Trump Thread

[Gilrandir]

And clearly not high enough to criminally convict. Possibly not at the civil level. Might be enough to sack. And easily enough to not promote to a job for life.

Is this the first job that he has had a chance to land in thirty years? If not, how come his other promotions (frankly, I don't know what they were, but I'm sure there were plenty of jobs and promotions) didn't provoke any row? Perhaps because NOW someone is interested in the to-do which was not the case two, five, seven years ago?

Try to think of why a person in a position of weakness and vulnerability might not want to stake their "lives, fortune, and sacred honor" on the tiny chance of retribution or justice.

So now the alleged victims are not in the position of weakness and vulnerability because they are thirty years older? Or because they found someone who will turn their weakness into strength and vulnerability into impunity? The someone who didn't care two, five, seven years ago and now he does?

Have you ever encountered any misconduct or malfeasance in government or your profession? Did you report this immediately to authorities? Did you pursue the issue relentlessly if it was not speedily resolved to your satisfaction? If not, would your integrity somehow come into question?

If I didn't do it back then I don't see why I should do it now. Otherwise it will look very much like concealing a crime aka complicity.

If things were so straightforward corruption would not preoccupy political economy, as it would be outed at every instance. Now apply that to sexual assault, and you realize your question serves as its own answer.

I'm the last person to take Kava's side in this story. I can readily believe that he must have done all the things he is charged with. Yet I don't buy that if something surfaces after decades of silence just at the right (or wrong, for the alleged perpetrator) moment it happens just because victims have finally plucked up their hearts and made a step.