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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]darkangel218
(13,985 posts)42. I KNOW SO!!
I work in security and I took more than a handful of criminal justice classes. You can't change the society overnite, nor can you ignore the reality. Passiveness and flowers don't help.
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I'm not the OP who stated 'cuz it will never happen' in reference to all rape victims.
sinkingfeeling
Dec 2012
#25
Actually, the phrase "a rape victim" was used in the OP. Not "all rape victims."
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#28
Read it again. "Themselves" is plural. I did not get that she was only refering
sinkingfeeling
Dec 2012
#35
"Themselves" is both plural and singular depending upon how it is used.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#45
this is exactly like the BS about "assault" rifles and "semi" automatics... when you don't have a
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#58
It's impractical for women to defend themselves with firearms? As reported a few months ago:
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#17
Even the last one, of course, shows that even a 12-year-old girl can defend herself.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#56
And it's been explained repeatedly how that scenario was "fantasy" to use your favorite word. n/t
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#48
Apparently you post is being misinterpreted by some as meaning that all rape victims arm themselves.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#11
I posted this OP as a reply to other posts who attack my right to defend myself.
darkangel218
Dec 2012
#20
Sometimes I find it hard to distinguish for myself the difference between a liberal and progressive.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#22
While I'm sorry for what happened to you, how does this translate into allowing military grade
villager
Dec 2012
#27
How many hunting rifles do you have? There are some who want all rifles banned.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#55
He said "don't confuse fantasy with reality. Especially not fantasy fueled by anger and fear."
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#89
the fantasy is that the gun would be used by, and not against her next time.
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#96
The Poster Was Talking About Her Fantasy About What She Would Have Done If She Had A Gun
HangOnKids
Dec 2012
#98
Enough people own firearms in this nation that the Constitution will not be changed. ...
spin
Dec 2012
#82
That's nice. Let's use rape survivors to muddy the waters about realistic gun control laws.
Walk away
Dec 2012
#87
no one is trying to take away Your guns. I read it on the internet. It must be true.
Tuesday Afternoon
Dec 2012
#103