u/DrShakyHandz

I was falsely accused. It ruined my life. 8 years later I still haven’t recovered. The accusation and legal proceedings ended in full dismissal of all charges 2 weeks prior to trial after the court finally read my defense teams motions with all of our texts that proved she was lying. It took four years to end something I proved to them in the first weeks of the “investigation”.

Why did this happen? Fear of public perception trumps any rights of the accused in the US today. I was accused by a USAFA cadet. Due to many scandals at USAFA, every service academy reports SA numbers directly to congress, with extreme emphasis on investigating and prosecuting every allegation. I lost four years before the courts finally stepped in and dismissed charges that the JA and the Air Force spent probably over a million tax payer dollars pursuing. They never had anything more than her statement. Every witness refuted her claims. They only cared what would happen if the allegation became public and wanted to ensure they would look like they did everything they could and just couldn’t get the poor victim justice. I’m the victim, but I’m a dude so I was told “be grateful cause it could have been much worse”.

For the Cornell 7 ….. they’re fucked, but not due to the SA allegations. What’s actually going to happen is way, way too many powerful and influential people have jumped on the bandwagon demanding justice, including some politicians etc. they tied their reputations to something before seeing any of the evidence besides what “Jane Doe” claimed in her civil suit. The reality is that the DA didn’t pursue charges because she admitted to consent, and unlike all the retarded people here on Reddit think, the DA would know that drug use / alcohol does not mean you can’t consent. She admitted consent multiple times in her own statement. The entire civil suit rests on her claiming she couldn’t consent at all due to ketamine use. I’ve read two dozen articles on this shit and the major factors always overlap once you strip out the extreme editorializing used to sell their product.
- she consented
- She never lost consciousness
- Witnesses (who were not part of the sexual activity) confirmed they checked on her, she claimed she was fine, had all of her faculties in tact
She was not restrained and could have simply got up and walked out if she didn’t want to be there.
- The texts are the most damning. From a legal perspective I could name a few dozen things in those alone that should shred a lot of her credibility as an alleged victim, if not straight up eviscerate it

And the one thing I haven’t seen a single article discuss, mistake of fact to consent. Anyone has every right to withdraw consent at any time, the question then becomes, was this communicated to the other parties. I’ve seen some talk about her admitting to consenting to the original 2 but no others. Did she tell the others no? Did she ask them to stop? Did she communicate her non consent. These are all questions that need to be asked prior to criminal charges.

I’m sure the social justice warriors will jump in with every excuse for all of the above, but from a legal standpoint, looking like beyond a reasonable doubt cannot be nearly met. I’m sure the DA made a choice not to file charges knowing they didn’t stand a chance at conviction and instead accepted the punishments imposed on them by the school.

So what happens next? They will almost entirely swap narratives in the coming weeks when these things become more public and the original investigation is reviewed. Those people will NEVER admit there were wrong. The entire convo will change from these men are rapists to “colleges routinely sweep SA allegations under the rug, about making sure men are better educated on consent, and ensuring justice for victims etc. Jane Doe will get a settlement and her payday that will most likely go undisclosed, rewarding her for ruining these men’s lives. And the men? A couple may walk away just being pegged as rapists for the rest of their lives. The others will have every charge they can muster thrown at them in an attempt to make all the national media attention worth while. They will state some bullshit while they couldn’t get justice for Jane doe due to the “limitations” of the law or some other buzzword to avoid saying they’re innocent or that her allegations are not supported, but that justice will be done because they’ll negotiate plea deals for anything else they can make stick. Particularly the drug charges. Ketamine is still illegal and a bunch of them openly admitted to it. So there’s probably felony drug charges coming for them, including intent to distribute. Jane Doe admitted to voluntarily doing it, but charges won’t even be discussed.

I’m calling it now. If charges go to trial it won’t be due to sufficient evidence but hopes a bias jury will convinct with no supporting evidence, which does happen. But I’m betting this won’t end for a year or two, and when it does it’ll be none SA related charges that equally ruin their lives.

All the powerful people that hitched themselves to this wagon will convince stupid people that this was a win for justice, people will still believe these men raped that woman and nothing will ever convince them otherwise. The cycle will repeat. Again and again.

I read half a dozen articles. Can’t find any actual credible supporting evidence regarding the allegation.

