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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think he got hosed[/quote]

I do too.  I think this kid is being punished in part for things that happened that were completely out of his control. [/quote]

Sounds like you and Brock would get along. [/quote]

His supporters aren't horrible people, in fact, I think they seem like really nice people.  I know more about Brock and his family and friends than I know about the victim in this situation.  Right now I am finding it unfathomable that this kid chucked so much of his life down the toilet in the span of 7 short minutes. All those early morning and after school swim practices.  All those evenings and weekends spent at meets.  Becoming one of the best and having a shot at the Olympics and straight A's at school to boot.  All that work meaningless now.  I understand the disbelief that his parents are feeling.  They are reeling.

I feel for the humiliation and hurt that this victim endured that night and afterwards -  behind that dumpster and at the hospital and during the trial.  She has been through hell.  But I do not think that Brock is 100% responsible for the humiliation and hurt that she has endured...I do feel as though he is getting 100% of the blame for it though.

I plan to talk to my own kids about this about the ways that both Emily and Brock screwed up and what they both have lost.  It is not o.k. to sexually touch a passed out person or take their picture.  It is also not o.k. to get black out drunk to the point where you can not take care of yourself, can't remember what you did or what happened to you and pass out in the dirt with God only who knows nearby.

There are lots of lessons to learn from this.  But, yes, I can feel great empathy for both sides.

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It is more unfathomable that a kid who worked so hard to become an accomplished athlete and student, rapes a fellow student and gets a slap on the wrist due to rape culture. Your use of the word humiliating is key and your post reeks of victim blaming and placing a higher worth on Brock's future human condition. It is indeed not smart nor safe to get black out drunk. We all agree. A far cry from making a decision to rape someone. No matter how fast you swim, you aren't swimming away against this angry tide Brock. I don't believe for a second that this was his first offense either. You don't just get drunk and behave this way in 7 seconds. He's a predator raised in a jock, frat, violence against women is OK culture and his own parent's think he did no real wrong. It's time to take a firm stand against this ideology.[/quote]

You just "know" that he had done this before?  You know no such thing.  The kid was a 4 month freshman who had only just discovered the college drinking party hook up scene.  He met up with Emily an older college grad who had 4 years of frat party experience under her belt.  They presumably danced/kissed/hooked up before they went to the dumpsters.  I can see why his family/friends are less than convinced that Brock was the one leading her back there.  He says that she led him back there.  And you know what?  I believe him.

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