"You F-ed With the Wrong Man"

GLPiggy has a story on a university football coach who was fired after a wrongful child pornography allegation - See something, say something, ruin something.

He concludes:

This is why false accusations are so harmful. Going in a slightly different direction, there are groups of people – Scotch-Irish come to mind – who were once said to be very protective of their honor. Any accusation of a lie or a deception was grounds for a duel or a fight of some kind because even an insinuation was thought to be enough to impact how others viewed the person. We can’t completely rid our minds of sneaking thoughts that even lies carry some truth. There’s the thought that “truth will out”. While that’s 98% correct, it’s that 2% that’s the problem.

When men become awakened to the importance of honor and to violations or aspersions against theirs...