Reply #271: dsc, I totally understand his humiliation, and that's why I wanted to throw [View All]

[pnwmom]

the book at both of them -- at first. My emotions got the better of my reason. I also was influenced by some newspaper articles that twisted the known facts.

But then I realized that they were two different people -- two individuals -- and that I hadn't actually seen any evidence of her doing anything worse than allowing Ravi to use a computer in her dorm room. And that the newspapers have been guilty of pretty sloppy reporting.

Read Ravi's tweets. He said that HE turned on the webcam (from Molly's room) and that HE viewed the roommate "making out." He didn't say anything about Molly participating. It's not even clear it was her computer that he used. It's also not clear -- no matter whose computer he used -- that she hung over his shoulder and watched what he was doing. Much less encouraged him.

If you've seen any other evidence, I'd be happy to reconsider. But at this point all I've seen are a couple of tweets that don't implicate Wei. And for the second incident a few days later, she wasn't charged at all. On what basis do you think she's equally culpable? Even the prosecutor isn't saying that.


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20018088-504083 ....

"Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into molly's room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay," Ravi said on his Twitter page in a Sept. 19 entry posted at 6:17 p.m., according to the New Jersey Star-Ledger.

Ravi allegedly broadcast that encounter but investigators would not say what video site it was posted to.

A few days later Ravi allegedly tweeted to his 150 followers telling them to "chat" him on iChat, an instant messaging sight with live video feed, the Star-Ledger reported.

"Anyone with iChat, I dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12. Yes it's happening again," Ravi wrote Sept. 21.

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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/molly_weis_att ...

This is how the Newark Star Ledger twisted the paraphrase to make it appear that Molly was more involved than the evidence thus far shows:

"Ravi posted a message on his Twitter account telling friends he and Wei had seen his roommate 'making out with a dude' when they turned on the webcam remotely from her dorm room."

Ravi alone turned on the webcam and Ravi alone saw the images -- according to the tweet he wrote at the time. But that's not what you'd think if you read the Newark Star ledger or all the papers that have quoted this article.