Is the Head of the IMF a Sex Criminal?

@spendius,

Professor Dowden wrote in his Shakspere: His Mind and Art (Harper 1901)--

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One who is thoroughly in earnest is not afraid to laugh; he knows that he may safely have his laugh out, and that it will not disturb the solid relation of things. It is only when we are half in earnest that we cherish our seriousness, and tremble lest the dignity of our griefs and joys should be impaired.

If the Prof was correct, as I believe, the lack of humour so obviously present in the persecution of DSK demonstrates a fundamental lack of earnestness and implies that it is having it off for reasons unconnected with the risible incident, if such there was, in the Sofitel suite.

To a certain extent this applies also to many aspects of DSK's defence. The very words "blow job" have a lighthearted ring to them.

Vance & Co were milking well filled udders as were the rest of the motley crew of self-promoting, po-faced diddicos.

A short course in Balzac is the best cure I know.

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I don't whether those who gave the immigrant maid the code name "Ophelia" intended to identify her with Shakespeare's tragic victim but if they did they made a literary misjudgment of proportions which are sufficient to demonstrate how little attention they paid to their English Literature despite the pretension of the choice.

The maid and the character of Ophelia are just about at the opposite extremities of female natures.

They might have been better with Shallow Throat.

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THE French author who has accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her does not identify him by name in her latest book, referring instead to a "pig" and a "baboon man".
A publishing source said today that Tristane Banon's Le bal des hypocrites (The Hypocrites' Ball) is a 128-page novelisation of her role in the Strauss-Kahn scandal, and that no full names are given to the protagonists.
The 32-year-old writer accuses Mr Strauss-Kahn of luring her to an unfurnished Paris flat in 2003 and assaulting her - forcing her to fight him off.
Mr Strauss-Kahn has admitted to police having made an "advance" on Ms Banon, who is 30 years his junior and the daughter of a family friend, but he angrily denies any violence and has lodged a counter-suit for defamation.
Ms Banon first made the claim in 2007 on a television chat show - dubbing the Socialist politician a "rutting chimpanzee" - but she did not lodge a formal complaint until this year, after Mr Strauss-Kahn was charged in another case.
In May, a hotel maid accused Mr Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault and attempted rape in his suite at the Sofitel in New York. He was put on trial but the US case against him collapsed over doubts about the accuser's testimony.
Mr Strauss-Kahn denied violence but admitted he had had a sexual encounter with the maid during her seven-minute visit to his room. Charges have been dropped, but his hopes of running for the French presidency were ruined.
French police have interviewed Ms Banon and Mr Strauss-Kahn about the earlier incident, and magistrates must now decide whether to prosecute, to dismiss the allegations or to rule that it happened too long ago to pursue.
There is no time limit on the judges to make their decision and in the meantime Ms Banon and Mr Strauss-Kahn have been jousting in the media.
Ms Banon's book, which will be released tomorrow, will be the latest salvo in the battle, with 40,000 copies printed.
Marion Mazauric, founder of publishers Au Diable Vauvert, said Ms Banon received no advance for the book.
In it, according to the publishing source, she describes how seeing the "baboon man" on television during the New York case had brought her own memories back to the surface and convinced her to seek justice.
The only proper names used in the account are "David" - David Koubbi, her friend and lawyer, who has helped her make her complaint - and her cat "Flaubert", but the various actors in the drama are clearly recognisable.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/dsk-not-named-in-accusers-book/story-e6frfku0-1226165475133#ixzz1acZl3fWF

Pretty much confirming every shitty thing I have said about Tristane. She has said that she has no interest in making any money even though she is barely employed...so I hope all profits go to charity.

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He was put on trial but the US case against him collapsed over doubts about the accuser's testimony

If it were fair and balanced would read

"He was put on trial but the US case against him collapsed when the accuser demonstrated to prosecutors a pattern of dishonesty."

