Unofficial Apolyton Predicts

[Bereta_Eder]

Aaaah

In Japanese, "-san" is a suffix you add after a person's name to show respect and to be polite. It's a lot like the English-language courtesy titles Mr., Ms., Mrs., and Miss, except that "san" is appropriate for a man or a woman regardless of marital status.

I will be refered to henceforward as paiktis-san

[giblets]

pickles-san

[C0ckney]

of course my reasoning is merely my opinion. it's pretty clear from what has come out that the story the accuser presented isn't credible, but people can take a different view if they like.

[Bereta_Eder]

pickles-san

[kentonio]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography

You're a ****ing idiot

Orthography is a part of grammar you ridiculous ****-womble.

[Ming]

Exactly... that's what "opinion" is.
The fact of the matter is, there is still no proof either way, so all we are left with at this point is opinion.
50:50

[C0ckney]

no, 50:50 is just your opinion. mine, which i have explained is that it's not 50:50, far from it in fact. the fact that the suit was dropped at the last minute (it has previously been dismissed twice) suggests that the accusers' team believes that they don't have a good chance of proving their case on the balance of probability, which is the standard in civil cases.

[Aeson]

OK, so now you're just reduced to making things up and flailing about incoherently trying to claim i said things i didn't say. i would say that you're better than that, but we both know it's not true.

The phrase "not hugely surprising" and then your response to Gian made it very clear you were using the story to justify preconceptions rather than basing your views on the story. You did it again to an even larger extent with the second post. (Which I yet have no link to or verification for, so I have refrained from commenting on it's contents.)

You support Trump, a known misogynist, and are spouting common misogynistic responses to rape allegations.

[Elok]

These, uh, sure are two weirdly interleaved conversations.

[C0ckney]

The phrase "not hugely surprising" and then your response to Gian made it very clear you were using the story to justify preconceptions rather than basing your views on the story. You did it again to an even larger extent with the second post. (Which I yet have no link to or verification for, so I have refrained from commenting on it's contents.)

You support Trump, a known misogynist, and are spouting common misogynistic responses to rape allegations.

again, your interpretation using your idiolectic is worthless. you can't address what i've actually said, and i have no interest in discussing what you wish i had said.

[Ming]

no, 50:50 is just your opinion. mine, which i have explained is that it's not 50:50, far from it in fact. the fact that the suit was dropped at the last minute (it has previously been dismissed twice) suggests that the accusers' team believes that they don't have a good chance of proving their case on the balance of probability, which is the standard in civil cases.

The FACT that she dropped this case is not a Fact either way in the case. You may consider that it "suggests" something, but again, there are no facts to support either case at this point in time. Frankly, I tend to agree with you. However, it is simply my opinion, and not a FACT.

It's still 50:50 until "proven" otherwise. You are trying to turn your observations/opinions into a fact. They aren't.

[Bereta_Eder]

is this about the grab them by the ***** controversy again?

[Aeson]

as i explained earlier in the thread, people are not afraid of suing donald trump, which makes intimidation unlikely ...

This is not evidence for multiple reasons:

a) most suits against Trump have been when he wasn't running for president with tens of millions of ardent supporters who feel the future of the nation rests on his shoulders.
b) anyone who was afraid of suing Trump would not have sued Trump, and we'd have no knowledge if they exist or not.
c) people can and do act different than other people.

[Aeson]

again, your interpretation using your idiolectic is worthless. you can't address what i've actually said, and i have no interest in discussing what you wish i had said.

You actually said "not hugely surprising" and "the least surprising thing since water is wet" (to paraphrase). Those are your words. Those statements have very clear implications that you had already determined the result.

[C0ckney]

i don't think that's really fair, ming. i am simply suggesting what i consider to be the most likely explanation for these events, based on the facts that have come out. others may look at the same facts and reach a different conclusion. no problem with that, but they ought to explain their reasoning.