Re: Early Memories, was Re: And you thought "Christians" hated Harry Potter before

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"Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Anecdotal evidence is not evidence at all. *
Judges and juries disagree.
No they don't. *
Yes, actually, they do. Cases are decided on anecdotal evidence all
the time.

Two Words. McMartin Preschool.
Two more words: no convictions. Not. A. Single. One. Do try to keep
that in mind. (There were, in fact, several high profile cases
similar to McMartin, in several states, around the same time, each
with a hundred plus counts. Not a single one ever produce a single
conviction, though there were a number of guilty please, probably
brought on by false confessions).
Not convicted doesn't help much when you are bankrupt and your life
and livelihood are destroyed. Not a convicted Child Molester still
tends to drag down your resume.

Do you think that's worse than a long prison sentence for a crime you did not commit? Seriously, do you? Cuz it looks like you do.

The main defendant spent five years in jail awaiting trial. Its not worse, but its still a bad thing.

I'm arguing *against* those people who think that they have memories from before they were two, or of being born or whatever. They are basically making stuff up, and convincing themselves its true. Do you remember the whole "recovered memory" fad of the 80s? Hundreds of people had their lives destroyed because a therapist convinced somebody that they had been traumatized as a child by a family member. They then publicly accused and/or brought charges against those family members. Some of them were convicted, some of them weren't but it still tore apart those families.
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