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Paragons of Virtue Arrested
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It's time to name and shame the self-proclaimed paragons of virtue. Keep it civil, though.
Stories are about those who have been placed in positions of trust, and then abused that trust.
Feel free to add stories of the self-righteous from other walks of life.
New rule: With regard to stories of particularly, but not only, female teachers sexually assaulting students. Any comments similar to "where were they when I was in school" will earn you the right to find another forum.
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Get with the fuckin times then, UK. Your legal definition of rape sucks shit.
👆 Imagine being this uneducated 😭
There's a moral and common meaning, in addition to the legal one. Rape has existed longer than those laws.
and there’s a legal definition of libel. i guarantee the publisher cares a lot more about that definition.
Goddamn that was a hell of a retort. Well played
It's curious though how it's only the cases of rape that the media collectively forgets their favourite word "allegedly"
Someone can always allegedly kill, allegedly assault, allegedly steal, but never allegedly rape. Even in the US or other cases where it meets the uk definition.
They used the word in the second paragraph.
It should be in the headline though.
I understand this, but can't they say she "abused", "committed a crime against", "manipulated", etc.? Those seem factual enough for journalism.
All that aside for a second..... arguing about the technical definition of "rape" and how it applies in different contexts and jurisdictions is like explaining the difference between a pedophile, hebophile and ephebophile.
Outside of academic settings, it's near impossible to have this argument without sounding like an apologist.
It's applicable here because people are upset with the wording in the article. The article is written to reflect the facts of what the teacher is accused of Based on where they are, the teacher isn't accused of rape, but something else. Journalists are required to use the proper terms for things like criminal charges