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The phrase "innocent until proven guilty" seems appropriate here.


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No.

I'm saying that the legal system (flawed as it is) is the best way we have to determine culpability. I am capable of making moral judgements on my friends, but it is much harder to make moral judgements about public figures. I don't know them, and I don't know their accusers. Either one, or both, might be lying.

Until such time as I have evidence, I have to conclude that the accusations sound bad, but I have little reason to believe that they are true or false.

From the public statements I've seen about the three cases mentioned, there seems to be significant flaws in the accusations. Simply believing one side over another "just cause" leads to lynchings and public panics.




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