08-05-2003, 11:31 PM
Adultery, yes. He's admitted to it.
But last I checked, adultery wasn't a crime.
A sin, if you're a religious practionner.
Wrong behaviour, by all standards.
But not a crime.
I find your reaction, and occi's, typical of a very worrying turn our societies are taking. We're back to lynching crowds. Guilty until proven innocent. Witch-hunts.
I'll remind you that one of the cornerstone of our Western and so-called free societies is that an individual is innocent until proven guilty.
The other way round is the hallmark of fascism and other hateful regimes.
Maybe he raped that girl.
In that case, I hope he'll get a life sentence. In some ways, I find rape worse than murder.
Or maybe the accusation comes from a girl who's described as ambitious, and saw there a golden occasion to make a name for herself and get some major bucks. In a country where you can send someone to court and win a lot of money under the most fallacious grounds, that possibility isn't to be discarded.
And in that case, I hope that she spends a lot of time in jail.
Just don't be so quick to label someone "guilty".
You don't have a clue. Neither do I.
Let Justice do its job first.
But last I checked, adultery wasn't a crime.
A sin, if you're a religious practionner.
Wrong behaviour, by all standards.
But not a crime.
I find your reaction, and occi's, typical of a very worrying turn our societies are taking. We're back to lynching crowds. Guilty until proven innocent. Witch-hunts.
I'll remind you that one of the cornerstone of our Western and so-called free societies is that an individual is innocent until proven guilty.
The other way round is the hallmark of fascism and other hateful regimes.
Maybe he raped that girl.
In that case, I hope he'll get a life sentence. In some ways, I find rape worse than murder.
Or maybe the accusation comes from a girl who's described as ambitious, and saw there a golden occasion to make a name for herself and get some major bucks. In a country where you can send someone to court and win a lot of money under the most fallacious grounds, that possibility isn't to be discarded.
And in that case, I hope that she spends a lot of time in jail.
Just don't be so quick to label someone "guilty".
You don't have a clue. Neither do I.
Let Justice do its job first.