tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post2257886260451436242..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: Evidence?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-70956607384935754302009-05-15T15:11:00.000+12:002009-05-15T15:11:00.000+12:00evidence chosen not for its ability to portray the...<I>evidence chosen not for its ability to portray the facts, but to titillate and to damn.</I><BR>Ain't that the truth. The media (and people reading newspapers and watching the news spots) could hardly be more turned on and breathless if they watching a porno.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-14417921638907616722009-05-15T13:27:00.000+12:002009-05-15T13:27:00.000+12:00Even a very good human justice system can still on...Even a very good human justice system can still only work towards knowing what happened, but even in simpler cases (and rape is never a simple case since it usually hinges on the issue of consent and what constitutes consent) you can never be "fully and irrevocably certain, beyond any possibility of error" of the events at issue.<br /><br />But that's not the context, is it. We're not on a jury viewing evidence adduced in a trial in an objectively constituted legal system, but seeing evidence raised in 'shock-horror' headlines and top-rating TV spots -- evidence chosen not for its ability to portray the facts, but to titillate and to damn.<br /><br />Trial by media is not a trial at all -- not in this sense anyway.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-5697415845252589252009-05-15T13:03:00.000+12:002009-05-15T13:03:00.000+12:00unless you were in that room yourself you can have...<I>unless you were in that room yourself you can have precisely no idea for sure what actually happened</I>This is an interesting philosophical position - if it is the case that we can have no idea for sure what happened if we were not present, how can any human justice system make objective judgements?Luke Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929408708481681826noreply@blogger.com