"Sandi" > wrote in message
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> AlleyGator wrote:
>> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>> >Do you think that Gator is lying?
>> It has nothing to do with whether he thinks I'm lying, Damsel. He
>> does make a good point in that we call it that because we can only
>> work with what we know. I think I posed earlier that maybe it's
>> possible the guy was feeling tough and tried a common thing - seeing
>> if he could scare her, and if so what he could get away with. He
>> improperly did some stuff that no woman would like - I'm guessing if
> I
>> grabbed you in certain and several ways in quick succession, the
>> police would call it "assault". So, in some ways, he's justified in
>> calling it "alleged". I'm flexible here. I think he's being
> logical,
>> not mean.
>
>
> My comment to Lena was that the assault took place in America, not
> Rwanda. She should stick to the incident being described if she wants
> to discuss appropriate responses. He jumped on me for my not using
> alleged.
> I told him it didn't matter if was actuall or alleged, that it ook
> place in the US, not Rwanda. I guess he just didn't get that I had a
> problem with the change of locations for the purpose of discussing
> responses to crime.
>
> Sandi
>

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this fine point. Sheeeeesh.