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@hawkeye10,

I don't know how use my phone to links, so I will do it later.....DSK is now free of the Tristane charges, as France will not pursue the matter.

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@hawkeye10,

The gold digging women and their lawyers are not having a good time losing one battle after another.

Now the ideal outcome is if he would end up with a civil judgment again Tristane Banon.

My guess is Ms Banon and her lawyers are not going to risk such an outcome and her civil suit and our friend the Maid suit will be dropped in the short term future.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15296244

Strauss-Kahn sex case: French inquiry dropped
A French inquiry into attempted rape claims against ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been dropped.

The prosecutor's office said the evidence suggested sexual assault - a less serious offence than attempted rape, with a shorter statute of limitations.

Writer Tristane Banon had accused Mr Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape in 2003.

Her accusation emerged while Mr Strauss-Kahn was accused of rape in New York; that case was later dropped.

Prosecutors said in a statement that "it is clear that, for lack of sufficient proof, a prosecution may not be initiated over the count of attempted rape, but facts that could be described as sexual assault have meanwhile been recognised".

Under French law, the statute of limitations for attempted rape is 10 years, but three years for sexual assault.

Ms Banon's lawyer described the decision as a victory: "[Mr Strauss-Kahn] will have to be satisfied with being an unconvicted sex attacker, protected by the statute of limitations, allowing him to escape criminal prosecution, but not a legitimate suspicion," lawyer David Koubbi said.

The ruling demonstrated "the facts that [Ms Banon] complained of were not 'imaginary' contrary to Mr Strauss-Kahn's claims", he added.

Mr Strauss-Kahn's lawyer has said the decision means her client has been "completely cleared".

'Advance'

Ms Banon had previously said that if the prosecutor's office did not take up the criminal case, she may bring a private prosecution, in which case an independent investigating magistrate would have to reconsider the evidence.

As part of the police inquiry, Mr Strauss-Kahn and Ms Banon had confronted each other at a Paris police station at the end of September.

Continue reading the main story
Sex cases against Strauss-Kahn
Criminal case on sexual assault charge in New York - dropped 23 August
Civil case on sexual assault charge in New York - ongoing
Criminal investigation on attempted rape claims in Paris - dropped 13 October
Ms Banon said Mr Strauss-Kahn had tried to rape her during an interview for a book.

Mr Strauss-Kahn was previously said to have admitted making "an advance" on Ms Banon, but denied any violence and is suing for slander.

He resigned from his job as head of the International Monetary Fund after a New York hotel maid accused him of attempted rape earlier this year.

He still faces a civil suit in the US by his alleged victim in New York, Nafissatou Diallo.

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@hawkeye10,

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Mr Strauss-Kahn denied violence but admitted he had had a sexual encounter with the maid during her seven-minute visit to his room. Charges have been dropped, but his hopes of running for the French presidency were ruined.

I should damn well think so. The French don't want a 7-minuter representing them on the world stage.

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@hawkeye10,

Fancy a purtian bluestocking calling her cat Flaubert. That's an insult to French literature.

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@spendius,

Cats should be called Shrodinger. Parrots Flaubert.

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@izzythepush,

Both are affectations common in that class of persons which assiduously attends pub quizes.

A report I saw tonight claimed that the false allegation is the latest weapon being used by pupils to get rid of a teacher they don't like, to take control of the classroom, to get rid of teachers altogether and to have a little harmless fun for themselves. The teacher can lose his job, his pension, his mental balance and his reputation. No doubt the highly publicised cases which demonstrate the power of the false allegation will have been noted by pupils who, in such matters, are very quick on the uptake.

That is the real failing of Mr Vance and his team of experts. They encouraged imitation by the grand fuss they made over nothing. And they made the going tougher for genuine rape victims. And they wasted a large amount of police, court and prison resources. Why is he still in his job? The only reason I can think of is that he sees himself as being in the entertainment business.

