Rape? Cover Up?

[-Talbot-]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-41821671

[gulliver1]

Whats been going on with Damian green and Kate Maltby.
I know who Damian is. but who is kate Maltby?.

[ummmm]

AOG to planet earth...

Unwanted advances is completely different to rape. Just saying!

[Peter Pedant]

.// Have there been any rape allegations against a Tory?//
yes
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/10/commons-deputy-speaker-nigel-evans-accused-court-sexual-assault-seven-men
acquitted when it went to court - messy because the victim sort of said he wasnt complaining and Nige said he wasnt at the time

as YMF may say - oo yeah dem den - oops! (didnt fink!)

[Peter Pedant]

// AOG to planet earth...Unwanted advances is completely different to rape. Just saying! // oommee.

planet earth to AOG (aged 80)- it was all such a long time ago

yeah yeah I know it should be the other way around
planet earth to AOG unwanted.....
can't untoggle my pedantry switch

[jackthehat]

Firstly, I have never been raped.
Secondly, the only times I have been subjected to wandering hands......is when there has been a man on the other end of them.

Some I managed to laugh away, some I had to slap away and some were so surprising that I was momentarily too stunned to do anything about. This was because of the when, where and who factor.......and those are the ones that come back to me occasionally.

[ummmm]

Pity your pedantry isn't used in your posts, PP.

[-Talbot-]

I was referring to AB in general, Mamya and using the Adam Sandler thread as a yardstick.
As ummmm says this isn't about a hand on a knee or a dodgy text. This is about an alleged serious crime and an alleged cover-up.

Why a hand on knee attracts many responses and opinions yet rape and a cover-up doesn't is puzzling to me, but hey, as they say 'it's a funny old world'

[Mamyalynne]

I do take your point, there is a huge difference between the two, with the Norton show, he was out of line, she acted with charm and those who love to take to their keyboards did so.

This is very different indeed.

[ummmm]

Because Adam Sandler had an audience.

[pixie374]

Because the controversial threads are usually longer. There were differences of opinion on the other thread, which there won't be here.

[albaqwerty]

hate to ask, why didn't she go to the police?

Rape is the second heinous crime to commit to another person, murder being the first.

[Mamyalynne]

As a 19 year old and we don't know her constitution she was talked out of it according to what I've read - it's hard to discuss with only scant details.

[gulliver1]

PMQs today. So it seems that if you are a Tory , and you you are accused of sexual harassment you will not be reported to the Police , just to the Chief whips office for a good whipping, Hey!.

[anotheoldgit]

jackthehat

/// the only times I have been subjected to wandering hands......is when there has been a man on the other end of them. ///

Thanks for your polite reply, but can I push you further, what would your reactions been if there had been "a woman on the other end of them"?