br />effect. You seem to impute motives as if<br />paranoid.<br /><br />> It is generally acknowledged that<br />> until the last decade or so rape<br />> victims were routintely disbelieved<br />> and harassed by police, as they<br />> still are in some cases. That is<br />> why rape shield laws came into being<br />> and why the law on force was changed,<br />> because society realized that juries<br />> making decisions on a rape case<br />> because a woman used birth control or<br />> had previous sexual partners wasn't<br />> fair and further realized that when<br />> the law said that even if a man<br />> admitted the woman said no repeatedly<br />> it was not legally rape if no force<br />> was proven to be used was obscene.<br /><br />argumentum ad populum<br /><br />The problem with tilting the scales of<br />justice is that you encourage gaming<br />the system. Was rape shield helpful to<br />CGM?<br /><br />> I asked for the full context of the<br />> quote by the New York prosecutor<br />> on 50% of rapes in NYC that were<br />> reported never having happened.<br /><br />I am not a library. I'd suggest a trip<br />to a good university library for you to<br />find the material that you are looking<br />for. Alternatively, you could ask on the<br />other thread where there is wider<br />discussion.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-2372386161042111042007-02-04T16:12:00.000-05:002007-02-04T16:12:00.000-05:00Michael, you cannot disseminate credible opinions ...Michael, you cannot disseminate credible opinions and chew gristle at the same time.... it's impossible! <br /><br />Now go hit some balls (on the court, that is).E-mail:https://www.blogger.com/profile/05104865182873148411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-45008738209412749932007-02-04T15:17:00.000-05:002007-02-04T15:17:00.000-05:00Georgia,
I've been reading about the properties o...Georgia,<br /><br />I've been reading about the properties of cannabanoids and their function in helping us to forget painful memories. <br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2163405.stm">'Natural' cannabis manages memory</a><br /><br />Unfortunately the current natural form is illegal.<br /><br />The big three that can result in psychosis are schizophrenia, depression and bipolar. Two other less common categories are post partum depression and post traumatic stress.<br /><br />In many cases, the problem is a fear. You darkest fear coming out as intrusive thoughts, hallucinations or delusions. And getting bombarded with these thought can drive one insane.<br /><br />Current antipsychotics disrupt neurotransmitter function and this seems to reduce psychosis or I've heard that it can eliminate it. But antipsychotics have side effects that can be rather unpleasant and they are generally expensive.<br /><br />Other ways to keep old memories away are staying busy and participating in sports. Kids, work, hobbies, making money, etc. keep me very busy. This morning I<br />was out teaching tennis and I will be teaching vector calculus and logic this afternoon.<br /><br />Raising kids is incredibly time<br />consuming as is generating the<br />income to pay for their future<br />expenses and retirement. I used<br />to publish an newsletter for<br />traders and enjoyed doing it but<br />at some point, I couldn't justify<br />the time that I spent doing it<br />WRT family needs.<br /><br />Rigorous sports seems to provide<br />a benefit to the body chemically.<br />It could be a runner's high or<br />the satisfaction in beating<br />distance or performance goals.<br />Tennis is a more anaerobic sport<br />but you can get a satisfying<br />workout through it and the good<br />feelings that striking a ball well<br />sends through your neurosystem.<br /><br />I cannot imagine carrying around<br />strong and negative emotions and<br />feelings over the long haul as it<br />gets in the way of life and responsibilities. If we're old<br />enough, we all have our share of<br />baggage and have to find our own<br />ways to shed the baggage.<br /><br />We're studing the history of philosophy at home with the kids and it's been an eye-opener to them about how people thought about things through history. And how philosophers thought about thinking in the past. I try to talk to them<br />about thinking about their thinking and optimizing their life and going through life aware of risks and<br />teaching about points of view.<br />As you might imagine, this is a hard thing to do as kids are generally concerned with the present and tangentially concerned about the future.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-70347006513080634422007-02-04T15:10:00.000-05:002007-02-04T15:10:00.000-05:00To Anonymous 10:48 a.m:
Thanks for your comment!
