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Originally Posted by Reddington
If such acts can't be proven legally, then are we not now at the point I said? That accusation = proof. Seems to me that some of the worst regimes the world has ever seen have based their "legal" system on such a concept.
Look, I'm not defending Spacey, Allen, or anyone else. I just find it troubling that the court of public opinion is seen by some as having more credibility than the actual courts.
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I think this is symptomatic of our society now, in general. America is a fast food nation in more ways than one. We don't want to wait for anything. We want it now, whether it's our dinner, a web page on our smart phones, or our justice that's being doled out. If we have to wait, we're prone to irascibility. If we have to wait for the guy in front of us in traffic to move when the light hits green, we want to step on the gas, drive up along side them, and flip them off.
The court of public opinion renders its verdict with haste, and its opinion is satisfying, regardless of whether or not it's accurate. But who cares? If the headline on page one is later deemed in error, the paper can always just print a retraction on page 12.