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From: rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: rape and other assorted stuff
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 12:09:11 EDT
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> I'm sorry you know such terrible shots.  They must be pretty bad, because
> I don't consider myself a particularly capable marksman, and I have no
> problem hitting a rapist-sized target at 15 yards.  More important, if
> you can't shoot a rapist at the more realistic distance of five feet,
> I doubt you can drive a car successfully either.
> 
> Gee, when I carry a firearm, I don't shoot people for saying "Nice evening".
> A woman who has been raped is probably a little more hair-trigger than a
> woman who has not been raped --- even then, I sincerely doubt that any but
> the most tweaked are going to shoot a man just for saying "Nice evening",
> anymore then they are going to spray him with tear gas.

Well, what do you do when they are five feet away, say "nice evenining", and
begin their attack as soon as you pass?  I suppose you will have a handy "one
case fits all" answer for this scenario?

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