GoodyCorvid

Here’s some legal advice for anyone with sons: very strongly advise them not to engage in frivolous casual sex. In fact, tell them not even to have sex until they’re married and not with anyone but their legal spouse. To do otherwise is to potentially expose them to legal liability that could result in long periods of incarceration. For those of you who think this is absurd. What’s absurd is this is the reality today. You cannot prosecute cases where the allegations are decades old (ie Russel Brand, Danny Masterson, Tate Brothers etc). You are more likely to come to an unjust result than a just one. Yet this is what is being done in the US and England right now. Also, coincidentally, being done to those with prominent dissenting voices. Some would say it’s an excuse to silence critics. Astonishing that this needs to be reiterated, this is something the Greeks and Romans realized hundreds of years ago, yet we seem to have conveniently (for some) forgotten.

Hi. Please work on your reading comprehension. Maybe then you'll understand that my very measured post, in which I ask some very valid and important questions, doesn't automatically translate into me somehow believing that rape has an expiry date. Hope that helps.

What are your thoughts on Russell Brand being found guilty of rape and sexual assault? I'm firmly of the belief that if the evidence was substantial enough to prove his guilt, then he deserves to do the time for it. But I do wrestle with the fact that some of these allegations date back 20-25 years. I can't help but question why some of these women waited so long to come forward. Yes, I appreciate that fear and trauma can absolutely prevent someone from speaking out. But part of me wonders whether some knew exactly what they were getting involved in at the time, only to look back on it very differently years later. At the same time, it's equally difficult to believe that Brand didn't abuse his position, his fame and the influence he had over women. I think about how he conducted himself back then. The things he said, the things he openly admitted to doing, his attitude towards women in general. None of that, on its own, proves he committed rape, obviously, but it hardly paints a picture of someone who was completely innocent of any wrongdoing either. I'm genuinely interested in hearing what people think, regardless of whether they like or dislike Russell Brand.