How will you get a higher rate of successful prosecutions of a crime which nearly always takes place in private and leaves no evidence distinguishable from consensual sex without losing due process and assuming the guilt of the accused?
If that's all that happens, sure. Verify for yourself. If you become part of an avoidance group, it just strengthens the rumours.
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Yes, that possibility is an unfortunate aspect of human society. It sucks to be on the receiving end of that sort of thing. But I imagine it sucks at least as much if, say, your neighbour doesn't tell you what your priest did to their kid, even if they can't prove it in court.
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I would tell people if I thought there was something to be wary of. I'd also believe certain people who told me there was. I'd disbelieve others and retain an open mind for unknowns.
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Yuh, you're basically describing how society functions: we give the best information we can, we trust proportionate to the evidence (and its sources) we have... The problem, now, of course, is that society is no longer "the people I know personally in my little town".
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So we're stuck evaluating information (accusations) from non-traditional sources - people we don't know personally, who may even be anonymous, for example. But then it comes down to, why privilege equally sound accusations from someone you happen to know over a stranger?
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Because I have a way to assess their credibility based on knowledge of their character when strangers could be any kind of loon.
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But your friend could be a loon, too. You, in fact, stated that you faced this very situation.
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Yes, I didn't believe the one who had schizophrenia and often believed she had been raped. But I do believe people who I know to be mentally well and honest. Don't you?
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Depends on the claim, of course, and can't compare long time friend with random twitter egg. But going back a little, I was more comparing people you know somewhat (rather than very well known friends) versus strangers who are just as likely to be mentally well and honest.
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