2004-02-10 - 9:34 p.m.
my mom sent me a single page of the local paper today. it was quite possibly the most ridiculous page of newsprint i had ever seen from a publication that generally takes itself (at least) (sort of) seriously.
mixed in with the bridge scores, announcements of meat darts, happy 50th birthday gags with pics of losers in party hats there are a few tidbits you wouldn't want to miss. like the story of the house that caught on fire not once, but twice, in the same day which was deemed "suspicious". followed by the short clip detailing how two men were arrested at some "establishment" on charges "involving alcohol". i glanced at the story everyone needed to know about, detailing the psychotic episode of a man who beat various people, his weapon of choice being pots and pans, on both christmas day and boxing day.
and as if that weren't enough.
the most painful part was the half page account of a trial wherein a woman is charging her ex boyfriend with sexual assault. this occurred some time ago, so by now, the accused has been aquitted. the woman alleged that although she had had sex with the boyfriend after watching porn with some friends, and although she had not stated that she wasn't interested in further relations, and although it was common practise for her and her man to retire to the bedroom for a smoke and various activities at the end of the night, his waking her up by going down on her was clearly sexual assault.
a few things:
-he alleged that she was moaning and thus didn't see any sort of problem with the situation
-she apparently yelled to her brother to kick the man out (no mention of whether his head was still between her legs)
-she didn't report the incident until a week later when they had some sort of tiff
and the kicker. his name was printed. hers was not. so now, the real crazy in the whole ordeal gets off (not sexually, obviously) without a scratch on her and the poor fella who was just trying to make her feel good ends up walking around hermans with a sign on his back that says "i give such horrible head that my girlfriend took it to the supreme court"
or something.
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