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From: mat@hou4b.UUCP (Mark Terribile)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles
Subject: Re: Rape: TUT:  Walking Alone at Night
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Date: Thu, 27-Dec-84 23:24:40 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 27 23:24:40 1984
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	In all of the whole human race, Mrs. Lovett,
	There are two kinds of men and only two.
	There's the one staying put in his proper place
	And the one with his foot in the other one's face!
						-from Sweeny Todd

	There are two types of people --
	Those who divide the world into two types of people
	And those who don't.

Let us call those who ``stay put in their proper place'' type 1.
Let us call those ``with his foot in the other one's face'' type 2.

It is clear that in various situations, people take on one role or another
more strongly.  Let's deal with the person  who is basically type 1, afraid
of people whose lifestyle and career are strongly type 2 (victim and
victimizer, if you like)

It seems to me that we have a bunch of type 1 people (victims) afraid of type 2
people (victimizers).  What do they do?  Ask that other victims (type 1 people)
not scare them.

	I'm looking for my quarter.
	Where did you lose it?
	Upstairs.
	Then why are you looking down here?
	The light's better!

The solution, if there is one, lies in making type 2 behavior unprofitable.
This may include being able to counterattack.  There are liquor stores with an
armored chamber with gunports and bulletproof glass to make armed robbery
attempts unprofitable.  There is a legal system which is supposed to punish
offenders.  There are people who know how to disable attackers with one swift
blow, and kill them quickly.  (From ``The Authorized biography of James Bond'',
on how to impress people:  ``or tell them: `I only know eight ways to kill a
man with a single blow' '')

We can also imprison or incapacitate (or kill) those who have demonstrated that
their mode of life is type 2.  Make it impossible for the victimizer to pursue
his habits, or make it more costly than he is willing to bear.

But understand the frustration of a type 1 person (a victim) who is now being
blamed for the mental anguish brought on by a type 2 person.

	I'm a victim.  You're a victim.  So why the hell are you blaming ME!
	He did it, and I'd just as like to kill him as you would like to be
	free of him!

Of COURSE people are going to be unhappy about your request to make you feel
at ease!
-- 

	from Mole End			Mark Terribile
		(scrape .. dig )	hou4b!mat
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