Responsibility

[andrewducker]

This is inspired by the comment here, where ladysysiphus says "If you have consumed enough alcohol to impair your judgement, I believe you then have to take at least some responsibility for putting yourself in a position where something like this might happen."

[Poll #619684]

Comments

[marrog.livejournal.com]

I think it's rather impossible to ignore the dearth of evidence that he did, either physical or circumstantial. You're forgetting what a serious charge this is - one I equate to being almost on a par with murder. A murder case would never convict on this evidence.

It's not even though I'm looking for much; just something beyond the testimony of someone who doesn't remember what happened.

On another note, there are also a couple of details which I realised I would dearly like to know that must exist somewhere. Can you tell me this: was this sex protected or unprotected? Furthermore, I was thinking about this 'corridor' thing. Was this the corridor to her room in a flat, ie: comparatively private and actually in her flat, or was it the corridor outside her flat/in a stairwell ie: comparatively public? The implication is very different to my mind. If it was in the stairwell, why the fuck, given that this is uni acommodation, isn't there surveillance camera footage? (And if there isn't, on a side note, why the fuck isn't everyone up-in-arms that there isn't said footage?) I know you're about to accuse me of taking the responsibility away from the rapist here, but please bear in mind that I take a Beccarian approach to criminal justice: Prevention. Deterrance. These are what we should be aiming for. And that, in fact, is part of the basis, as you'll have seen, for my more at-length answer.

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

. A murder case would never convict on this evidence.

What: a man says "Yes, I killed her, but she wanted me to do it" and that would be sufficient to acquit him? You really think so?

It's not even though I'm looking for much; just something beyond the testimony of someone who doesn't remember what happened.

You've got Rúairi Dougal's own testimony. Why isn't that enough for you?