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Originally Posted by Taltarzac
I do though see that victims of crime should have an avenue to speak up about incidents that have occurred in their community without having their motives questioned.
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I do not understand your point. What victim of crime regarding the Lake Miona incident in this thread had their motives questioned?
In fact, can you cite any proven, factual example of a real victim who has had their motives questions in any TOTV post?
Let me state up front, I believe that no legitimate victim of a crime should ever have their motives questioned for reporting it on this board. The problem here remains whether there actually was a victim or a crime. Did a man accidentally enter the shower? We don't know. If so, could it have been a janitor? We don't know. Did the alleged intruder have a bathing suit on? Was he fully dressed? We don't know. Who is the victim? We don't know. Did the incident really happen? We don't know. We really need to predicate any judgmental conclusions on facts not speculation.
The point is that there is no apparent evidence of a verifiable victim. If you meant that a rumor was posted and credible TOTV subscribers expressed skepticism about the alarming incident as represented and, in fact, took the initiative to debunk an exaggerated rumor, count me with the "trust but verify" skeptics. They did good work in putting the record in perspective and minimizing the many stressful, anxiety producing concerns of those who concluded the worst before the facts were entered into the equation while at the same time raising awareness about the potential for a real incident.
Perhaps you misread the thread.
I have always enjoyed your articulate and enlightening posts, but have a divergence of opinion on the above point. Professionally, I have had occasion to work with Victim/Witness agencies and I agree with your points on crimes against women but do not understand their correlation to the Lake Miona incident. Perhaps an independent thread on the topic would be beneficial.
I do appreciate most of your posting efforts and have learned from them. Thanks for the cerebral exercise.
My wife and I are going to watch my favorite all time movie tonight (for about the 20th time).......Mamma Mia. Have a good evening in the Villages.