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[BainsBane]

110. "Both of you seem focused solely on the idea of a 'court case'"

No, neither of us mentioned it, other than when I explicitly said I wasn't talking about accusing anyone. We both made crystal clear we were talking about our own personal reactions and decisions in life, not a court case. I twice said I was talking about keeping away from predators in my own life. LaternWaste talked about not watching his movies. You mentioned a legal case. You object to our statements as though we don't have a right to make our own decisions in our own personal lives. Do you council your female patients to invite men they suspect of abuse into their homes and have them around their children because it's so unfair to harbor negative thoughts about someone? Are you seriously suggesting that the prospect of such a man having his feelings hurt is worse than the potential danger to ourselves or our children?


"Capable of empathizing with others": how about empathizing with the victim? There are tens of millions of victims of child abuse and few men falsely accused. You cite three cases from a period of decades. During the same time, millions of children have been abused and even killed by predators. Anyone who bothers to inform themselves even minimally know that. You keep invoking some claim of expertise, yet what you post shows the exact opposite.

What about your role as a mandated reporter? If you are a licensed therapist, you are obligated by law to report any and all signs of abuse against children or vulnerable adults. I've known a lot of social workers and therapist over the years. I have never seen one so easily dismiss the possibility of child abuse and elevate the feelings of accused predator above the life and safety of children. If you act in accordance with those views, that Is a violation of the law.

As far as Woody Allen, a man who repeatedly jokes about his ex wife's brutal rape on television and thinks a comment about being in a "love next with 12 yr olds" is funny isn't someone whose feelings I'm going to worry much about. A man who has an affair and then later marries the teenage sister of his children demonstrates quite clearly he has no regard for the feelings of even those closest to him. (Or any concern for laws about statutory rape in his relationship with Melkin). I'm far more worried about the children in his household.