tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31689883.post7005185884738882512..comments2024-03-23T18:10:00.517-05:00Comments on Lactose-Free Girl: Batch of linksAméliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979366182990756619noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31689883.post-48313169425264497782014-02-05T19:39:24.266-06:002014-02-05T19:39:24.266-06:00That's very well said. :)That's very well said. :)Améliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979366182990756619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31689883.post-30522286774640749172014-02-05T16:38:01.492-06:002014-02-05T16:38:01.492-06:00I looked at some of your links on Woody Allen. The...I looked at some of your links on Woody Allen. The last one contains the interesting assertion that "It works both ways, or should: if one of them has to be lying for the other to be telling the truth, then presuming the innocence of one produces a presumption of the other’s guilt. " and then it talks about "rape culture" being the assumption that Woody Allen is "the innocent one".<br /><br />I thought about this for a minute, and realized the critical error in its logic. They can both, in fact, be "innocent" without any problem. Considering the age of Dylan at the time of the incident and the strong influence of her mother (who had powerful reasons to hate Woody already), it would actually be shocking to believe she is "lying". She may sincerely believe in something that happens to be a fabrication. Being in error is not a "lie". That makes her innocent, I think, of any crime if it turned out to not have happened. She would certainly not be "guilty". Therefore it is entirely possible for all the actors in this situation to be "innocent".<br /><br />The piece goes on to say "you can admit that you have no basis for casting doubt on Dylan’s statement, and then you can ignore her account of herself." But in fact there is and has always been a reasonable basis to cast doubt on Dylan's statements, as explained in the other article (e.g. the video editing, the recanted and inconsistent testimony, signs of obvious coaching, and Mia's previous relationship with Woody providing a reason). This isn't "no basis".<br /><br />In short, a lot of people are talking about this case, and nobody can prove anything, and the best evidence they had got them nowhere. I am loathe to accept this author's conclusion that we should simply take rape accusations as "true" because we have a "feeling" about it. To treat someone as guilty without evidence is to me a great injustice.<br /><br />And finally, I grimly wonder who here has actually caused the most harm to Dylan's development. If indeed Mia's anger for Woody caused her to poison him in Dylan's mind for decades - is that harm somehow no less serious and not worthy of discussion?The Engineernoreply@blogger.com