Comment by throwaway290
7 hours ago
"The" means the lesson we are talking relevant to this sort of circumstances, not the only lesson:)
> since if the crime already happened you cannot undo that
Prosecution is not just making victim feel okay but making it very damn clear to others thinking of doing it
> have you ever tried imagining yourself losing your friends, your job, your house, all your savings etc etc for something you didn't do
It sucks a lot if you are innocent but as I said in another comment it is still a big inconvenience by comparison. Did he even lose a house? in the letter he just said he can't pay rent. move in with parent, solved
Saying in these cases "we must believe the man" is not OK because we all know 9 out of 10 times it is a man. Saying "hard proof or it didn't happen" is not OK because the way this crime works unless you put entire society under cryptographically signed cctv 100% of the time so that you have proof what everyone did when. Even just online as soon as government makes a sound about e2ee chats every techbro (almost always it's a bro, coincidence) goes bananas. So yes this is the alternative and it sucks but is the least bad if you are privacy conscious.
What we can do is work to have this not happen. Goading "don't put your dick in crazy" (where not crazy = a victim who shuts up) like in comments of this thread is not how you do it tho
> It sucks a lot if you are innocent but as I said in another comment it is still a big inconvenience by comparison.
Getting your life destroyed is not just an "inconvenience", it's psychologically devastating and the fact you consider it acceptable is seriously fucked up.
Nah yeah sorry, it's an inconvenience compared to the other side. "life destroyed" you can always switch communities, move, change your name etc, all the options and even he named a few of them. There is not even a criminal charge. all the doors are open to you. Borrow a credit.
On the other side if you got raped, you live with it until you die.