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Dang man. That sounds like a Meg Ryan movie...

There's a reason the Me Too movement faded into obscurity. I suspect it's because for every Harvey Weinstein, there were 10 Joe Lunchpails (and Johnny Depps) caught up when vindictive women figured out an easy way to get back for some past slight, knowing they'd be 100% believed.

He has allegedly transgressed the terms of service. So YouTube went onto the punishment phase without benefit of due process. They can do that. They're a private company. But they better be ready for the lawsuit if the allegations go the same way that Depp's did.

Got to catch up on some wingnut conspiracy reading during a long layover yesterday. I'd downloaded (for a later read) a 2005 report on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Which didn't happen anything like Johnson and McNamara claimed, and later lied about. Repeatedly. So I don't need a crystal ball to see that wingnut conspiracy theories often turn into spoiler alerts when the documents get declassified. The wingnut peaceniks claiming Gulf of Tonkin was contrived were proven right. But only after losing 58,000 American lives and millions of innocent Vietnamese...

Sadly, I just landed back where YouTube is blocked so I can't see which 3 hours you watched. As indicated, I have to take Pearl and the others in very limited doses. They can be brutal.

Wow. I don't know about you, but I'm in Thailand for a week on a visa run from China. I've liked the place since I worked here for 6 years. Never once paid to get laid, nor did I even chase Thai skirts while I was working here. I'm sensing a little projection through accusation...

I believe the doctors have a fiduciary responsibility to advocate for their patients. Full stop. I don't believe the PoPo have to follow the doctors' recommendation.

Do you honestly believe that doctors are the ones deciding whether he stays in the hospital or not?

That's not a single study. It's a meta study where they looked at the results of many studies (at least 99 different ones according to the table), covering at least 137,000 patients. You're confusing discredited with squelched. Which is what this whole thread is about...

A doctor's fiduciary responsibility is to his patient. Not to the state, or the police, or.. or... Any doctor who claims it's in his patient's best health interest to leave a nice comfy hospital and go to the hoosgaw would be derelict in his duty. There's corruption out the wazoo. But not on the part of the doctors. Their only consideration must be what's best for the patient.

Still more good info. I won't bother trying to get a new Rabbit Card when the 2 I have get depleted.

Old and ugly, absolutely. Seriously, you've never met a woman from your past that used to be smoking hot and always had a date, and then they pack on 30 or 40 lb, makeup doesn't cover the wrinkles and they sit at home with their cats a lot? Not because there's nobody that will date them. Just not the guys they want and have come to demand. You need to pull up some YouTubes by Pearl (justpearlythings). She's a hoot. In limited doses, because she's merciless.

Thanks! That's the one I will top up, then.

What I'm saying is that apologizing for behaviour doesn't necessarily mean that behaviour occurred. It's one bit of evidence, sure. But certainly not enough to ruin a guy's life. In one scenario, she woke up, couldn't find her underwear and ripped into him because she thought she was raped. Most guys I know would apologize simply because she was offended after the fact, regardless of consent. Or he may be guilty as sin and he may or may not even remember. That's what drugs and alcohol do...

Hang out in AA long enough and you'll meet a lot of guys who apologized for stuff they don't even remember doing. Maybe didn't even do. And a lot of women who consented to sex but don't remember how it happened. Except they can't find their underwear. It's the difference between a blackout and passing out. In a blackout, you're ambulatory. And you can make tragically bad decisions, yet not remember a thing. I'm sure a lot of guys tuned in here can recall a night when they didn't remember driving home. That's a blackout. There was a recent case (California I think) where a co-ed swears she was raped, but the security cameras show otherwise. I don't think she was malicious. Just didn't remember.

Gotta admit, I don't know the British legal system. If they're prosecuted for rape and the accusations prove maliciously false, the accuser should be prosecuted in addition to being sued for damages.

I'll grant you that, but it's still dangerous when an innocent guy's life gets ruined. I'm not claiming Brand is innocent, and I rarely (never) make it past the first 30 seconds of his YouTubes. But I think the guy deserves due process. Depp didn't get any and he'll never get back the millions and millions from his discredited, broke accuser.

And that makes it okay to ruin his life without benefit of the niceties like testimony, witnesses, and representation?

And yet, more people would vote for him than for Biden, if the election were held today. After TDS dies down and future history books are written, this is going to be called the most shameful period in DOJ history, weaponized against one party over the other. And 20 years after they bury Trump, the Dems will still be blaming him for everything wrong with the country.

Yeah, he is. Just like Johnny Depp was. Probably cost him tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars in film roles before it ever got to a real trial. Social media may not have the ability to lock Brand up. But it can sure ruin his life. On a he-said, she-said. With suspicious timing, 10 -15 years late when he's "dropping some truth bombs".

I still remember when it was held out as a safe and fun way to keep in touch with family and friends. Edit: I'd add that I also remember how Johnny Depp's career was ruined in a trial by social media.

Investigate the allegations, sure. But don't try the guy in social media.

You're confusing empathy with weakness. If you believe the oft repeated statistic that women swipe left about 95% of the time, while guys swipe left about 50% of the time, the ones really taking it in the shorts (literally) are the women that are going on marriage tryouts that are only going to result in disappointment. And STDs. All the while believing they have the upper hand- until they hit the wall and realize they've been had. Again and again.

Sure, if you consider bragging about a $97 Billion surplus, then delivering a $25 Billion deficit as "doing quite well". https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/11/remember-that-budget-surplus-never-mind/

If you didn't get mugged last night walking on the sidewalk, you're enjoying for free the benefits of tax money spent on police and sidewalks.