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Day care centers were caught up in being accused of such, too. All based on zero evidence, just like now. Yes, it's mass hysteria. The settlers in Salem, MA fell for it in the late 17th century, as well. History repeats itself because some learn from past mistakes, others don't.
This is why I'm ageist to some extent. Young people don't remember things like the day care center scandal. Instead, they get worked up, red in the face, and spit and cuss and curse when you ask them for evidence. Evidence is a thing, folks. It helps avoid errors. To be clear, I don't like Kavanaugh. Carry on.
What you're actually saying is that percentage verifies the rape accusation was false but the remainder (the 40% you note) is in question. Note, you cannot say for sure those remaining cases prove the rape accusation was true as it remains in the unknown category. Just want to make sure that's clear as people use statistics in very interesting ways on this board (by interesting read: poorly done).
Oh so you want to call every rape case that does not result in prosecution false?
We know how white male Republicans are, they parade their family before us and then say "they love God." They want us to think they are heterosexual and are honorable men who have morals. But, really this is nothing but a facade of who they really are, Judge Kavanaugh is no exception.
Actually only about 2-8% of rape cases are proven to be false. The rate of cases that are closed without prosecution is around 40% but that includes cases in which there was insufficient evidence, the accuser was uncooperative, or the incident did not meet the legal standard of assault.
Just as you can't prove all true accusations are true, you can't prove all false accusations are false.
The true number of false accusations is higher than 2-8%.
Not all requests for evidence are made in bad faith. False accusations are a thing.
Which is why they passed on the story as the New Yorker should have done. This story has hurt and will hurt Farrow's credibility as a journalist. He's now just digging the hole deeper by defending it on so many media outlets.
Nope. You're talking about "tweaked" statistics to make them look better. Read how they came to that conclusion: tweaked data. In raw data... Law enforcement agencies have found 41% of reported rapes to be false accusations.
I'll take the Cambridge Law Journal rather than vox.com as a reliable source. /snort
Oh so you want to call every rape case that does not result in prosecution false?
Not even remotely what I said so I can't decide if you skipped that unintentionally or intentionally. I said that those 40% you noted would not be cases of a rape accusation of being true or even untrue. Rather, it's an unknown as to the veracity. That's the way our court system works and I'm happy it does as it's much harder and at times impossible to prove one's innocence (e.g. prove you're not a witch). You do know why our founding fathers wanted it that way right? Look to our own country's history even to find out the rationale.
Day care centers were caught up in being accused of such, too. All based on zero evidence, just like now. Yes, it's mass hysteria. The settlers in Salem, MA fell for it in the late 17th century, as well. History repeats itself because some learn from past mistakes, others don't.
I think she meant day CARE worker. I was trying to figure out what a day worker was. I know the people involved in the original case. The women who started it was crazy and the police sent a letter out to all the parents which created mass hysteria. It was all down hill from there.
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In raw data... Law enforcement agencies have found 41% of reported rapes to be false accusations. 