# Moses Farrow defends Woody Allen

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**Created:** [December 12, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moses-farrow-defends-woody-allen/927877 "2020-12-12T05:17:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moses-farrow-defends-woody-allen/927877/165 "2021-03-16T04:02:07Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> 🙄 I meant non-paedophilic child _sexual_ abuser, as context made bleedingly obvious. Please don’t misuse my posts to score cheap rhetorical tricks.
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> > [@Miller](#):
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> > I was also unsure what you were trying to say there.

I, too.

> [@nelliebly](#):
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> That’s very different from outright fabrication, which is rare.

I dunno. It may be that outright fabrication absent any prodding from an adult is rare, but children have told some real whoppers with just a little direction from adults. Remember the McMartin preschool scandal? when a guy named Ray Buckey spent 5 years in prison, charged but not convicted, simply awaiting trial, because a judge would not give him bail?

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