another common misconception is between offering the alleged victim help and empathy, and giving the victim's report full unquestionable credibility. the latter would be too prone to abuse, and has often been abused indeed, and it conveniently disregards other common possibilities, such as that the accused is the actual victim and the accusers are the actual perpetrator, as in the case fabricated against rms. good justice and good science are not made based on allegations and on outrage provoked by them. those are too easy to manufacture. solid fact finding requires a clear mind, not the turbulence of outrage.