If you’ve been keeping up with the Dominque Strauss-Kahn story, you may recently have hit your disgust overload (and if you haven’t, take a gander at Ben Stein’s analysis). The IMF chief, currently bunking at Riker’s and said to be on suicide watch, was been accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid over the weekend; while DSK is of course innocent until proven guilty, the fact that many women have come out of the woodwork to speak not very highly of his character, and, more so, that his defense quickly changed from having lunch with his daughter and not being in the hotel at the time of the allegations to being there but the encounter being “consensual” does not look good. And if, as some conspiracy theorists believe, DSK did not do anything wrong but was set up, that would be pretty vile, too. This morning, however, one thing did emerge that could prove to be a small but bright light in an otherwise very dark story. Naturally, we speak of the case against emoticons.
According to the Times:
Mr. Strauss-Kahn is known to carry two BlackBerrys with him — one encrypted and the other not — to stay in constant touch. Those on the receiving end say his messages often come adorned with two smiley faces.
In the event he is found guilty, those of us who are violently anti-emoticon can be content to have this conclusive evidence tying the use of the skin-crawling symbols to sick fucks and/or criminal activity. QED.
:-)
or
:-O after I whip it out …
:-)
or
:-O after I whip it out …
Madamazelle Bessi,
Interview me in my place at Riker’s to hear my part of the story.
Call me soon,
–DSK
Madamazelle Bessi,
Interview me in my place at Riker’s to hear my part of the story.
Call me soon,
–DSK
Key question here is whether the smiley faces had open mouths or tongues hanging out.
Key question here is whether the smiley faces had open mouths or tongues hanging out.
This is obviously a very elaborate pr ploy aimed at disguising the fact that DSK, like most French bankers, is a closet homo.
This is obviously a very elaborate pr ploy aimed at disguising the fact that DSK, like most French bankers, is a closet homo.
:) + a woman in your room + 10 extra minutes before lunch + getting caught + rikers = :(
:) + a woman in your room + 10 extra minutes before lunch + getting caught + rikers = :(
I end my texts with 8========D — —- —-
-Eliot Spitzer
I end my texts with 8========D — —- —-
-Eliot Spitzer
free seaman bodine
free seaman bodine
(,)(,)
(,)(,)
Pls don’t say you don’t like xoxo. I will be crushed if you do. :-(
Pls don’t say you don’t like xoxo. I will be crushed if you do. :-(
the emoticon most used at Rikers…. :O<<<<<<<<<<<< OO
the emoticon most used at Rikers…. :O<<<<<<<<<<<< OO
I vastly prefer it and its variants to emoticons, by far.
I vastly prefer it and its variants to emoticons, by far.
>’^..^`<
>’^..^`<
(*)(*)
- Scores Waitress
(*)(*)
- Scores Waitress
xoxoxo <3
xoxoxo <3
You should be a diplomat, Bess. I am not sure if you don’t like xoxo or are just being nice to me…well played.
You should be a diplomat, Bess. I am not sure if you don’t like xoxo or are just being nice to me…well played.
suck me, beautiful.
suck me, beautiful.
Makes sense. Sounds like the guy is a big fan of the happy ending.
Makes sense. Sounds like the guy is a big fan of the happy ending.
Why stop at bankers?
Why stop at bankers?
examine your moticons
examine your moticons
Furiously B===)~~ on keyboard.
Furiously B===)~~ on keyboard.
Get a suite at the Sofitel on W44th. Wait in the bathroom naked. We can play it by ear from there.
Get a suite at the Sofitel on W44th. Wait in the bathroom naked. We can play it by ear from there.
(.Y.)
-non-artificially-enhanced
(.Y.)
-non-artificially-enhanced
I’m still wrestling with the concept behind forcing someone to provide head.
This guy is clearly a doughy bastard, not physically imposing in any way. Why didn’t she just bite it off and let him bleed out, squealing while scampering French-like all over the room?
I’m still wrestling with the concept behind forcing someone to provide head.
This guy is clearly a doughy bastard, not physically imposing in any way. Why didn’t she just bite it off and let him bleed out, squealing while scampering French-like all over the room?
9======)~
-Lance Armstrong
9======)~
-Lance Armstrong
DSK rape; not confused with “emoticon rape.”
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emoticon%20rape
DSK rape; not confused with “emoticon rape.”
