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"Burden of proof" is a legal term but also a term that can be applied outside of a strictly legal context. It establishes who the onus is on to provide evidence in any dispute, and it is the party making a positive claim (God exists, for example) which in this case is that a sexual assault happened. Kavanaugh says it didn't happen. This places the burden of proof on the person making the positive claim. You don't have to be in a trial to have a burden of proof.
 
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Bulletproof said:
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Classy Kavanaugh, really classy!
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Here's the thing, this is actually really illuminating. So, in a vacuum it's not really a big deal for a seventeen year old kid to participate in something dumb and disrespectful like this. But instead of 'owning' it and saying, yeah I was a dumb teenager, and I'm sorry for being a dick, Kavanaugh's camp says this:

“The language from Judge Kavanaugh’s high school yearbook refers to the fact that he and Ms. Dolphin attended that one high school event together and nothing else.”

That's such an obvious bullsh*t lie. Why not just ****ing admit it? Unless you are worried that this fits into a pattern of behavior, and if he's willing to spin some obvious bullsh*t like this, how are we supposed to believe anything else this guy says?
 
Bulletproof said:
"Burden of proof" is a legal term but also a term that can be applied outside of a strictly legal context. It establishes who the onus is on to provide evidence in any dispute, and it is the party making a positive claim (God exists, for example) which in this case is that a sexual assault happened. Kavanaugh says it didn't happen. This places the burden of proof on the person making the positive claim. You don't have to be in a trial to have a burden of proof.
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Eh, kind of. Let's say I am up for a promotion along with a few other candidates, and I have a reputation for being a sexist pig in the workplace, while the others are squeaky clean. There may be no concrete evidence, but a couple of people have complained about it.

I don't think it's up to those other people to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that I'm not fit for the job. In this situation, I think it's up to me to prove I deserve it.
If I can't, whoever is making the decision may decide to err on the side of caution, and that is 100% ok.
 
Zombie said:
Eh, kind of. Let's say I am up for a promotion along with a few other candidates, and I have a reputation for being a sexist pig in the workplace, while the others are squeaky clean. There may be no concrete evidence, but a couple of people have complained about it.

I don't think it's up to those other people to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that I'm not fit for the job. In this situation, I think it's up to me to prove I deserve it.
If I can't, whoever is making the decision may decide to err on the side of caution, and that is 100% ok.
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Oh I fully agree, and have said as much in earlier posts.

Kavanaugh is not in a criminal trial, he is contesting a lifetime position to the Supreme Court, and he should be denied.

He can't clear the bar.
 
Scat said:
You're smarter than this.
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What has Kavanaugh done to bolster his own credibility? Lying during confirmation hearings about his role in Bush era judicial confirmations? Painting himself as some sort of angelic teenager contrary to contemporaneous records? Can you point to evidence of Dr Ford being less than truthful?
 
Douchebag K said:
not that we're much better with changing Prime Ministers willy nilly but really .. someone has a vague memory that when they were at a drunken party some dude amongst a group they're not really sure who it was or wasn't groped them, the majority of people named vehemently deny it, it's brought to attention at the last second before one of the said dudes is to be confirmed as a supreme court justice, no police report / charges and an ensuing circus prevails ??

wow
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All that happened after a different woman accused him of attempting to rape her. Just throwing this out there but I suspect an accusation of attempted rape against a public figure in Australia might get picked up by the news media down unda
 
♪alt13 said:
All that happened after a different woman accused him of attempting to rape her. Just throwing this out there but I suspect an accusation of attempted rape against a public figure in Australia might get picked up by the news media down unda
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if had been referred through proper channels sure ie a complaint / charge lodged with the police
 
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