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  • It’s pretty obvious that the goal was specifically to allow Carroll to sue Trump

    No, it is not, and it’s revolting to me that you’d think that. More than 3000 suits were filed in 1 year under the Adult Survivors Act, are all those “happy little accidents”, or do those people mean nothing and you only care about that one case?

    Also, you’re omitting the broader context of the ASA: New York’s had a 3 year statute of limitations for civil suits for sexual assault, and they changed it to 20 years.

    This was not retroactive, however, so the ASA was passed to allow alleged victims to bring up their cases.


  • If you’re gonna be picking nits, then at least commit to it.

    Trump was found legally liable for sexual assault (and defamation). This is a civil verdict, and it means that the jury found it more likely than not that these things happened. The judge also clarified that the jury’s finding meets the “common, everyday definition of rape”, so while it doesn’t meet the highly specific statutory requirements of New York (which required penile penetration), it is rape.

    There was no criminal case, however, and the word “convicted” is specifically used for criminal trials, so it can’t be used here.
    The bar is also different: the criminal standard is “beyond reasonable doubt”, while for a civil case it’s “preponderance of evidence” (ie, more likely than not).

    I don’t think anyone doubts it happened, but a criminal trial can be gruelling and ultimately lead to nothing. At least she got some vindication, even if it falls short of locking that disgusting scumbag for good.





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    I’m gonna say that fighting a war does things to a person’s brain. And maybe there’s some personality patterns that predispose people to enlist. Then there’s the conditioning that allows someone to kill another human with no remorse…

    Most of which doesn’t apply to your regular hooligans, so I have no idea…




  • Google was found to have paid manufacturers and telecoms to have Google search and Chrome pre-installed, and further enforced this by blocking access to its Play Store if they didn’t comply. Finally, it prohibited manufacturers from offering other versions of Android, again by threatening to ban access to its apps.

    The only reason Apple isn’t also fined here is that they build and sell their own hardware, so they don’t have to force anyone to play by their rules - because they’re the only ones on the field…

    Apple has been fined several times for abuse of dominant position though, and will surely be fined again since they continue to do it and profit massively from it.