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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dandu" data-source="post: 6268149" data-attributes="member: 85158">Given my profession, if I were in a fantasy game world, I'd probably be the one casting the spells...Interesting. From my knowledge of medieval history, launching a bunch of witch hunts with the victims pointing out "witches" (which usually started with those low on the social ladder and moved upwards) is also on the table. Or am I thinking of The Crucible?Actually, with regards to false rape accusations, there's a number of ways investigators use to determine if the accuser is telling the truth or not. For example, victims tend to exhibit PTSD. Most victims tell their families/close friends and are pressured into telling the police later. Rape generally involves more than just sex, but false accusations tend to only mention that sex occurred. (A professional could likely go on forever, so you'll forgive me if I end my examples here.)There's no guarantee that someone's lying if their story looks suspicious, but a competent investigator is far from helpless in these situations.Besides, we're dealing with fiction here. Certainly great detectives can exist. You do live in a world where people are brainwashed into committing heinous acts. The 20th and 21st centuries are replete with such examples.The general opinion seems to be that the leaders are held responsible for the acts that result from their teachings, but mentally competent individuals who carry them out are also culpable, as, at the end of the day, it was their decision to obey orders. (Unless you were, say, in a military organization and of sufficiently low rank.)I imagine, though, if there was a <a href="http://digitaljournal.com/article/324779" target="_blank">drug</a> that eliminated free will, the victim would not be held responsible.</blockquote>

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