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emoticon%20rape
REDUNDANT!
REDUNDANT!
XYY
-DSK
XYY
-DSK
Call me.
I like the cut of your jib.
I just finished really violently…
C=================3 is me
C=3 your boyfriend
Think about it.
Yours in Christ,
Strauss-Kahn
))((
Forever.
you just try to tea bag bess with that “<3"
Forcing does not require use of force
Hellcats was canceled. :o(
Ahem
P=========)~
[Edited by Moderator]
You’re a fucking idiot.
Welcome to Dealbreaker, Ben Stein!
Not physically imposing to you maybe but perhaps more so to a woman? Ever think of that one? And I love how you don’t even take into account that he could have intimidated her not just through force. Perhaps he locked the door and said he was going to kill her if she didn’t x, y, z? And finally, perhaps you should top to think that maybe a maid who makes very little money, who is an immigrant and whose first language is not English could be more easily intimidated than others? Just spitballing here.
The second if my ”Oh” face. It is used frequently.
Like he prevailed in the course of logic or had some sort of political leverage against her?
Is that some kind of jujitsu thing?
The complaint alleges he forcibly made contact with his penis and her mouth twice. Hope that helps clarify. Plus, if some dude is pushing you around and grabbing at you, it takes a few secs to figure out how to respond. While I’m a big fan of “bite it off” not sure most people would do that. Run away is first instinct.
If this all sounds like I know what I’m talking about, indeed I do.
Just spitballing, eh? Kind of like I was?
Or perhaps you’d more willingly put up with such an injustice than I would.
In her place, I’d have done anything necessary, including killing the bastard, to stop him. If she wasn’t capable of doing so for any number of reasons, I understand, but asking the question, about that general situation rather than her specific, makes me neither an idiot nor insensitive.
))==((
[requiem for a dream, director's cut]
HIV+
An immigrant, moreover, from an authoritarian West African state with a per-capita GDP of $1k and a literacy rate of 29%.
”Or perhaps you’d more willingly put up with such an injustice than I would.”
are you a fucking retard or do you just play one in the comment section?
Guest lists reasons that perhaps, in spite of being a “doughy bastard,” DSK could have successfully intimidated her and your response is “perhaps you’d more willingly put up with such an injustice than I would”? kill yourself.
”In her place, I’d have done anything necessary, including killing the bastard, to stop him. If she wasn’t capable of doing so for any number of reasons, I understand,”
you did not once in your initial comment, suggest that maybe she did try and fight back. all you did was question how in the world it’d be possible for him to intimidate her, and suggested that it was in fact not possible.
How are you so certain that he is, in fact, a “doughy bastard”? Have you seen a single picture of him where he is not wearing a suit or an overcoat? And how do you know the cleaning lady in question isn’t 4’11″ 110lbs?
[wink emoticon]
Would have hit like but your last sentence made that seem inappropriate…
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- Load. Shot.
I read what CP wrote as a genuine question and give him credit for being the kind of dude who did not understand this. I take that as a good sign.
And Guest, CT, SRH et al I understand your passion about the subject and your understanding of the dynamics that were likely occurring is spot on.
But given this is a discussion about rape (allegedly) can we take it down a notch or two in terms of the aggressiveness of the responses to each other?
Thx dudes. Love you all.
pmco for prez
Try reading for comprehension, asshole. I specifically said, and I quote,
“I’m still wrestling with the concept behind forcing someone to provide head.”
Feel free, from your clearly superior mental position, to explain to me how I suggested it’s not possible.
And the thought behind forcing such a thing is more of a dilemma for me from the perpetrator’s side than the victim’s — how in the world can such a scumbag be SO certain that his intimidation has worked that he’s willing to risk the well-deserved consequences of being wrong?
Rabble rabble rabble
Now, now CP. Deep breaths. Be nice. xoxo
Is she HIV+ or not? I am confused – her lawyer denied it, but the NYPost found her living in HIV/AIDS housing
We know he was a fan of 8===> (_)*(_) >_<
Actually, the complaint alleges that he finished in her mouth and she spit it out. Going to be tough to sell the “he forcibly came in my mouth argument.” Thus, I wholeheartedly agree with counterparty.
I hadn’t read Ben Stein’s borderline retarded “analysis” of the situation until just now.
