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Jacob Appelbaum Accused of Rape

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Re: Jacob Appelbaum Accused of Rape

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throwawaymonkie wrote: post #19
justifier wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The 'consensual sexual relations with him during those three days' is out of context The author also states: > Less than a week later, Jacob raped me in his apartment. Two of Jacob’s friends witnessed the assault, one other participated. > In June 2016, I published a description of my assault under the pseudonym “River” on jacobappelbaum.net alongside others’ accounts of harassment and assault. Why ignore some parts…

Why was my comment flagged?

Alright, I've tried writing my comment again. I've seen way more uncivil comments on Hacker News not being flagged, but then again, they were probably leftist, like calling Trump a retarded monkey or something.

The flagging I got was pretty much just a hate-click by someone that disagreed with me.

Re: Jacob Appelbaum Accused of Rape

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Post by throwawaymonkie »

throwawaymonkie wrote: post #21
throwawaymonkie wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why was my comment flagged?

Alright, I've tried writing my comment again. I've seen way more uncivil comments on Hacker News not being flagged, but then again, they were probably leftist, like calling Trump a retarded monkey or something. The flagging I got was pretty much just a hate-click by someone that disagreed with me.

Wow! flagged again! Of course I will never get a reason why. There was no name-calling or anything.

Re: Jacob Appelbaum Accused of Rape

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Post by belorn »

justifier wrote: post #15
mpweiher wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, no. Or, maybe yes. She seems to be saying that she is not capable of giving consent, meaning that she is the legal equivalent of a child. Odd, but that is apparently where modern day so-called feminism is going. Seems more like anti-feminism to me, quite frankly. Odd.

> She seems to be saying that she is not capable of giving consent, meaning that she is the legal equivalent of a child. What in this post could lead anyone to that conclusion? The author established sexual boundaries > When I became romantically involved with Jacob, I clearly told him that I wasn't interested in group sex, or having sex in front of other people. I told him this more than once, and clearly stated tha…

From a legal perspective, the level of intoxication needed is very high before a person is considered to no longer be able to give new consent. If you are legally drunk, consent for sex is still consent. We (people, citizens, HN community) might find that abhorrent, but it is not rape in the eyes of the legal system.

We could change that and make the ability to give consent go away at the first drink, or at a specific percentage (like drunk driving). The benefits and drawbacks for doing so can be aired under constructive political debate. In this case however, prior established boundaries do not establish if consent can changed once intoxicated but still within the legal range where new consent can be given.

The only avenue for prosecution would be to claim that Jacob intended to make her drunk in order to trick her into sex which she don't consent to. The qualifiers for that is very hard to prove.

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