Duke: Proper trial optional

Let's have some intellectual fun again, let's spin out our prejudices, let's show how stupid we are, let's hurt for the pleasure of discussion, let's make our minds based on uninformed opinions.

Let's discuss the Duke University rape accusations.

For the weeks and months to come, I know I will be angry every time I will hear about the case. Everybody will have an opinion and nobody will have access to the facts. We will heart of this through the medias and we know that they magnify what's news - not exactly a "fair justice" process. It's ok if you want to be entertained - not so much if you want to call a fair judgment.

Even when someone tries to discuss things objectively, calling for moderation before we make judgments without the facts, she'll say something as stupid as:

"Frankly, I admit, I am really curious about her fingernails. If there was a violent struggle, why isn't there skin or DNA on the nails?"

I can see many reasons: she might have had her hands held, she might have grabbed clothes instead of skin, she might have used fists instead of open hands, etc.

For the duration of that trial, we should sit on the bench and wait for the judicial process to unfold. Instead of discussing the case itself, we should seize the opportunity to discuss racial and social tensions. Why is it that this university is so white in such a black neighborhood? How can justice be done in such a high profile case?