...To Anonymous 10:48 a.m:<br /><br />Thanks for your comment!<br />I'm 95% certain that the evidence, if presented, would be very clear and convincing. Hundreds of details are fixed firmly in my mind (and these memories never waiver). I need no script.<br /><br />It is not based on "my word alone". Other evidence exists, plus there are 2 other victims. <br />I'm in the middle of writing a book to get down on paper should I croak. <br /><br />Meanwhile, I have no hesitation in naming the Rapist (Jim Dickinson). You see, although nobody in the brotherhood of Theta Chi during 1962 would break the almighty code of silence; neither would they come to his defense in a defamation of character suit. <br /><br />I can't find any information about the "civil statutes of limitations for RAPE in the State of Georgia". <br /><br />But it was not only Rape. In TWO separate incidents, he committed conspiracy, fraud, kidnapping, false imprisonment, rape sodomy ... plus voyeurism (filmed).<br /><br />I contacted him by phone and registered mail in July of 2005. I'm sure he was stunned at the accuracy of my details. Of course, he denied any wrong doing.E-mail:https://www.blogger.com/profile/05104865182873148411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-54242729172148122802007-02-04T11:01:00.000-05:002007-02-04T11:01:00.000-05:00I think it is truly HYSTERICAL that I rely on a 2 ...I think it is truly HYSTERICAL that I rely on a 2 year old study of almost 3000 rape cases from all over England that was sponsored and vetted by the government which found 3-4% of rape complaints were LIES. This study also found that ONE THIRD of rape cases listed as unfounded by police should not have been....somewhat calling into question the FBI's 8% number as possibly too high, not too low.<br /><br />You rely on a 20 year old study in a single town of 109 cases to say that 41% of rape cases are lies, yet I am the one that does't stick to the evidence. That is laughable. <br /><br />I've also told you OVER AND OVER that in science, if your study results cannot be replicated, as they have never been, then your results cannot be generalized and are not particularly useful. If the majority of other similar studies do not find the same results, then chances are there was something amiss in the anomalous finding. The Purdue study falls into that category since its results are not born out by other studies, other experience or anything else other attitudes and beliefs of the uninformed.<br /><br />It's also a convenient fact you overlook that rape shield laws only came into being in the 1970s and the 1980's as well in the 1980s the statutes removed actual physical force as a prerequesite for proving a rape conviction, now in most states not consenting to sex is all that is required, yet you don't factor any of this into your review of cases and statistics from that time frame. <br /><br />It is generally acknowledged that until the last decade or so rape victims were routintely disbelieved and harassed by police, as they still are in some cases. That is why rape shield laws came into being and why the law on force was changed, because society realized that juries making decisions on a rape case because a woman used birth control or had previous sexual partners wasn't fair and further realized that when the law said that even if a man admitted the woman said no repeatedly it was not legally rape if no force was proven to be used was obscene. <br /><br />I asked for the full context of the quote by the New York prosecutor on 50% of rapes in NYC that were reported never having happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-51218186051916840762007-02-04T10:48:00.000-05:002007-02-04T10:48:00.000-05:00Georgia,
The burden of proof is lower in civil ca...Georgia,<br /><br />The burden of proof is lower in civil cases, it is the preponderance of evidence or clear and convincing evidence depending on your state, generally it means you have to prove it was more likely than not.<br /><br />There is also anecdotal evidence that especially in rape cases civil juries are more willing to believe women because they don't worry about 'sending the nice man to jail' on the 'woman's word alone'...so the burden of proof ande the removal of possible criminal sanctions make people more willing to stick to the law rather than want 'extra' proof as so often happens with rape cases.<br /><br />There might be a civil statute of limitations as well though, the law treated many things including rape much differently in the 1960's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-46964682650337684792007-02-04T09:54:00.000-05:002007-02-04T09:54:00.000-05:00Michael, you said:
"...On
your particular page, t...Michael, you said:<br /><br />"...On<br />your particular page, there was insufficient<br />information for me to make a determination<br />of what happened..."<br /><br />I totally agree that my page lacks sufficient information, and it frustrates me to know that the Rapist will never have to be accountable for his actions.<br /><br />True, the statues of limitations in the state of georgia have run out. Even so, consider the time factor -- and no DNA. What prosecutor would touch it? <br /><br />There are eye witnesses, and several who have second-hand information, but can that veil of secrecy be broken?<br /><br />A civil case (as you mentioned) would present the same problems, right?E-mail:https://www.blogger.com/profile/05104865182873148411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-54920025909358267182007-02-04T08:08:00.000-05:002007-02-04T08:08:00.000-05:00False rape charges.
