I am hypothesizing here, but I don't think to many women are going to be raped and know about it (where as a date rape drug may leave them without the knowledge of it happening), then continue to hang out with that person beyond the incident. Since this woman had an rape kit done on her, she clearly knew it happened at the time and thus knew who it was who did it. Why would she have continued to hang out with or be around this person?
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"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
So if the question is one of consensual versus forced, the credibility of the accuser is paramount, right? So if the accuser associated with the accused both before and after the nght in question, it's first, puzzling why she couldn't give an accurate discription of Winston and it's puzzling why she'd continue to socialize with him after the night in question, if indeed Winston actually did rape her.
So no, DNA doesn't render the height issue moot. The height issue cuts to the very heart of the issue of "consensual or forced". It's actually the DNA that is completely moot because Winston acknowledges the two had sexual contact and he argues the contact was consensual.
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
The DA had to consider the issue anyway. You know who was the least excited to get the DNA results? The DA. Why? Because the results didn't tell him a single thing that he didn't already know. Both individuals have already conceded that sexual contact had occurred.
If the DNA results help anyone it's Winston. He's maintained that sexual contact occurred all long. The accuser on the other hand, did know who she had sex with until she later knew it was Winston.
You've kind of argued yourself into a corner on this issue and I'm not sure why you chose to do so.
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On this Winston thing, until someone announces actual charges, it is all crap. The rule of thumb for all of these stupid NCAA related events is that 75% of what is reported is made up behind some random fanatics keyboard. It gets out on the internet, and then you have "pictures that can be found if you know where to look". If a sports figure or team is involved, reason and fact checking go out the window. Has it even been actually confirmed that the DNA was Winston's? The media ran with that all last week. Seriously.
Auburn, Ohio State, Oregon, even Penn State, Kobe Bryant, Ben Rapistburger, what was actually confirmed never added up to the initial furor. Remember that someone reported that Joe Paterno made the coaches all shower at the same time, together, for bonding? That was like a whole week of crap. Even the stupid Teo fake girlfriend thing was embellished. How many people has Aaron Hernandez been accused of killing?
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http://espn.go.com/college-football/...inston-accuser
Believe what you like. I think things are just a bit farther along than "crap" at this point. Winston may be innocent, but there is smoke at this point. Nothing more, nothing less...but certainly more than a fanatic's typing.
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