Joanna
Miles Jackson wrote:
> joanna wrote:
>
>> There is also a mountain of data about sexual abuse in families. No
>> one is saying that she has proved her case; we are objecting to her
>> allegations being dismissed out of hand.
>>
>
> The only people making claims in this thread about what really
> happened are you and Jesse: "HA raped his daughter". What James, Yosh
> and I are pointing out is that we can't just simply accept accusations
> at face value, especially when they are based on recovered memories.
> No one is saying "We know the memory was fabricated"; we're just
> saying her vivid memory account is not clear evidence that the abuse
> occurred.
>
> So without corrobating evidence, we're left with the fact that Bettina
> has a vivid memory of abuse; however, we cannot make a confident claim
> that "she was abused" or "she wasn't abused". I know this lack of
> certainty is disconcerting in cases like this, but in my view, "we
> can't be sure one way or the other" is the only logically and morally
> defensible position.
>
> Miles
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