Re: perspective of discussion about I-D.farresnickel-harassment

["Dan Harkins" <[e-mail]>]

On Sun, March 22, 2015 1:58 pm, Dave Crocker wrote:
> On 3/22/2015 3:53 PM, Dan Harkins wrote:
>>   If you haven't realized that non-governmental committees to
>> deal with harassment in their organizations have been greeted
>> with quite a few false accusations of late then you PROBABLY
>> aren't paying attention.
>
>
> Dan,
>
> I thought I was paying attention, but apparently I wasn't. Thanks for
> alerting us to this insidious problem.

  Sarcasm would be a more effective tool for silencing others (i.e. bullying)
if it wasn't so cheap these days.

> Unfortunately a concern for claims that might not prove true has to
> include the one you've just made.
>
> So it would help for you to provide some outside substantiation for it.
>  A professional study on the problem would help quite a bit.  Anecdotal
> media reporting probably won't.

  This is certainly going to derail this thread, and maybe that's what you
hoped for. But you asked so here you go. These have more to do with
rape ("pseudologia phantastica") than harassment so feel free to put
your head back in the sand if you like.

http://www.icdv.idaho.gov/conference/handouts/False-Allegations.pdf

http://sf-criminaldefense.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/KaninFalseRapeAllegations.pdf

There are others. Google works, try it.

  Dan.

> d/
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> Dave Crocker
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