Duke Lacrosse Team Story

[junglewarfare]

Wow, there are some really disgusting posts in this thread. Right, lets talk about how women faking rape "happens all the time" and complain about how the media presumes guilt and how it turns into a media circus. First, nothing in the article presumes guilt, and second, well yeah of course the media is giving it a lot of attention, it is a pretty serious story and it looks like there has been a huge local reaction. and to whoever brought up the st johns players, it doesnt really help you or prove anything by bringing up anecdotal evidence where the players were rightfully acquitted. Saying "oh yeah this one time some woman said some guys raped her when in fact they didn't" doesn't mean [censored], think of how annoyed you get when you hear campus feminists going on and lecturing everyone about how "those frat boys gang raped that girl on the lawn of their house." You're just as dumb as they are.

edit- ligastar is a troll and tries to be as insulting to duke at every opportunity and that doesn't help him, but he ends up being right here.

[aheravi]

If anyone cares to follow that closely (I'm an alum, and I certainly don't) link to the school newspaper, The Chronicle.

With no opinions in either direction, this is going to get interesing for several reasons:

-Issue of sexual assaults in college
-longstanding "Ivory Tower vs. Poverty-stricken town" mentality, plus the fact that the overwhelming number of students aren't even from the state
-Issue of universities dealing with punishment for alleged criminal activities, outside the scope of normal law enforcement.
-Issues of "athletes run amok."

I'm not saying these are one way or another. But it's going to make for a sad show. Also, once many national players (so help me if Al Sharpton shows up) latch on to the issue, truth and justice are out the window.

[Clarkmeister]

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Also, once many national players (so help me if Al Sharpton shows up) latch on to the issue, truth and justice are out the window.


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While I'm sure it'll be a media circus, it will likely be a drop in the bucket of the attention it would have gotten if this had been a predominately black team accused of brutalizing and raping a white woman.

[trapsetter]

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Also, once many national players (so help me if Al Sharpton shows up) latch on to the issue, truth and justice are out the window.


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While I'm sure it'll be a media circus, it will likely be a drop in the bucket of the attention it would have gotten if this had been a predominately black team accused of brutalizing and raping a white woman.

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I don't know about that. The media would love to topple one of the biggest symbols/bastions of privelege/establishment, collegiate men's lacrosse, particularly at a top-notch school like Duke. This is life imitating art here, Tom Wolfe in particular.

African American leadership in this country is being seriously tested already. People are fuming over the Katrina debacle. Granted, this Duke thing is an isolated incident (if it's even true), but it will touch on many of the same themes.

The press seems to be tiptoeing so far. That will change as soon as more information comes out.