Interesting article, but please pay attention to the wall in the second picture.
British tennis star tells of nightmare over rape allegation in US as he admits he thought about slitting his wrists
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British tennis star tells of nightmare over rape allegation in US as he admits he thought about slitting his wrists
showstealer on Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:03 am
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Big Dave on Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:08 am
Thats a catchy thread title!
What a fucked up place.
The 21-year-old Londoner feared his life was all but over after falling foul of laws in the Bible Belt that mean a girl only has to claim she had sex after a man got her drunk to bring a rape charge.
The police had two affidavits. One, signed by the girl’s father, charged that Chris had ‘wilfully, unlawfully and knowingly made available beer’ to the girl. The other, signed by the girl, claimed the sex was ‘not...forcible [but] without her consent’.
In Mississippi, anyone can press criminal charges without needing the support of law enforcement officials. So even when the authorities thought Chris had no case to answer, he was still dragged through the courts, while the local newspaper named him and gave his address.
What a fucked up place.
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The Phenom on Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:35 am
And it's not just rape laws in the deep south, it's like this all over America. In the day of bullshit lawsuits and trial lawyers with no souls, it needs to be re vamped
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Guest on Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:37 pm
And it's not just America. Technically over here in sunny old England it's illegal for two kids under 16 to kiss and fondle etc (i.e. the stuff you do when you're young) because some very poorly worded statutes.
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Mr Torrie Wilson on Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:49 pm
JK wrote:And it's not just America. Technically over here in sunny old England it's illegal for two kids under 16 to kiss and fondle etc (i.e. the stuff you do when you're young) because some very poorly worded statutes.
Actually I think what was illegal was you filming them at the time...
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Guest on Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:20 pm
Ok I left myself open to that one! 
It's completely true though. The geniuses in Parliament, when they drafted the new sex offences bill, decided that "sexual touching" was the best term to use. Technically that can include snogging at a school disco! I remember reading in the newspaper a year or two ago that a school in Worcestershire had banned hugging because of it!
It's completely true though. The geniuses in Parliament, when they drafted the new sex offences bill, decided that "sexual touching" was the best term to use. Technically that can include snogging at a school disco! I remember reading in the newspaper a year or two ago that a school in Worcestershire had banned hugging because of it!
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Mr Torrie Wilson on Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:56 pm
To be honest, that just sounds like a typical Daily Mail story blown well out of proportion to get people enraged OMG!!!! POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD!!!! Perhaps it could have been worded better but kids aren't going to get arrested for kissing. Relax.
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Rooq on Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:19 am
ShowStealer wrote:Interesting article, but please pay attention to the wall in the second picture.
hehe Charlton get everywhere!
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brother of destruction on Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:27 pm
Rooq wrote:ShowStealer wrote:Interesting article, but please pay attention to the wall in the second picture.
hehe Charlton get everywhere!
He's just excited because it's higher than he's seen them in a while...
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showstealer on Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:58 am
brother of destruction wrote:Rooq wrote:ShowStealer wrote:Interesting article, but please pay attention to the wall in the second picture.
hehe Charlton get everywhere!
He's just excited because it's higher than he's seen them in a while...
very good!