On applying the word liar, I wasn’t intending to allude to an existing meme.
First, she was found guilty of trying to implicate Patrick Lumumba in the murder. I understand she did it during duress. I’m not sure if “told during duress” changes when we can apply the word liar, but I agree that liar is a charged word.
Second, I mean that I am positive she has told at least one lie while on the witness stand. There are many aspects of the defense’s story that don’t quite make sense. They, like the prosecution, are making up stories about what exactly happened to Merideth Kutcher that night. Also, in Italian court, defendants are legally allowed to lie on the witness stand; she was not expected to tell nothing but the truth during the trial.
Can we please keep discussion of this particular court case in the relevant thread? We really don’t need the politics of near mode ‘justice’ spreading too much into loosely related topics.
I was actually going to post about this in the meta-thread until I saw your reply, but I think orthonormal’s statement “I don’t think this actually came up there” applies for the most part. Let’s please not meta-discuss outside of the meta-thread. I would however be fine if a moderator could move this entire thread to the Amanda Knox post, but I don’t think that’s possible.
Edit: Also, discussing why the prosecution and jury and judge believed Knox and Solecito guilty with absolute certainty seems relevant.
On applying the word liar, I wasn’t intending to allude to an existing meme.
First, she was found guilty of trying to implicate Patrick Lumumba in the murder. I understand she did it during duress. I’m not sure if “told during duress” changes when we can apply the word liar, but I agree that liar is a charged word.
Second, I mean that I am positive she has told at least one lie while on the witness stand. There are many aspects of the defense’s story that don’t quite make sense. They, like the prosecution, are making up stories about what exactly happened to Merideth Kutcher that night. Also, in Italian court, defendants are legally allowed to lie on the witness stand; she was not expected to tell nothing but the truth during the trial.
Can we please keep discussion of this particular court case in the relevant thread? We really don’t need the politics of near mode ‘justice’ spreading too much into loosely related topics.
I was actually going to post about this in the meta-thread until I saw your reply, but I think orthonormal’s statement “I don’t think this actually came up there” applies for the most part. Let’s please not meta-discuss outside of the meta-thread. I would however be fine if a moderator could move this entire thread to the Amanda Knox post, but I don’t think that’s possible.
Edit: Also, discussing why the prosecution and jury and judge believed Knox and Solecito guilty with absolute certainty seems relevant.
A single request is just a polite alternative (and precursor) to systematic downvoting.
Reply here.