Re: Strong evidence of the rarity of false rape accusations

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:57:50 +0100, "David Lee Kollberg"
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>"Alan Mackenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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>> Quite simply, there have been very few victims of such accusations
>> posting here on t.r.  In fact, I cannot recall a single one in nearly
>> five years of posting here.  Not even in the crossposted threads from
>> soc.men, where one would expect such to appear.

I seem to recall reading about at least one in soc.men.  Do a search.
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>That doesn't stand for much, I guess. You seem to regard this talk group (or
>Usenet in general) as the heart of the world, but I'm quite sure it isn't.
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>Whatever the case may be, it's rather foolish to label any reference (or
>lack of reference) in this marginal newsgroup as "strong evidence", don't
>you think?
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>DLK
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Indeed.  When I first started posting to this group there seemed to be
less then 20 regulars posting.  
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>> The nearest to it was an account from Misty, one of whose acquaintances
>> was such a victim.  But he wasn't convicted, not even charged - the
>> police investigated the allegations against him conscientiously and found
>> them groundless (so much for always believing the rape "victim") and
>> dropped the case.  His losses were financial only (though apparently
>> quite considerable).
>>
>> So, where are all these victims of FRAs?  Why are they not posting here?
>> I mean, we've even had a rapist (a credible one, that is, not a crude
>> troll) posting here.  Have any FRA victims been posting on soc.men?


Are you suggesting that if they are not posting here they do not
exist?  Do you think they all read t.r or soc.men?  What we can do is
provide you with stats on FRA as it relates to the world at large.
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>> This all suggests to me that FRAs are rare indeed, much rarer than rapes.


You get all that because of a lack of posts by people falsely accused?
Unbelievable.
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>> --
>> Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
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