From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!whuxk!houxi!u1100a!rick
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: In defense of houxb!marys
Article-I.D.: u1100a.225
Posted: Tue Sep  7 17:32:55 1982
Received: Wed Sep  8 01:16:58 1982
References: sdchema.133

I'm not particularly interested in this discussion
and I think it has taken up entirely too much of
my time 'n' -ing through the articles on it,   but....
as an asthma sufferer myself, I feel compelled to comment that
the penalty for rape is *not* slow death by asphyxiation.
Untreated, asthma can kill.  The treatment for it is air-conditioning.
(There are drugs that help, but they have serious side-effects if taken
over a long period.)

Don't get me wrong. I'm not defending rapists.  But even convicted
criminals have some rights. Adequate medical treatment is one such right.

I've already said more than the subject deserves!