< The DSK affair has developed into a Shakespearian tragedy with the French media not sure who the victim is. >

He might actually get a fair trial! All too often in cases like this, the alleged perpetrator is deemed to be guilty and tried and hung by the media. They’ve then got to absolutely prove their innocence, which sits in stark contrast to the fundamental principle of law that one has to be proven guilty or shown to be guilty beyond a reasonable double or else they walk!

One of the best articles I've read in ages!
More a Shakespearean "History" though than tragedy, I think. The author has decocted the complex play of events brilliantly into gripping diegetic form. The litany of statistical infamy he cites reverberates like background percussion as the scandalous events unfold and the protagonists gradually acquire their garb of modesty and regalia respectively.
Sorry, I'm all enraptured!
The case is fascinating in its extremes:
how can DSK get a fair trial?
How can the parlour-maid meet the dream-team in court?
How can men defend the clear fact that they are inveterate rapists? How can women continue to be complicit in their passivity and silence? How can the IMF, or the decadent rich in general, be cleansed of the overall stain it must share?
How can the French Socialist Party claim to be for the people?

The whole affair is like a putrid wound on the face of the great Western dissembler, exposed like Dorian Grey when the curtains (ideology) are drawn back and his picture is revealed in all its fiendish glory!

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Dear Squeers,

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You pose some very interesting questions. I am sure William Shakespeare would have come up with some fascinating scenarios in response. But on reflection, the real life version that is about to be played-out in room 51 on the 13th floor of the New York criminal court at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan will probably be just as captivating.

The stage is set and the roles distributed. The actors must now learn their parts and there will be many rehearsals before the first performance. Unless there is some unforeseen, dramatic turn of events, the official opening of this extraordinary screenplay will probably not take place until the end of the year. We shall have to arm ourselves with patience.

What an unlikely couple they make: Dominique and Ophelia, man and woman, old and young, white and black. Jew and Muslim, rich and poor, powerful and modest, politician and chambermaid. Fate has thrown them together. Will fate decide their future or will justice be done? ... man-made justice, that Achilles' heel of democracy, American democracy ... for those two foreign nationals, a visiting French man and a resident Guinean woman whose paths just happened to cross at noon one fatal day in the month of May.

Will truth and morality prevail or will it be cynicism and injustice?

And what effect will it have on our lives ? Will it change anything ? Will the rich and powerful change their ways ? And the ordinary, every day rapist amongst family and friends, will it change anything for them ?

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The rumours are that DSK was developing a conscience and did not like the financial rape of the PIGS,so he had to go.

In 99% of alleged rape by such a high profile person,a few hundred thousand EUROS would have appeased the alleged victim,but alas,some higher authority may have been paying a lot more.

The financial rapists get off Scott free time and time again killing millions,but the media whores ignore the reality.

I too thought the article was fascinating and well written.

The story of these two people was made more clear to me from this article, but at the end of the day, I bet he gets off, whether he raped her or not.

The only question I have is, did they find his DNA in her saliva?

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Dear Arjay,

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That's surprisingly strong language for somebody whose intelligence, morality and moderation I have come to respect on OLO.

Though I do not often participate in the debates here, I follow some of them occasionally.

Having said that, you do have a point which, I must say, I share with you.

Dominant males are to be found in all spheres of power: sex, finance, politics, religion, industry, the media, public service, culture ...

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