The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #156087   Message #3677825
Posted By: GUEST,Steve Shaw
17-Nov-14 - 12:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ched Evans - footballer & convict
Subject: RE: BS: Ched Evans
Choose your own sources, MGM. The case and all its details are all over the web.

It ill behoves anyone, especially men maybe, to question the clear conclusion of due process that the young woman was too drunk to consent. At least, not until the extremely unlikely eventuality of the conviction being overturned. That harks back too sharply to the ugly nonsense of "contributory negligence" that emerged from the mouth of a judge some years ago. No-one asks to be raped or invites rape. If you get pissed and are raped whilst insensible it is not your fault. It is always the fault of the perpetrator. Focus always on his actions first and foremost. Best to keep a clear head about that in these cases.