And yet, that's how the ladies see it. So coming from that perspective, I think it's perfectly justifiable for them to want to unfollow men expressing that perspective, and try to avoid taking them on as clients.
I understand fully well that the witnesses perjured themselves and their testimony was thus insufficient to convict Ghomeshi. The judge in the case is reputable and in no way wrong to rule the way he did given the situation. The prosecution did a shit job preparing them, and likely didn't understand how victims often react to abuse; it's absolutely no surprise to me that some of them remained in contact with Ghomeshi after the fact. The reality is, it doesn't matter if a woman continues to be in contact with a man that physically assaults her or not; consent isn't retroactive. You punch a woman in the stomach unsolicited, you abused her.
If the prosecution did a better job, they would've been able to get at the details that the defense managed to get at instead, and prepared accordingly. But they didn't. So here's hoping for a better job in June's trial.
In the mean time, a TON of people - men and women - are reasonably disturbed about this, and the correct tone is sympathy for anyone who feels affected. Not Twitter celebrations waved in the face of SP's who risk their own safety every day they're working to provide a service we all enjoy and appreciate. Jesus.
I disagree.
The Prosecution worked with what they had. I'm sure they were blind sided by the evidence the defence brought forward in the case. They had 3 women who either regretted being with JG, or, in the case of Lucy Decoutere simply were scorned and then wanted to teach JG a lesson. The judge in his verdict used the word "credible" 10 times apparently when referring to the witnesses. I think this is exactly the case. The witnesses simply were not credible, i.e they were not believable.
They withheld evidence.
They lied about what happened.
They manipulated their stories
They changed their stories.
They were not fully truthful.
They did not tell the police the whole truth.
It would not have mattered one iota if the Prosecution "did a better job". They were dealing with 3 women with agendas and 3 liars. You can't work with that no matter what. If ANYONE is to blame, it's the police. They needed to investigate the complaints a lot more thoroughly. They needed to ask a lot more questions, simple questions actually, like, "did you continue seeing him after the alleged incident?" "Did you have any other sexual contact with him (like give him a hand job a week later). I know this is common sense, but I'm also betting that the police have to operate with kid gloves when it comes to sexual assault complaints. They can't ask about hand jobs and things like that. But there in lies the problem. The cops are hamstrung by the system and the system is set up to always believe women who accuse men of sexual assault no matter what. So this is the result. It goes to trial and the crown is made to look like a bunch of fools. The truth is women lie. They lie more than men and they tell big lies. The cops being "nice guys" really aren't doing anyone any favours in this regard.
I'm sure that if the crown new everything, they would have never charged Ghomeshi in the first place.
And yes, I'm disturbed about this case. I'm disturbed that they have essentially destroyed Ghomeshi. I disturbed that it ever went to trial. I'm disturbed that the whole thing has the appearance of a witch hunt. Ghomeshi was a pseudo celebrity and the system figured that they would make an example of him to show how "progressive" we are. Thank Jesus that the courts don't work like this. They still require the burden of proof and truth, two things that were sorely lacking in this case from the onset.
Women today demand equality. I have no problem with that. But if you want equality, then you have to take the downside that comes with that. You want to be equal to men, fine. You need to stand up in court and be questioned like a man and if your story is full of holes, then it goes right out the window. Just like it would if you were a man. Women have to learn that you can't have it both ways. The burden of proof must be the same whether you're a woman or a man.
to know that he is a prick or to know that he had this coming to him and are not shocked that this happened. But I do know a few things though.
