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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: rape and other assorted stuff
Message-ID: <2568@randvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 14:58:58 EDT
Article-I.D.: randvax.2568
Posted: Mon Jun 24 14:58:58 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 06:18:53 EDT
References: <191@cuuxa.UUCP> <2919@sdcc3.UUCP> <2301@sun.uucp> <257@kontron.UUCP>
Reply-To: edhall@rand-unix.UUCP (Ed Hall)
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Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica
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Keywords: rape, self-defense
Summary: Shoot 'em in the b*lls...

From Clayton Cramer, quoting Sunny@sun:
> > That's right... the 100 lb weakling with her arms pinned against the asphalt
> > by the 200 lb guy who's got his weight over her so she can't move them at all.
> > Why are we still going around in circles?  There IS no defense in many cases.
> > The only way to end rape is for all the bigger more dominant men in the
> > world to recognize the simple fact that they haven't got the right to do that
> > to women.  Men have to respect women, and stop treating them like 2nd class
> > citizens.  The point is that rape is not a women's issue.  Women have very
> > little to do or say about it, because WOMEN CAN NEVER STOP RAPE!
> > Only MEN can STOP RAPE-ing.  Women don't have the strength nor power to stop it.
> >                               Sunny

> Gee, Sunny, I think you need to keep up with rapidly improving technology.
> Samuel Colt perfected a high-tech device just last century which makes a
> 100 pound weakling (regardless of sex) the equal of a 200 pound ogre.  It's
> called a firearm.  Go ahead!  Improve the species!  Scatter whatever it is
> that a rapist keeps in his brain cavity all over the sidewalk!
>
>        "God made men --- Col. Colt made them equal."
        
That's right, Clayton.  Carry a gun so that the 200lb guy can blow you
away after he finishes with you.  What you gun-loving folks seem to
ignore is the fact that it takes a free hand and a bit of elbow room,
not to mention some time to aim.  The chances of you managing to pull
out a gun and shoot someone who is attempting to--and capable of--
physically overwhelming you is a lot smaller than the chance that
they'll wrest the gun away from you first.  Why arm your assailant
if they aren't armed already?

		-Ed Hall
		decvax!randvax!edhall