A look at the statistics
The...False rape charges.<br /><br /><a href="http://archives.cjr.org/year/97/6/rape.asp">A look at the statistics</a><br /><br />The 41% number came from:<br /><br />Purdue University sociologist Eugene J. Kanin<br /><br /><i>Kanin also got the police records of two unnamed large state universities and found that in three years, 50 percent of the 64 rapes reported to campus police were determined to be false.</i>M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-60968411858540441752007-02-04T00:08:00.000-05:002007-02-04T00:08:00.000-05:00> I don't believe you. You sound, write
> and cit...> I don't believe you. You sound, write <br />> and cite the same evidence about false<br />> rape statistics as all the rest of the<br />> typical trolls who post the same exact<br />> material on every other blog and every<br />> other board in every other high profile<br />> rape case.<br /><br />Well, you can believe whatever you want to<br />believe. If you go back in the false accuser<br />threads, though, you'll find that the stats<br />that I've looked at all come from those<br />threads on this blog.<br /><br />I've been posting on boards since the late<br />1980s and my topics are mainly on 1) K-12<br />education, 2) technical analysis of the<br />financial markets and 3) computer architecture,<br />software engineering and vector programming.<br />Some of my posts are laced with information<br />from these areas.<br /><br />But your paragraph is just another ad<br />hominem fallacy. It shouldn't matter who I<br />am with regards to argumentation.<br /><br />> If you are not a professional rape denier, <br />> then I apologize. But I find that even the<br />> professional rape deniers do not really<br />> know or even believe they are professional<br />> rape deniers. They truly believe, despite <br />> all evidence to the contrary, that false<br />> rape accusations are a bigger problem than<br />> rape itself. They truly believe the<br />> pendulum has swung 'too far' in rape cases,<br />> despite all evidence and conviction rates<br />> to the contrary, and that men cannot get<br />> a fair trial in rape cases.<br /><br />I do a lot of debating every once in a<br />while and get called all sorts of things<br />by people that don't know how to reason,<br />argue, debate or don't have a grasp of the<br />topic. And I ignore name calling, insults<br />and the like as they matter nothing to<br />the argument. From a mathematical point<br />of view and that's what arguments boil<br />down to if you've studied logic and<br />philosophy.<br /><br />I've seen the costs of the criminal justice<br />and court system to individuals and am just<br />horrified that this industry can destroy so<br />much productivity, partially so that it can<br />sustain itself.<br /><br />As far as fair trials go, I certainly<br />think that the Duke 3 could have been<br />convicted with lesser defense attorneys<br />and a Durham jury. When the CJ system<br />is gamed and you have a stupid populace<br />anything is possible. As I said before,<br />look at the Fells Acre Day Care case and<br />similar hoaxes that went on around the<br />country. Even after it was proven that<br />it was a hoax, you have prosecurots and<br />media personalities that fail to acknowledge<br />it. And you still have people labeled<br />sex offenders for the rest of their lives<br />and required to wear monitoring devices.<br />There were men and women that were<br />essentially accused by children that were<br />conditioned to say what they did by<br />psychologists and others.<br /><br />> I've posted all the data I'm going to.<br />> You disregard the FBI because you say it <br />> isn't 'research',<br /><br />And you're saying that it is? The research<br />would tell you the caveats behind the data.<br />But even if we took your FBI numbers, 1 out<br />of 12 people getting their lives messed up<br />is 1 out of 12 too many.<br /><br />> though I would think raw statistics are<br />> harder to politicize than 'research'<br /><br />Research can and should depend on statistics.<br />When you establish metrics that people's<br />livelihoods depend on, you naturally skew<br />the behaviour of people to optimize the<br />statistics. If you're a pharmaceutical<br />company and you give a doctor a trip to<br />the Bahamas for a medical convention<br />because he prescribes a certain quota of<br />a particular medication, what do you think<br />he's going to do even though there are<br />cheaper and, perhaps more effective<br />medication alternatives?<br /><br />From what I can tell of in Durham,<br />there's a lot of stuff that goes on<br />related to maximizing pensions and job<br />security. I do see this kind of thing<br />in my own small town though I generally<br />don't pay a lot of attention to it. But<br />they need metrics to justify growing<br />employment.<br /><br />Very similar to what I see with the<br />teachers unions and administrative<br />staff. Our state will have a pension<br />crisis within the next ten years as<br />will states around the country.