Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C. • Hacker News Board

Re: Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.

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Post by warfangle » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 10:26 PM UTC

andrewguenther wrote: post #34

xanadohnt wrote: post #8

Why is Über even mentioned? How about some details on the manufacturer of the seat the driver was sitting on, maybe what barber he usues too? Regardless, this is tragic if true, and my heart goes out.

I think it is actually very important that Uber is mentioned. This comment explains it perfectly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5377167 The driver was an Uber driver, the company supported him as a driver. Any event that occurs while he is doing his work as an Uber driver deserves to have Uber mentioned.

Did we read the same article? The driver in question worked for Capitol Limo, not Uber. Uber was simply software that Capitol Limo used and got paid through. Capitol Limo should have been mentioned much more than Capitol Limo was. Any event that occurs while he is doing work as a Capitol Limo driver deserves to have Capitol Limo mentioned at least Capitol Limo times Capitol Limo Capitol Limo

Re: Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.

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Post by snprbob86 » Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 11:05 PM UTC

Avshalom wrote: post #52

simcop2387 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to diminish what is going on but at this point all we have is heresy, we don't know what actually happened. She could have been drunk enough that she thought it happened when it didn't (knew a few people like that, men and women in college), or she could have a history of making accusations (rape or not). It is also equally likely that something did happen to her and that her accusations are accurate and somethin…

>Not to diminish what is going on but at this point all we have is heresy, we don't know what actually happened It is only ever sexual assault cases where this many calls for skepticism -as to whether a crime even happened- are made.

First: I'm always skeptical. I fear how easily it would be to be marked with a scarlet letter. I rather 10 guilty men go free, for any crime of any magnitude, than have 1 innocent man be punished.

Second:

Murder yields a body.

Theft creates a void.

Vandalism leaves a mark.

The body left by rape cannot distinguish between regret and terror. The void cannot be measured by the outside. The mark may be an act of theater.

However, the public demands justice and often we lose sight of our principles. The court of public opinion cares not about a shadow of a doubt.

Re: Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.

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Post by warfangle » Fri, Mar 15, 2013, 7:57 PM UTC

simcop2387 wrote: post #55

Avshalom wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Not to diminish what is going on but at this point all we have is heresy, we don't know what actually happened It is only ever sexual assault cases where this many calls for skepticism -as to whether a crime even happened- are made.

Personally I do it for every case. I see it happen for murder trials, sexual abuse cases, everything in the media where the presumption is that the person is guilty and it's just a question of how much. Right now what's been reported does look fairly damning but the evidence itself hasn't been shown to the public or a jury yet. The only way for someone to be presumed innocent until proven guilty is to be skeptical of…

It's not a question of guilty/innocent; it's the question of "well she was so drunk she got kicked out of the bar, so how could it have been rape" being _absolute bullshit_.