Waiting
I wrote this about the last time:
"If it's not the first news story, the jury isn't back yet," I said. We both waited - the fifth time we'd listened to those beeps together today.I remember ducking out of a meeting to catch the midday news - another woman rushed in when she heard the radio "is there a verdict?"
"There is still no verdict in the Louise Nicholas rape trial." As the hours and days dragged on, I kept having the same conversations: "At least someone believes her," and, "I hope they stay staunch."
The waiting is almost harder this time round. Yelling "it's not a sex trial" at Sean Plunkett didn't make me feel that much better.
well, its all as we feared, Maia. And how could it be anything else ... the whole trial was a farce and failure to convict was inevitable.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gift for the bully-boy misogynists that abound in the shadowy world of blog comments .. so bl. hard and brave that they cannot sign their comments with their real names.
I am so mad about this whole business that I have wept today. And so should we all.