It would be ironic indeed if the liberal agenda resulted in teachers abandoning the profession to be replaced by ex-sergeant majors and bouncers.

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@spendius,

Isn't he an elected official? If so, he can only be got rid of by an election. BTW, you're down the pub a lot more than me, I've got a kid to look after.

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@izzythepush,

And whose fault is that?

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@spendius,

Yours, for being a total dipso, stay in once in a while, try some Horlicks for a change.

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@spendius,

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A report I saw tonight claimed that the false allegation is the latest weapon being used by pupils to get rid of a teacher they don't like, to take control of the classroom, to get rid of teachers altogether and to have a little harmless fun for themselves. The teacher can lose his job, his pension, his mental balance and his reputation.

More of a problem in the UK I think than the USA, because here teachers try very hard to be the kids friend, and dont make the mistake of demanding very much. But even here the problem is bad enough that we are rapidly losing male teachers, a guy pretty much needs to be a masochist to want to go into teaching these days, especially in the younger grades. And for all the claims that men are wanted I suspect that Principals are anxious to cut down on the drama by hiring only women.

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No doubt the highly publicised cases which demonstrate the power of the false allegation will have been noted by pupils who, in such matters, are very quick on the uptake

No doubt....kids learn early how power works, and are constantly working to perfect their use of it, even as the adults refuse to admit that it exists.

Victim culture run amuck bleeds us with a thousand stabs.

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@hawkeye10,

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And for all the claims that men are wanted I suspect that Principals are anxious to cut down on the drama by hiring only women.

What a victory for feminism if your suspicion is true as I think it is tending to being. To take over education. Woweee!!

Another thing Mr Vance did is make a lot of people look foolish or worse. The lady judge who banged DSK up and forced his resignation from the IMF, to be replaced by a woman. The male judge who dreamt up ridiculous bail conditions. Both grandstanding in my opinion. And the editors of those newspapers which ff so graciously brought to our attention. And a lot more on a lower level.

AND THERE WAS NO CASE TO ANSWER. Vance believed evidence that he knew a jury wouldn't. And I think he knew it long before he admitted it.

And that verdict left the prematurely ejaculating Banon hanging out to dry.

And there's a suspicion that Vance owes his position to nepotism. Which is a far greater danger to society than anything DSK could manage with his dick.

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@izzythepush,

I'm on doctor's orders for two pints of John Smith's Extra Smooth (Silk in a Glass) every night. I might die if I stayed in. If I didn't it would be the next best thing to it I'm sure. spendi!!! staying in!!! Ye Gods.

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@spendius,

The biggest problem izzy with staying in is that you might become deluded enough to think that the view Media takes of the intelligence of the population is unjustified.

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

The biggest problem izzy with staying in is that you might become deluded enough to think that the view Media takes of the intelligence of the population is unjustified.

I assume by that you mean the idea the people are by and large easy to amuse and easy to deceive saps......

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@hawkeye10,

It is very sad that the French Prosecutor has translated DSK saying that he tried to kiss Tristane into "DSK has admitted to sexual aggression" . So I gather that stealing a kiss is now subject to a milti year jail term in France under the tittle of sexual assault.....and if so we can now say that even the French have become lunatics during the drive to have the state protect women.

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@hawkeye10,

There comes a point where the protection of a group by the state reaches nannying and thus the more protection women are afforded the more they must be officially viewed as infants who need to be protected from themselves.

One look at the Sofitel maid, her bank account and her associates suggests that if she needs pram straps most of the other women are still in nappies.

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@spendius,

This is not the first time that we have seen women treated as children, I am thinking here of Fin-De-Siecle culture, that being during a project instigated by men to oppress women. We now see it done during a project instigated by women which was supposed to be a project to oppress men but which eventually becomes government oppression of all, as government invades private life by force and demands to be the decider and the one with the whip. It is well past time for all good men and women to object to this theft of our rights and freedom.

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