Slut shaming in the Buffalo News?

So this is Schroedinger's rape?

 

There's a difference between chance and probability. There is a 50/50 chance it was Correa, because there are only two possible outcomes of your scenario. I'm not doing the math it would require to determine the probability.

 

I couldn't find anything definitive, but it makes a difference. My interpretation was that Croce, a relatively powerful and influential person in Buffalo, initiated contact and sought to place a specific narrative in the Buffalo News, which then obliged him (15 paragraphs!) without challenging any of his assertions or seeking corroboration from members of Croce's staff or club patrons. They even published his "no skin in the game" quote. It was shameful journalism.

 

Huh? So 365 days a year there is a 50/50 chance of rain?

 

No, but if you said it's going to rain Monday or Tuesday, there would be a 50/50 chance it's Tuesday. Probabilities might show the conditions make rain more likely on Monday.

 

Despite her clear biases, the woman with the accuser is going before the grand jury, which apparently has been convened, as a witness early next week.

Patrick Kane witness subpoenaed to appear before grand jury: report

 

Presumably she was at Patrick Kane's house and is aware of the accuser's identity. So, yeah, same deal as the bar owner.

You're losing this one, Dick. You're going to have to settle for bat-flipping on your other eight threads.

 

Fair to say she has a better idea of what happened that night than the biased bar owner, and she's speaking appropriately to a grand jury that can weigh her bias vs. testimony.

 

Hung out with three high school pals last night, along with three brothers of one of the guys. All good guys. Most of them good dads and good husbands. All of them, as far as I've ever known, very respectful of women.

To a man, they were all 100 percent convinced that Kane is being extorted for money.

I wasn't shocked. That's always the rationalization. But it was interesting to get it out of a group of relatively level-headed guys. Their certainty was striking.

 

What were these opinions supported by?

 

Nothing, of course. One of the guys even was under the mistaken impression that Kane had already been cleared, so they obviously aren't following it as closely as we are. They are all Chicago sports fans, but not necessarily hero-worshipping zealots. I was the only one there with a college degree, although they are all smart guys.

It's just an anecdote illustrating how pervasive the idea is that women are just out there preying on celebrity men in these situations. The focus tends to be on the #ISupport88-type meatheads. But even among this group of pretty civilized, heads-on-straight, shot-and-a-beer guys, there was no doubt that this is just a coldly calculated shakedown.