<br /><br />And we've already had a few tax revolts<br />over school and municipal spending.<br /><br />In today's modern life, we optimize<br />to get as much done as possible and<br />small stuff like dealing with the CJ<br />system can take you or your family<br />out for a few days or a month or even<br />longer. That poor storekeeper that<br />was accused of rape and thrown in<br />jail didn't really even know the<br />woman that accused him and his life<br />was destroyed over something that<br />came completely out of the blue.<br />Her parents indicated that she had<br />mental problems but they should<br />have explained that to the police<br />before they tossed the guy in jail.<br /><br />Aren't you absolutely horrified that<br />this could happen to someone? Do you<br />have brothers or sons or fathers that<br />you worry about that could be falsely<br />accused? That's part of the outrage<br />over the Duke Lacrosse case. One poster<br />in the Durham newspapers talked about<br />a black man that was falsely accused,<br />convicted and in jail since the late<br />80s or early 90s asking why there<br />aren't a bunch of blogs calling for<br />justice and compensation for him to<br />the tune of what the Duke three should<br />be getting. I absolutely agree with<br />her in that he should be compensated<br />from the highest mountain for the<br />years that he spent in jail. And not<br />just some token amount that's set by<br />some statute.<br /><br />> you disregard the recent UK study of <br />> almost 3,000 rape cases because it was<br />> 'pussified' you choose to cite the <br />> Kanin study when even the author HIMSELF <br />> said it should not be used to generalize <br />> to other populations,<br /><br />One can't help but generalize from his<br />study. Sure, there will be variations<br />from place to place but it makes for<br />a starting place for discussion.<br /><br />> you cite the 15 <br />> year old DOD research that has pretty<br />> much been discredited given the <br />> revelations about sexual assault in<br />> the military and the military academies <br />> and you ignore the recent surveys of the <br />> military academies, you discount multiple <br />> national the college surveys that <br />> consistently find the same rates of rape <br />> and attempted rape.<br /><br />I have no idea as to what you're talking<br />about. I do not recall any such data<br />posted here.<br /><br />> You decry the citing of anecdotal evidence,<br />> individual cases and expert opinions and<br />> then you do it yourself.<br /><br />I use anecdotal evidence to demonstrate a<br />"there exists" which is a predicate logic<br />term. You use it to generalize to all cses.<br />The predicate logic term for that is "forall"<br />and it is generally something that should be<br />avoided as it is difficult to prove.<br /><br />> But "your" experts are better <br />> than mine. You cite quotations and material <br />> out of context and you read into statistics<br />> things that the authors never put there.<br /><br />I'd suggest that you cite my quotes and what<br />is out of context.<br /><br />> You believe what you want to believe<br />> and at heart, you are no better than<br />> Mike Nifong. Your belief is based on<br />> ideology and not on evidence.<br /><br />Nifong was willing to arrest, indict and<br />convict regardless of the evidence. And he<br />didn't care about recompense for the accused.<br /><br />Sounds a lot more like you.<br /><br />Mike Nifong was never about ideology. He<br />knew what he was doing. But didn't care.<br /><br />And that appears to apply to you as well.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-39044512107760376572007-02-03T22:13:00.000-05:002007-02-03T22:13:00.000-05:00re: Georgia Girl
> Michael, I can't keep up with ...re: Georgia Girl<br /><br />> Michael, I can't keep up with you. I <br />> cannot figure out exactly what it is <br />> you're trying to convey. You said you<br />> read my blog, but you didn't seem to<br />> have an opinion on my particular<br />> account of a horribly brutal rape in<br />> the early sixties.<br /><br />> I think what I needed to hear from<br />> you (after you read the blog) was<br />> an ounce of emphathy. I mean I've<br />> been thru a lot of hell as a result<br />> of what Jim Dickinson did to me.<br /><br />On the internet, anyone can post anything<br />that they want to. If it includes things<br />like copyright material or material that<br />is defamatory, then an injured party can<br />sue to have it taken down and for<br />compensatory damages.<br /><br />I develop opinions on matters or websites<br />based on data that I see over time. On<br />your particular page, there was insufficient<br />information for me to make a determination<br />of what happened in any detailed way with<br />any kind of second-sourcing.<br /><br />Contrast the site to this blog where<br />there are links and quotes from the<br />media and where information is reasonably<br />available on the web. It is far easier to<br />make an educated judgement based on what's<br />published and a general knowledge of<br />human behaviour.