# Here's a shocker..Mike Tyson acting like an ass again. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 4, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258 "2002-05-04T16:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258/41 "2002-05-11T08:20:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anal Scurvy \* > \*\* > > You, uh, you might want to learn something about that whole affair. Especially what Alan Dershowitz had to say about it. > > -no physical evidence of rape > -several witnesses saw them engaging in foreplay before reaching the hotel (supressed from the trial by judge) > -prosecution allowed to choose the judge (who had previously been an attorney specializing in rape convictions) > -Desiree Washington admitted she was given the chance to leave his bed, chooses to go to the bathroom instead of leaving entirely > -she was overheard making comments that Tyson was rich and dumb and that she wanted a piece of that > > Poor girl. Her courage is a guiding beacon to us all. \*\* Uh huh. There was no rape. Poor Mike got railroaded by the Man. Too bad he didn’t have the money to hire a good lawyer and got stuck with a rookie Public Defender named Dershowitz. And of course, the watchdog press wasn’t following the trial. And naturally, the statement the police beat out of tyson shouldn’t have been admitted. Poor guy. ---
**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258/42 "2002-05-11T16:37:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slip Mahoney \* > \*\* > Too bad he didn’t have the money to hire a good lawyer and got stuck with a rookie Public Defender named Dershowitz. > > \*\* Your ignorance is astounding. Your thinking privileges have been revoked until you’ve had a long time out and might actually have an understanding of what it means to think. Now go to your corner. ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258/43 "2002-05-11T18:02:11Z")
I’m ignorant? He had the best lawyers money could buy. The media reported on the trial every day. He appealed and lost. Yeah, they jobbed him. It was a conspiracy. Get lost, shmuck. ---
**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258/44 "2002-05-11T19:01:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slip Mahoney \* > **I’m ignorant?** That’s what I said. I made no assertion that he was railroaded or the victim of the conspiracy. I said the original poster knew nothing about the trial. Considering that you seem to know nothing about the trial + knowing nothing about his lawyer (Vince Fuller) + knowing nothing about Alan Dershowitz, two conclusions can be drawn: 1. You should pick up a book (maybe several). 2. You couldn’t even gleam any info from the daily media coverage. > [@](#): > > \*\*Get lost, shmuck. \*\* I wonder how you function on a daily basis. I wonder how you function in real life, where you have to choose between learning something and keeping your mouth shut. I wonder how you function outside of a place where you can be anonymously rude. I’m betting you’d be less hesitant to shoot off your mouth about something you clearly know nothing about. I could be wrong about this, though. ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258/45 "2002-05-12T09:41:20Z")
Tyson fan, huh? That explains the the gibberish. Anybody who gets this wound up in defence of a psycopath who has expressed a desire to eat his opponent’s children needs to be given a lot of leaving alone. Jerk off with someday else, because as of right now I never heard of you. Goodbye, dickhead, and say hello to Bubba and Earl in Cell Block 4. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258/46 "2002-05-13T05:33:37Z")
**Tennessee Ben** you asked why **vibrotronica** called you a “redneck” and insinuated the UT fans got rowdy. I told you and I also didn’t see a 🙂 after “twit”, so you can still go fuck yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258/47 "2002-05-13T05:38:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LindyHopper \* > \*\*Not only is he an ass and an oxygen bandit… \*\* “oxygen bandit”. Nice one! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258/48 "2002-05-13T07:07:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anal Scurvy \* > \*\* > > That’s what I said. > > I made no assertion that he was railroaded or the victim of the conspiracy. I said the original poster knew nothing about the trial. > > Considering that you seem to know nothing about the trial + knowing nothing about his lawyer (Vince Fuller) + knowing nothing about Alan Dershowitz, two conclusions can be drawn: > > 1. You should pick up a book (maybe several). > 2. You couldn’t even gleam any info from the daily media coverage. > > I wonder how you function on a daily basis. I wonder how you function in real life, where you have to choose between learning something and keeping your mouth shut. I wonder how you function outside of a place where you can be anonymously rude. > > I’m betting you’d be less hesitant to shoot off your mouth about something you clearly know nothing about. I could be wrong about this, though. \*\* Anal, I generally like your posts but defending Tyson is not a good idea. I did follow the Tyson trial and it was pretty obvious that he did the bad deed. In fact he almost came up on rape charges here in Vegas a couple of months ago. The only reason he did not get charged was that it came down to a he said-she said situation. At the same time Tyson had another woman in Vegas claim that Tyson raped her. I believe in the ‘innocent until proven guilty’ ideal. At the same time it is hard to believe Tyson is innocent. It is obvious that Tyson cannot control his rage. Tysons prison shrink diagnosed Tyson as a sociopath with depression IIRC. Tysons actions after he was released tend to back up that view. Slee ---
**Author:** ![whiteboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@whiteboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiteboy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258/49 "2002-06-02T14:00:24Z")
If Tyson loses, expect one hell of an entertaining aftermath. IF he loses. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258/50 "2002-06-02T16:22:05Z")
> [@](#): > > -no physical evidence of rape > -several witnesses saw them engaging in foreplay before reaching the hotel (supressed from the trial by judge) > -prosecution allowed to choose the judge (who had previously been an attorney specializing in rape convictions) > -Desiree Washington admitted she was given the chance to leave his bed, chooses to go to the bathroom instead of leaving entirely > -she was overheard making comments that Tyson was rich and dumb and that she wanted a piece of that I can’t speak knowledgeably about the other four items here, but from a general knowledge of how rape cases are prosecuted, I have no problem with the second item. It’s irrelevant to the question of whether forceable sexual intercourse was committed. It’s no more relevant than what the victim was wearing, or whether she came on to the defendant, or whether she was drinking, or any of the other canards that defendant’s attorneys like to throw at rape victims. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shocker-mike-tyson-acting-like-an-ass-again/107258.md?page=2)