Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site randvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!randvax!edhall 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) Distribution: net Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica Lines: 31 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