<br /><br />I am not particularly good at empathy. I<br />usually let my wife deal with those kinds<br />of things. I'm better at getting practical<br />things done and in a role as a problem<br />solver. I would just assume not pretend<br />to be helpful on a matter when it comes to<br />most emotional matters.<br /><br />> Earlier, someone mentioned a lie detector<br />> test. I would jump at the opportunity!<br />> Soooo, if the Rapist, Jim Dickinson of<br />> Greensboro, NC, is reading this, let's get<br />> this little "drug-rape" situation out in<br />> the open?<br /><br />It sounds like it is too late to file charges<br />as I'd guess that the statute of limitations<br />has run out. A civil suit is a possibility<br />if you can prove it in a court of law. But<br />you'd probably need witnesses and memory<br />can fade over time.<br /><br />You could always anonymously send him a copy<br />of Sudden Impact.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-23045887871211660402007-02-03T20:41:00.000-05:002007-02-03T20:41:00.000-05:00Michael, I can't keep up with you. I cannot figure...Michael, I can't keep up with you. I cannot figure out exactly what it is you're trying to convey. You said you read my blog, but you didn't seem to have an opinion on my particular account of a horribly brutal rape in the early sixties. <br /><br />I think what I needed to hear from you (after you read the blog) was an ounce of emphathy. I mean I've been thru a lot of hell as a result of what Jim Dickinson did to me.<br /><br />Earlier, someone mentioned a lie detector test. I would jump at the opportunity! Soooo, if the Rapist, Jim Dickinson of Greensboro, NC, is reading this, let's get this little "drug-rape" situation out in the open?E-mail:https://www.blogger.com/profile/05104865182873148411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-43940120450029817102007-02-03T20:22:00.000-05:002007-02-03T20:22:00.000-05:00I don't believe you. You sound, write and cite th...I don't believe you. You sound, write and cite the same evidence about false rape statistics as all the rest of the typical trolls who post the same exact material on every other blog and every other board in every other high profile rape case.<br /><br />If you are not a professional rape denier, then I apologize. But I find that even the professional rape deniers do not really know or even believe they are professional rape deniers. They truly believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that false rape accusations are a bigger problem than rape itself. They truly believe the pendulum has swung 'too far' in rape cases, despite all evidence and conviction rates to the contrary, and that men cannot get a fair trial in rape cases.<br /><br />I've posted all the data I'm going to. You disregard the FBI because you say it isn't 'research', though I would think raw statistics are harder to politicize than 'research' you disregard the recent UK study of almost 3,000 rape cases because it was 'pussified' you choose to cite the Kanin study when even the author HIMSELF said it should not be used to generalize to other populations, you cite the 15 year old DOD research that has pretty much been discredited given the revelations about sexual assault in the military and the military academies and you ignore the recent surveys of the military academies, you discount multiple national the college surveys that consistently find the same rates of rape and attempted rape. You decry the citing of anecdotal evidence, individual cases and expert opinions and then you do it yourself. But "your" experts are better than mine. You cite quotations and material out of context and you read into statistics things that the authors never put there. <br /><br />You believe what you want to believe and at heart, you are no better than Mike Nifong. Your belief is based on ideology and not on evidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-4825013411760761322007-02-03T18:56:00.000-05:002007-02-03T18:56:00.000-05:00> You are a rape deniar Michael
> that's all ther...> You are a rape deniar Michael <br />> that's all there is to it.<br /><br />1) Ad hominem<br />2) Untrue<br /><br />> You are one of those people that <br />> has all the sympathy in the world <br />> for the "real" rape victim, except <br />> that you rarely find any "real" rape<br />> victims, what you find are false <br />> accusers instead.<br /><br />Please quote me where I've stated this.<br />As far as I can tell, you're just very<br />attuned to making strawman arguments.<br /><br />> It is true for ALL CRIMES that a conviction<br />> can be obtained based on the testimony of a<br />> single eye witness. It is up to the jury to<br />> decide if the eye witness testimony in their<br />> view is compelling enough to meet the burden<br />> of proof of beyond a reasonable doubt.<br /><br />Based solely? Mike Nifong was pretty careful<br />to make this point. He may have a lot of problems<br />in how he does his jobs but he has thrown people<br />behind bars.