Recent content by CaptRenault

This article answers the question of why, at the highest levels of the game, men are better at chess than women. https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2024/03/24/why-are-men-dominant-in-chess/

Despite the best efforts of the Trump administration, boys continue to compete against girls in high school sports in several states. Trump should move ahead immediately with the cutoff of Federal funds to those states...

The problem for a visitor to Toronto is that most of the strip clubs and escort incalls are much more spread out than those in Montreal. To take advantage of everything in Toronto, you need a car to get around and even if you have a car, you will spend time driving and fighting traffic. You...

I have a lot of sympathy for the players and none for the accuser. The accuser got paid off by Hockey Canada as a result of a civil suit even though it is now clear that she invited (not just consented to!) the sexual acts. As a result of what happened, the players had their careers ruined...

The account of today's proceedings should leave no doubt in anyone's mind that the players are not guilty. Even the true-believing protestors outside the court house have dwindled down to 12 from 40 or more last week. Most of the day was spent on questioning (by both sides) of retired police...

This video provides a good overview of how this case became politicized after the settlement was revealed.

This trial is developing into a fiasco and an embarrassment for the court, the jury and the prosecution. The judge needs to move the trial along and then take about 3 minutes to issue a NOT Guilty verdict. As I stated at the beginning, this is a case with political overtones. The charges were...

Both the Crown and the defense agreed to the judge’s decision. If either side had disagreed then the trial probably would have continued with a jury. It’s obviously a good decision for the defense. All the testimony so far favors the defense. This trial will end soon with a well deserved not...

That happened to me once! I told my mom about it and she reported me to the police. Since I'm a guy and my "victims" were all girls, I was charged, convicted and sent to jail for five years. Boy, I sure learned my lesson! :D

Both sides (prosecution and defense) have finished questioning the complainant, "E.M." The trial has moved on to other witnesses, starting with Tyler Steenbergen, a teammate who was in the room part of the time when the sexual encounters took place but he did not participate and he was not...

I agree that the prosecutors may be starting to wonder whether it was wise to charge the players. However, keep in mind that a big reason that the players were charged in 2022 was public uproar over the revelation that Hockey Canada had used a special fund to pay off the girl after she had filed...

The CBC has done a thorough job of reporting on the trial. It provides live updates during days when the trial is going on and at least one article after the finish of each day's proceedings. Here is an article about Friday's proceedings...

In general, in Canada (and the U.S.), lawyers can't question a complainant in a sexual assault or rape case about her sexual history unless the complainant and the accused have been in a relationship. That's not true in this case...

I agree with you, Doc. Based on my earlier gut feelings about the case and now the actual testimony, I don't think the players are guilty. They probably made a very bad decision to get involved with this woman, but what happened was not sexual assault. As I expected, the woman is not helping...

One interesting fact that came out is that the girl had a boyfriend at the time of the incident and she admits that she cheated on him.