Rim Jobson

What did he say about Bert's wife?

This news disappoints me. Pratt may have not always made a lot of sense but his show was always one of my favorites. Frankly I cant understand why there's so much hatred for the man on this forum.

Thank you, I hope so too. If a female member of my inner circle confided in me such an atrocity, I would be inclined to take their word for it as they would most likely have no reason to lie to me about such a thing. However there are cases where a lie seems to be a way to go. Regret after the fact, revenge, extortion, etc.. It happens. There was a story several years ago here in the town that I live about a young woman who claimed she was raped by an acquaintance of hers. She told her older brother about it. He went to the home of the alleged rapist and bludgeoned him to death with a baseball bat. Later, the young woman confessed to lying about the whole story. Her brother ended up in prison and an innocent young man was dead. Violently murdered. For no good reason. I have no idea why this transpired as it did, but it did, and I find it quite scary. This is what can happen when a word is believed without question. Many years ago I was the victim of a similar false accusation. It's why my view on this debate is colored more than most others on here. I dont wish to go into great detail but fortunately for me, that case didn't go beyond the local police station's "interview"(interrogation) room. I was a much younger man then, this was well before #MeToo was even dreamt of, and despite the interrogating cop's best attempt to make me hang myself (figuratively speaking), I gave him nothing that he could use against me. I was innocent and afraid, to the point where I went through the embarrassment of telling my parents the whole story beforehand. My father being the smart man he was, coached me through the interrogation despite the cop's protests, but that cop just wanted someone to burn regardless of actual justice, and that someone was me, over a false accusation by a young woman who was later revealed to have a boyfriend. I have to assume she regretted what happened between us over the course of 1 evening so the only "viable" option other than keeping it to herself, was to say she was raped. That was possibly the scariest period of time in my entire life. I was on the verge of losing almost everything - my job, my home, my freedom, my son (who I fear for greatly in this day and age), and I suppose I'd become a registered sex offender as well. Over what? So since then my faith in "law enforcement" has wavered drastically; and I have difficulty accepting someone's word in a situation like this - especially someone I dont know, who may have something to gain/not to lose - without solid evidence.

I appreciate your taking the time to reply so in depth to my comment from a week and a half ago; but one thing I've learned in all my years is that it is very difficult to change the mind of someone who's already made their's up. Therefore I'll respond only to the last part of your comment. Yes, my post sounded angry because this debate struck a nerve for me. I do not appreciate a witch-hunt, for which an accusation with no viable evidence essentially is; especially this type of accusation which in the case of Kavanaugh v. Ford should've been brought to light well under three and a half decades ago - if it were true. If you or anyone close to you has ever been the victim of a false accusation like this, then you might understand my skepticism when it comes to a story like this. I'm afraid I've been jaded to the point of needing serious hardcore evidence delivered freshly before I'll give the benefit of the doubt to a supposed victim. Not that my opinion matters in such instances, but an accuser's "word" just isn't enough for me. Not when if an accuser is shown to be fabricating a story, or even outright lying - they get to waltz away scot-free without a care in the world whilst whom they've falsely accused could've had their whole world blown to pieces because of it. Sorry, but to me the liars have ruined justice for the actual victims and for the people they accuse. It's sad but nobody should be believed without concrete evidence.

It would seem there's quite a few feminists posting in this thread, and that's ok. What's not ok in my opinion is that for the most part you all seem to believe this woman's allegation without any evidence to back it up. What I've seen here in this thread so far is something to the effect of - 'a woman accused a man of a sexual assault! She must be telling the entire truth without fabrication and therefore he must be guilty!' - oh, and if you happen to disagree, well then I hope you dont have a daughter. Ridiculous. You folks here realize that there was no rape, right? The accuser admitted this much herself. She named witnesses who could not corroborate her story, and one that had never even heard of Brett Kavanaugh. Although maybe they were all just a bit forgetful considering it's now 36 years after the "fact". The accuser certainly forgot a few things along the way. I dont condone rape or any sexual assault by any means, but I'm not willing to accept every woman's accusation at her word as gospel. In this era of #MeToo where a woman can define an assault just about any way she likes and as far back in the past as she wants - effectively destroying her target's name, family, livelihood - WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE if she's not telling the entire truth or even outright lying to suit her own agenda - that I personally will not support either. Just wait until one of you virtuous knights in shining armor who believes every word every woman says, crosses the wrong woman, and she accuses you of a similar travesty. You WILL change your tune. I for one need cold hard evidence of a crime to believe it. Unfortunately that's hard to come by when a crime is not reported for decades.