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Stillers Fans at DEFCON 1- Big Ben Accused Again (Update- No Charges Filed)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Armchair_QB, Mar 5, 2010.

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  1. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    Imagine the gasket the Lugnuts of the world would blow if you wrote about a girl -- Isn't taking off your panties consent enough?
     
  2. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Given means if now? Given, as in a given situation, as in a specific situation, now means hypothetical?

    Fantastic.
     
  3. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    And she was so blasted out of her mind she couldn't put together a coherent thought -- and let's not forget the forensic evidence didn't exactly back up her story even a little bit.
     
  4. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    We had to change school district policy here because some track athletes beat the ever living hell out of a couple of kids. They were led out of the school in cuffs but ran in the state meet when they were out on bail.

    The new policy created. Please note the words charged and arrested.

     
  5. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    I leave work in about 20 minutes, and I'm downright distraught that I won't be able to catch up on this thread for the next few hours. It honestly brightened my boring-ass day at work.

    Keep up the good work!! :)
     
  6. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    If she was wearing the "DTF" button/shirt/whatever . . . a lawyer would have the opportunity to plant reasonable doubt in the mind of a jury.

    If you can find anyone else on this site that reads "given that X is true" as "if X is true", then congratulations.
     
  7. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    The forensic evidence that said she had vaginal bruising and bleeding? That forensic evidence? And she was coherent enough to write down a statement and tell the cops her story.
     
  8. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    PR, then you should remember that if the moral police (the Karl Malones) would have had it their way, Magic would have never played again.

    This is why I want this stuff handled in the court system and not in the court of public opinion.
     
  9. I think the context showed that I was using it as shorthand for "given for the sake of argument."
     
  10. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    DTF?
     
  11. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Not even slightly. No one read it that way.
     
  12. I think that at trial the "DTF" button might be kept out of evidence because of rape shield laws.
     
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