>> You've pointed at a standard we've developed elsebook for trying someone in the court of public opinion. <<

Heh, yeah.

>> Given the difficulty (in L-America) women and other marginal people have in standing up and accusing someone of abuse in the first place, <<

It's better in T-America, but the quality is variable.

>>if one claim of abuse starts resulting in others? He(*) did it. (* that pronoun being almost *overwhelmingly* correct. Not always; I am intimately familiar with one case where it ain't... but.) <<

Prevailingly true.

>>Yes, *and*, while ordinary bigotry is no longer as cool there as it is here, forks are still an Issue, and we don't want rumours of various boogeymen floating about; the world has enough of that. Accident, yes. Conspicuous? Let's not. <<

Yep. Although I admit, if you try to molest a tiny supervillain, you deserve to have your dick shriveled.

>>I'm not sure from what I've seen... Shiv at this point is more visual and audio than verbal... <<

He has a wicked sense of humor, though, and there's always slapstick.

>> You ever seen any of OK Go's Rube Goldberg-esque videos? Shiv would enjoy the HELL out of that. Gadgetry AND musics.

And of course one can do musical comedy without saying a word. PDQ Bach...<<

LOL Yes.