I’d like to be perfectly clear – while STEIN appears to have been trying to explain this away as an implausible complaint on the part of the victim, that is not, was not, and never will be my intent.
Since I’m not the government, I am not required to provide DSK the presumption of innocence; in fact, he strikes me to be guilty as hell, and I feel quite badly for the maid in question, and, being a guy, simply thought about the alternatives she might have had under the circumstances.
The fact that she didn’t/couldn’t apparently exercise such options, if they even existed, in no way makes me think that she’s at fault in any way for his crime.
Clear?
furthermore, he may have mollified her by playing “just zee teep”
FAIL- we know that she’s approx 6 ft. jeez, haven’t you been stalking this story like the rest of us, Poindexter? [wink emoticon, not of the NAMBLA variety]
damn Fed minutes distracted me from the important stuff
Suck me again!
Suck me again!
10+ years ago; 5 years of therapy. All good now apart from an occasional bit of vitriol directed at douche bag men…but they deserve it, right?
xoxo
DSK Should’ve just gone to Taco Bell at Penn Station on Saturday night.
“who is an immigrant and whose first language is not English could be more easily intimidated than others? ”
Since French is the official language of both Guinea and France, there appeared to be a common language. Not that this changes his guilt or innocence.
She has been in the US for seven years through asylum. I haven’t looked into it, but I would think asylum from Guinea is fairly difficult. Very often, these are the relatives of military or government officials “friendly” to the US who have been overthrown. In other cases, it is given to members of groups who are targeted by their home government–intellectuals, a particular religious group, etc. The US doesn’t easily grant asylum. Not that this changes the legitimacy of her charges.
Having known many refugees through the University system, I can tell you that one of the first things many refugee women discover and use quickly is the new found power of equality and the power to call the police whether or not it is warranted. Not that this changes what transpired in the hotel room.
We don’t know the full story.
I see what you did there.
“Comment Removed” would be a good phrase on a Dealbreaker coffee mug.
HIV status is protected by law; her lawyer can make any claim he wants I suppose, as, well, he’s a lawyer, but legally they cannot make a point of it in court unless it’s directly relevant.
Screaming “HIV” (esp. if true) would seem like a good Prophylactic
in a potentia rape scenario, no? (assuming pepper/bear spray not handy)
–Monday Morning Quarterback
That’s absurd.
-Muffie Benson-Perella
Big fan of what Bess? What does “this” mean? I don’t understand.
-B of A trader
I don’t believe I’m writing a reasoned response to this…
“In her place, I’d have done anything necessary, including killing the bastard, to stop him.”
Let’s actually try to put ourselves in her place shall we? She’s a single mother, a widow, an immigrant, limited English, as said above. Jobs are not easy to come by for people with that set of characteristics. You’re raising a teenager by yourself, you have no family money, you desperately NEED that job. You’re perfectly aware that in the case of a confrontation between a hotel guest renting a $3000 / night suite and an easily replaceable maid, hotel management’s default position is “the customer is always right” and you find yourself out on the street with a child to support. Is it maybe JUST possible you hesitate long enough (“maybe it’s just a mistake? Maybe he didn’t hear me knock?”) for the guy to close and lock the door? and even then as he starts to assault you, your mind is simultaneously wrestling with “he’s going to rape me” and “but if don’t do what he wants will they believe me? if they don’t believe me I’m out of a job.” Remember, finally, that she has a daughter and that people make all kinds of crazy sacrifices for their kids. I can fully believe the *possibility* she might not be believed and be fired as a result and that therefore her kid might find herself homeless and hungry was enough for her to remain there long enough for him to do his thing. She showed enormous courage by going to the cops as quickly as she did–most women in her circumstances are too scared to come forward.
I’ve always thought you were incredibly well adjusted.
OGC
I suspect that it was not exactly rape (either consentual, confusion or cash) but that in any case she HAD to claim rape to protect herself from prosecution for having sex without disclosing the HIV in advance.
But how do you show you have your socks on?
Bravo, Perky, bravo.
actually, maybe she did scream as much, which might explain his insistence on some force majeure fellatio.
– AIG SVU
Taking your chances with HIV+ chambre maid = NKI
–LEH Roulette Analyst
Legal Disclaimer:
If you are so stupid as to read this footnote: nothing will help you.
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