<br /><br />> Again, you want to make things different for rape<br />> cases. You want the victim's word never to be<br />> enough in rape cases even though it can be<br />> enough in a robbery or a murder case.<br /><br />I wouldn't take someone's word for something in<br />a robbery or a murder case. Would you take Susan<br />Smith's word in a rape case?<br /><br />> The presumption of innocence is for the judge and<br />> jury. It does NOT mean the judge, jury or public<br />> are supposed to assume the defendant is innocent,<br />> eg. the police made a mistake, the witnesses are<br />> lying and the person was falsely accused.<br /><br />As the media, group of 88, Mike Nifong, Brodhead,<br />Nancy Grace, John Edwards, Gottlieb and Linwood<br />Wilson are finding out, it's a generally good way<br />to go. I assume that you would rather be in that<br />group of people that wants to assume that they are<br />guilty.<br /><br />> The presumption of innocence simply means that <br />> being arrested and charged is not counted against <br />> the defendant the charge has to be proven, and the <br />> presumption of innocence puts the burden of proof <br />> on the state not the defendant.<br /><br />It defacto puts a burden on the defendent. If you<br />can't see that in this case, then you are blind.<br /><br />> It would be utterly ridiculous for juries to be <br />> told to start out the case assuming the cops had<br />> got the wrong guy.<br /><br />Strawman.<br /><br />> Who is to say that 16% is too low or too high are<br />> all the experts involved in law enforcement, rape<br />> counseling, psychology and the criminal justice<br />> system. If you choose to believe they are ALL wrong<br />> about the difficulty of winning convictions and<br />> the real problem is lying women clogging up the<br />> system, that is YOUR CHOICE.<br /><br />If you believe that such data exists, please post<br />it. I did go through a few books on psychology and<br />psychiatry last year but was looking for information<br />on something else. I do not recall seeing statistics<br />in the areas that you refer to but I wasn't looking<br />for them either.<br /><br />> There is no point in discussion this issue further<br />> with you, you are a well spoken rape denier who has<br />> I must assume a deep distrust of women and sex in<br />> general to be so brutally afraid of women falsely<br />> accusing you or other males of rape.<br /><br />1) Ad hominem<br />2) Untrue. I never even thought about rape and false<br />accusations before this case. But a few posters on<br />this blog opened my eyes and gave me a sense of<br />outrage that this goes on. I have never really dealt<br />with the CJ system before except on the behalf of a<br />family member and the process where one can be<br />railroaded is scary.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42984623715485534482007-02-03T18:33:00.000-05:002007-02-03T18:33:00.000-05:00You are a rape deniar Michael that's all there is ...You are a rape deniar Michael that's all there is to it.<br /><br />You are one of those people that has all the sympathy in the world for the "real" rape victim, except that you rarely find any "real" rape victims, what you find are false accusers instead.<br /><br />It is true for ALL CRIMES that a conviction can be obtained based on the testimony of a single eye witness. It is up to the jury to decide if the eye witness testimony in their view is compelling enough to meet the burden of proof of beyond a reasonable doubt.<br /><br />Again, you want to make things different for rape cases. You want the victim's word never to be enough in rape cases even though it can be enough in a robbery or a murder case.<br /><br />The presumption of innocence is for the judge and jury. It does NOT mean the judge, jury or public are supposed to assume the defendant is innocent, eg. the police made a mistake, the witnesses are lying and the person was falsely accused. <br /><br />The presumption of innocence simply means that being arrested and charged is not counted against the defendant the charge has to be proven, and the presumption of innocence puts the burden of proof on the state not the defendant.<br /><br />It would be utterly ridiculous for juries to be told to start out the case assuming the cops had got the wrong guy.<br /><br />Who is to say that 16% is too low or too high are all the experts involved in law enforcement, rape counseling, psychology and the criminal justice system. If you choose to believe they are ALL wrong about the difficulty of winning convictions and the real problem is lying women clogging up the system, that is YOUR CHOICE.<br /><br />There is no point in discussion this issue further with you, you are a well spoken rape denier who has I must assume a deep distrust of women and sex in general to be so brutally afraid of women falsely accusing you or other males of rape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-15405243356820944442007-02-03T18:14:00.000-05:002007-02-03T18:14:00.000-05:00re: georgia girl
