Michael Mills

Scot living in London | passions: golf, cookery, reading, Manchester City | respectful disagreement advances knowledge and understanding

[Michael Mills @michaelmills000]

@BlamKaboom @JamesMilne_ @HGTudorKTN I give up... thanks

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@JamesMilne_ @BlamKaboom @HGTudorKTN I have no evidence that she wasn't telling the truth - but I would say that 17 years after the event and having experienced significant mental health and drug addiction problems over many years, there is a small possibility that her recollection may be at odds with what happened.

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@BlamKaboom @JamesMilne_ @HGTudorKTN Sorry, who told a medical professional that a rape had occurred? Oh, the alleged victim. Is it possible (5% possibility, say) that she wasn't telling the truth?

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@JamesMilne_ @BlamKaboom @HGTudorKTN So her saying it was non-consensual is the evidence which proves it was non-consensual? Is that what you are saying?

Is there a possibility (even a 5% possibility) that she is not telling the truth (after all, it was 17 years ago, and recollections may differ)?

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@JamesMilne_ @BlamKaboom @HGTudorKTN The onus of providing evidence falls on the prosecution - which bit(s) of evidence in the rape conviction made you "sure" that the anal sex was not consensual (given the admission by the "victim" that the vaginal sex was consensual)?

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@BlamKaboom @HGTudorKTN Believing he is guilty is not the same as believing he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. That's the only point I was making - it's not simply a question of do you believe him or her...

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@BlamKaboom @HGTudorKTN Believing Brand is guilty, like the jury did, is not sufficient to convict. The standard is "beyond a reasonable doubt", not "on balance I believe..."

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@1_True_Voice @JacquiDeevoy1 First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist ...

[Then trade unionists - then Jews]

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

—Martin Niemöller

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@Rainmaker1973 The best? A more appropriate superlative for Sergeant Pepper is surely "the most over-rated" - it only has one great song (A Day in the Life), with the rest being ok or poor.

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@MattyDread Very good - thanks...

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@justdavenow89 @Simon369456 Does @justdavenow89 recognise that racially-motivated violent gang rape of a 12-13 year-old girl is more evil than rape of an adult who has just had consensual intercourse with the accused and has then allegedly withdrawn consent?

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@BrexitBuster Does Jim Grenville also believe the Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Pakistanis, Hungarians, Poles, Egyptians .... are guilty of ethno-nationalism? If not, why not?

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@Glen_Allan_ @Mr_Husky1 It's also an amazing book, IMO...

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@BertMagoo1 He was best in the final 10-15 minutes when he played number 10, after Cherki went off.

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@concernedmuffin @AnneErickson It was a joke by John Lennon when asked whether he thought Ringo was the best drummer in the world...

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@concernedmuffin @AnneErickson Ringo Starr wasn't even the best drummer in The Beatles...

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@AnneErickson @mulrichlivese12 Yes?

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@RolandOrzabal_ Well, I'm glad no-one said Sergeant Pepper...

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@RockyRa57819637 @RolandOrzabal_ Be honest ... do you skip Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Octopus's Garden?

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@VinnyJay87 @AndrewKaufmanMD You know every flu virus is different from the previous one?