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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re RAPE, etc.../ "provocative" dress
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> Sympathy and understanding for a rapist?  I have none to give - I have
> tried.  I can find no excusable reason for this crime. 

All right, I've had enough of this. It's true that there was an idiotic
tendency in the 60's to equate understanding with sympathy. This, however,
is not what Eric McColm and others have been talking about (if I may say so).
The purpose of understanding the rapist is not to excuse him, sympathize
with him, or any such nonsense. The purpose is to *prevent rape*. Note:
Killing him won't work - at least one rape has already occured by that time.

Just think how ridiculous it would sound if someone said, "Earthquakes are
so horrible. They kill people and cause all kinds of psychological trauma.
How can anyone even think about understanding them?"

Look up the primary definition in the dictionary. It might surprise you.

					Jeff Winslow