I went to your website earlier t...re: georgia girl<br /><br />I went to your website earlier today and read your story.<br /><br />I have a son and daughter and am totally<br />outraged that someone can accuse three<br />sons, get them arrested and indicted for<br />something that they didn't commit. If the<br />laws permit that then the laws are broken.<br /><br />On the other hand, I'm very protective<br />of my daughter too and I want only the<br />best for her. There are, of course,<br />monsters out there. But I've seen the<br />CJ system too and there's a ton of crap<br />that goes on there that I would say<br />isn't in the best interests of the<br />citizenry. When you have job security<br />based on metrics, you see some pretty<br />odd behaviours. It can be something as<br />simple as parking or traffic tickets<br />used to enhance town revnue.<br /><br />Or it can be something like Mike Nigong needing a big case to get elected.<br /><br />[(1) L. Scott Harshbarger-- MA Attorney General 1991-1999, Democratic candidate for governor in 1998. Mr. Harshbarger was Middlesex County DA at the time of the Fells Acres prosecution, and heavily exploited the publicity in his successful 1990 run for statewide office (Attorney General). In contrast to Earl Warren, who as Supreme Court justice repented of his earlier anti-Japanese racism, Scott Harshbarger so far has refused to admit doubts about the Fells Acres case.]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cyberussr.com/hcunn/witch/felpress5.html">Fells Acres day-care Ritual Abuse case and the Boston press</a><br /><br />There was a case a few years ago in the South about a girl claiming that she was raped by two college athletes and she became pregnant and later miscarried. DNA testing cleared the two college students some time ago but her family is suing the two students in civil court. The press has been responsible and has not published the names of the family nor the names of those that she accused. Though I'm sure that locals know the names of those involved.<br /><br />I would like to see more protections for those that are accused given the sensationalism typically associated with these cases. The media wants their stories to sell advertising but they don't want to look like the huge fools that the are as in the Duke LAX case.<br /><br />If we can have a rape shield law, then we can have the same thing for those accused.<br /><br />The leverage accorded a false claim of rape is currently too high and I think that some of the media has realized this and changed their behaviour. Or they're just afraid of lawsuits.<br /><br />Regarding your issue with fraternaties: I have no real experience with them as the schools that I went to didn't have them. They did have big athletic programs but I thought that those problems were of benefit to the educational environment for the most part. I was working twenty to sixty<br />hours a week while going to school so<br />I didn't see a lot of that aspect of<br />college life.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-59614713003131211302007-02-03T17:57:00.000-05:002007-02-03T17:57:00.000-05:00> You are still arguing with a straw men.
> There...> You are still arguing with a straw men.<br /><br />> There are already procedures in place for <br />> assisting those who were wrongly convicted <br />> and have been exonerated by DNA, whether <br />> for rape or murder or other crimes.<br /><br />Tell it to Gerald Amirault of the Fells Acre<br />Day Care Center case. Hopefully you've been<br />following this blog long enough to know about<br />the very sad condition of this case even <br />after we know that he's innocent.<br /><br />> The police do not "compensate" anyone that<br />> is investigated, questioned or even arrested<br />> when charges do not result. What you want is<br />> to treat those accused of rape differently<br />> than those accused of other crimes.<br /><br />I would argue for restitution for many other<br />crimes where time, reputation and legal costs<br />are incurred by someone completely that is<br />completely innocent.<br /><br />In the case of a false rape accusation, there<br />is considerably more damage (outside of child<br />abuse, murder, etc.) done to reputation, and<br />current and future earning capability.<br /><br />> We don't compensate OJ Simpson for being <br />> "wrongly charged" with murder and we shouldn't.<br />> Why should the rape defendant be treated<br />> differently? Oh, because you WANT him to be <br />> treated differently because YOU believe false<br />> rape is common.<br /><br />That would make for a rather interesting case.<br /><br />I don't think that the rape defendent should be<br />treated differently. It doesn't matter whether<br />false rape is common or rare.<br /><br />The real victim is put through hell and should<br />be compensated for it. That you can't see this<br />really makes it hard to take you seriously.<br /><br />> I am truthfully much more concerned with the<br />> mountain of evidence that says the criminal<br />> justice system is not able to convicted rapists<br />> who are guilty than with the largely theoretical<br />> concept of 'false rape convictions and accusations'<br /><br />Incoherent.