Gotta Admit... I'm Pretty Baffled By The Split And Depth Of Feeling Re:The Assange/WikiLeaks Story

[TorchTheWitch]

193. how would you know how intent the women are?

Granted, when they first went to the police they weren't looking to see him prosecuted, which is understandable in rape cases... there very often is a period of "denial" where you just want to forget about it and wipe it from your mind. There is also the fear of retaliation, your name getting out (which happened in this case, and just look at the results) and fear of being dragged through the mud in court and essentially having to relive it. Just because they aren't saying anything in the media hardly means anything. No attorney worth their salt would want their client to say anything at all. Whether the victim or the accused it's best to keep your mouth shut lest you stick your foot in it. The fact that the women are still represented by counsel and are remaining silent tells me that they are indeed interested in pursuing the case. How interested they are is anyone's guess, there's no way to know, and know way to judge if this interest is weak or strong what that means... weak interest could be fear and wanting to forget about it, and strong interest could be interest in not appearing as a liar. Without getting into a woman's head, there's no way to interpret why their interest is strong or weak and why. Frankly, there is no reason to pursue a case at all without a witness or one that is hostile particularly in such a case that comes down to he said/she said (which most rape cases are).