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Jan 25
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And also accept that you deem it fine to laugh at socially problematic situations with embedded power imbalance? Sure, let's end it here.
22:19 - Chidder
@Ivor: And let's end with this. Perhaps someday new evidence will emerge. Or perhaps not.
21:13 - Ivor
Formally there was no game, so no win and no loss. Socially there is a problem precisely because the game *didn't happen* and *that* is favourable to one side but not the other.
21:13 - Ivor
For someone who clings to formal interpretation on the one hand, you are drawing an arbitrary conclusion on the other. One does not follow from the other.
20:58 - Chidder
@Ivor: Is it not? Think about it. He can shout that the case was dropped and that he is not a rapist. His accusers can say: "Well, yeah, but technically...". Regarding if someone like him or not: that's a big win.
20:44 - Ivor
It's just an inability of the system to bring clarity to the situation that you are bent on seeing as resolved in his favor.
20:44 - Ivor
Dude, he wasn't proven innocent. The trial didn't happen. That's neither proof of his innocence nor proof of his guilt.
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