<br /><br />I guess that you don't care about the "theoretical"<br />Duke 3 LAX players as much as CGM.<br /><br />> In today's world of DNA testing it is<br />> IMPOSSIBLE that the wrong man would be convicted<br />> for a crime, if it isn't his DNA then he's not<br />> going to be convicted unless there is other<br />> evidence or evidence that he used a condom and<br />> there is a reasonable, provable explanation for<br />> any other DNA found on the victim. Again, your<br />> Innocence Project exonerations is another straw<br />> man argument.<br /><br />1) It has been mentioned here that there are laws in<br />some states that a defendent can be convicted solely<br />on the statement of an accuser.<br /><br />2) This particular case shows that DNA results are<br />only as good as the people that do them and that<br />report them.<br /><br />3) There is a case of convictions where those in jail<br />want to have their evidence tested after the fact. In<br />many of those cases, the officials stated that the<br />evidence was destroyed so they are stuck with their<br />potentially wrongful convictions.<br /><br />4) You have the issue of he-said, she-said.<br /><br />But the problem is way before conviction. Where you<br />have to be fingerprinted with your fingerprints then<br />in databases. And where you have to give a DNA sample<br />which is again stored in databases. So you've given<br />up some of your personal information and privacy to<br />prove that you didn't do something.<br /><br />And then the issues of your reputation, the arrest<br />making it way into the newspapers, your time costs,<br />lawyer costs, damages to your job and future job,<br />your kids having to deal with their parent in the<br />media, etc. You have to be pretty heartless and cruel<br />to not care about this.<br /><br />> My main concern is with the statistics that indicate<br />> a rapist has a 16% chance of getting convicted, not<br />> the statistics that 8% of women MIGHT BE LYING since<br />> those statistics concern cases that were not<br />> taken to trial let alone resulted in convictions.<br /><br />We do have a system with the presumption of innocence.<br /><br />And who is to say that 16% is right or wrong or too low<br />or too high. Do you care that people do get convicted<br />wrongly whether it is the wrong person or they are<br />falsely accused?<br /><br />> You are battling windmills as they say.<br /><br />You might want to work on your metaphors.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-14829488275973362062007-02-03T17:55:00.000-05:002007-02-03T17:55:00.000-05:00"confronted, that is."confronted, that is.E-mail:https://www.blogger.com/profile/05104865182873148411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-23709925603901667402007-02-03T17:53:00.000-05:002007-02-03T17:53:00.000-05:00Michael, the following account of rape is true. I...Michael, the following account of rape is true. I am one of many silent victims (during the early sixties) who did NOT tell.<br /><br />It was drug-rape. I was a virgin. The perpetrator was an upperclassman living on fraternity row (Theta Chi) at Georgia Tech. He was someone I trusted, and I felt safe. <br /><br />My life was derailed. I never even fronted the rapist because that would mean acknowledging to myself that "rape" had actually occurred. Worse yet, there was a second incident -- this time it was "gang rape", probably an initiation ritual. Nobody can imagine the short term trauma followed by a lifetime of depression, anger, repressed memories, and flashbacks for 43 years. <br /><br />Jim Dickinson's single most compelling reason for drugging and raping me?<br /><br />"the constant and overwhelming struggle to convince himself that he liked girls (in that way), and to prove his masculinity to the brotherhood".E-mail:https://www.blogger.com/profile/05104865182873148411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-12379455775138868832007-02-03T17:27:00.000-05:002007-02-03T17:27:00.000-05:00> I can't remember reading a case about a false ho...> I can't remember reading a case about a false home<br />> invasion complaint, false robbery report or<br />> any other false complaint, but undeniably they<br />> happen since they are in the FBI's statistical<br />> database.<br /><br />The Susan Smith case where she claimed<br />that she was carjacked by a generic<br />black man who also took her kids. The<br />police apparently suspected her by the<br />next day given the interviews they<br />conducted. If that was a convincer,<br />asking the couple to do lie detector<br />tests the following day should be the<br />clincher.<br /><br />One other famous case was the Charles <br />Stewart case where he murdered his <br />pregnant wife, shot himself and claimed <br />a black man did it. The black man was <br />arrested and "confessed" to the crime.<br /><br />And of course the famous Jennifer Wilbanks and her hispanic kidnapper.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.com