[Can't find the OP where Ianslat posted this story, otherwise I would award it some stars and post a comment in that thread, instead of here.]
His story is exactly the kind of thing I wanted to post but couldn't quite formulate, so congrats to Ian on beating me to it, as well as pitching it just right!
I assume this relates to the news story relating to an alleged sexual assault by US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused by Christine Blasey Ford, a research psychiatrist, of attempted rape at a party in Washington in the 1980s, when both were teenagers.
Without wishing to diminish the seriousness of the alleged offence, I find it significant that the supposed victim could not remember either the date or the location of the alleged attack, and that despite the fear and trauma she claims she experienced, she made no note of the incident in her diary or anywhere else. Surely, even if she didn't make any written record of the incident at the time, if it had made that great an impact on her, she would be able to recall some other details relating to the occasion, sufficient to be able to identify the place and date?
Or, if she was so psychologically traumatised that she has subsequently almost completely blanked it from her conscious memory, how much reliance can be placed on the evidence of her fragmentary recollection now?
This is in contrast with the evidence of Mr Kavanaugh, who has apparently been able to produce written records (calendars etc.) relating to his social activities during that period.
Odd, isn't it, that after 30+ years, this accusation has suddenly surfaced now, just as Mr Kavanaugh's appointment is being considered?
