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Ijon Tichy

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Thursday, September 17, 2009 03:12 PM

A couple of points

The fact she recanted so quickly and the protection afforded her after the accusation, you can rule out intimidation.

The response of the accused and their family is more than magnanimous and only seems suspicious, because it is a black man and his family who say it. Don'tcha know that they always cry victim and demand reparations so it must be suspicious. I kid, but that is the Teabagger motto.

Honestly. Even poor black people are capable of compassion and forgiveness.

As to the "facts". Thank you for admitting you know nothing more than we do.There is the likelihood that the recantation, because it was so quick, was the result of the investigators finding serious holes in her story and confronting her with them. Police are of two minds. When they think a crime has been committed they will support the victim at all costs. When they believe there is something wrong with an accusation they will do their best to clear it up, and if they can't they will bend over backwards to tell the vic he/she is not in trouble if they will just tell the truth, and they will do this to get a commitment to the accusation or a recantation. Here they got a recantation. I doubt they will charge her, but only because she recanted quickly and may have serious emotional problems that she should address without the interference of the police.

The idea that there was a consensual gang rape or that she was intimidated into recanting or that she is some horrible bitch out to hurt "the black man" should be treated with utter contempt. This was a sad situation that was thankfully resolved quickly. Too bad there are so many others like this that don't end so justly.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 07:51 PM

@KateTex

Thanks for playing.

Keep banging those rocks together. Evolution is just around the bayou.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 07:20 PM

King James or The New Way

Oh. Well that explains everything. Maybe you should send a copy to the Palestinians who've been living on the lands God gave you for the past thousand years. I'm sure they will pack their bags and flee.

Just curious. Jews don't refer to the Torah and its books as "the Bible." That's more of a protestant thing. Klein. Is that German?

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 07:16 PM

@KateTex

Are you any bit Texan? Or are you Bush Texan? All hat and no cattle. Don't forget to put the gun under your pillow when you hang up your spurs. The racist blacks could be coming through your window any time now.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 07:07 PM

@Steve Klein

Your land?

Show us your birth certificate. The original one. The long form.

I want proof you were born in Israel, and not just the "tiny" Israel, but Judea and Samaria, which you know claim as your land.

Cough it up, hairball.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 06:37 PM

@KateTex

Oh that's right. It wasn't his corruption that bothered you. That's normal southern white politics. It was his appeal to blacks and hispanics and efforts to desegregate New Orleans that you hate and blame for all of its problems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Landrieu

Thanks for sharing and don't forget to wash your white cloak before the next Klan meeting.

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