Based on the story it’s a five year old allegation, and supposedly two friends of the alleged victim are claiming she mentioned something in the past, but can’t be certain when, and she never named Platner.

Nobody finds the timing coincidental? Dude wins the dem nomination and suddenly this drops. He’s been running for how long? In the public spotlight and the better part of a year and nothing. Yet when he wins and is a huge problem for republicans and established Dems it drops.

Not saying guilty or innocent. I’m saying I’m so sick of men’s lives being ruined by an allegation. Especially one that doesn’t appear to be supported in any way shape or form. Not just that, he won the Dem nomination by a wide margin. He has very progressive views. So why now?

It’s almost like the fastest way to ruin a man’s life is to claim he sexually assaulted someone, cause apparently context, timing, length of time that’s passed, and any actual evidence doesn’t matter. If he actually did it and there is evidence I have zero issue, but until we see something, anything relating to being charged and convicted, this should never be allowed.

If anyone has seen any additional info please post it. I’m open minded and willing to admit when I’m wrong, but I couldn’t find anything.

In late season 2 of a rewatch and I’m like wtf…. It’s already a plot point in multiple episodes that the SGC’s way of dialing the date via computer takes waaaay longer than a DHD. So much so when they are trying to prevent someone from dialing in they try to dial out but the enemy dials in first. Yet we know the Antarctic gate had a DHD. And it’s used in later episodes for rapid dialing for rogue members of the NID to dial out super fast and get away.

So if the DHD is so much more efficient at dialing why didn’t they hook it up to their Cheyenne Mountain gate? Or, at worst, if it wasn’t compatible, replace the SGC gate with the antarctic one and now have a usable DHD?

This being very specific plot point bugged me. Like, I’m not that smart, so why didnt any of these geniuses working on this project consider this.

SG-1 debuted 5 years before I joined the US Military. I ended up in the Air Force years later as a cross trainee. I'm rewatching SG-1 and as hammy as it can be sometimes, it's clear the show put a lot of effort into actually reflecting the military when the sci fi plot didn't require deviation. For example, people's rank increasing at the rate as it would in real life, or as one user pointed out very recently, some people perpetually stuck at the same rank (which is very common).

I had great leaders and horrifyingly incompetent leaders while I was in the military. According to some reviews some people saw Hammond as "strict to protocol" in the first season, and softened somewhat in later seasons and became the "dad" of Stargate Command. I'm currently on Episode 10 of the first season, and I think Hammond has been portrayed by Don S. Davis as an exceptional commander who appropriately juggles military need and morality extremely well. I mean, its still a science fiction show that has some fairly ridiculous examples of decisions made by military guys, but usually those are plot driven more than what would realistically happen.

In episode 10 Hammond initially comes off harsh to Catherine, with her stating he even seems worse than General West. Seconds later, he states that their big presentation of justification for a mission was wasted time, because as soon as he was told someone had been left behind, the mission was a go. I've literally seen this in real life. Saw a full bird down range launch a mission without hesitation to rescue a single individual. People come first.

Now, would all commanders do this. Absolutely the fuck not. I've seen some insanely self serving commanders who would be more immediately concerned with their own careers before anything else. I'm not saying launching a rescue op blindly is a smart choice, and that's not what happened in my example. What I'm saying is the hesitation I've seen was almost always more based on the officers fear for their own career if things go wrong, rather than an actual fear of the lives of the rescuers or our declaration of never leaving men behind. I've lost track of the amount of times I heard an officer talk about the cost of equipment before ever even mentioning the cost of the lives of the people that operate them. To more than a few military commanders, the potential of even damaging an aircraft, like a 50 year old C-130, was worth more than a single individuals life.

I just felt the need to share my two cents on Hammond. I met so few officers that walked that line in my career, but they do exist. In the very first episode it shows that Hammond is already in charge of the facility. The stargate functioning changes the ENTIRE MISSION of the facility, and yet he remained in charge. I was stationed in Colorado Springs for many years. After the facility became public and was sorta declassified, the facility was a fairly easy assignment, still important, but not necessarily staffed with the best of the best. In real life Hammond would have been immediately replaced, but as an Air Force vet watching the show I'm glad he wasn't. If that was a real general, I'd be proud to serve under him.