Quote Originally Posted by denuseri View Post
Its hard to say based of the media reports. All we can do is speculate. The only people who know what really happened I suspect are the one making the aqusations against him and himself.
What I am wondering is why is no one discussing the huge political implications? The US wanted him off the IMF. Part of the French wanted him out of the election in France. He was arrested before anyone even knew if there was a case to answer to, and condemned in the papers - immediately.

The results of this accusation has decided the presidential election in France, and possibly destroyed the monetary union in EU.

Why is this not relevant?

On the gender-political front, most articles I have seen are bemoaning the fact that this case will make it harder to bring rapists to court. Yes, that is true. But also what about a man being put in jail for 25 years for something he did not do? (IF he did not do it?)

What about false accusations, if they can be proved to be so? Wouldn't it be justice to sentence the false accuser to the same sentence that the person falsely accused would have got - both for the sake of potential male and female victims?

And why is it suddenly wrong for men to be sexually active?
Why is there suddenly a = between sexually active and rape?