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In reply to the discussion: Dear DU Woman--stop throwing back shots of Rum and you won't get raped.... [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)18. No. It implies that if a woman gets drunk it greatly increases the possibility that she'll be raped
by a man, and therefore she should not get drunk, or she will greatly increase the possibility that she will be raped by a man.
Keys in ignition: Easy target for car thieves
The National Insurance Crime Bureau, a nonprofit organization that combats insurance-related crime, and LoJack Corp., a producer of vehicle security systems, cite these statistics to emphasize that point:
In 2010, the Baltimore Regional Auto Theft Task Force studied 400 criminal cases involving recovered stolen cars. The task force found that 85 percent had been stolen simply by using the keys that were in the car. That was up from 25 percent in a 1995 study.
In 2009, the Arizona Automobile Theft Authority reported nearly one-fifth of all cars stolen in the state had keys left in them.
In 2008, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles reported that thieves stole nearly 90,000 cars in Texas. Of those cars, nearly half had keys that were left in the ignition.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau, a nonprofit organization that combats insurance-related crime, and LoJack Corp., a producer of vehicle security systems, cite these statistics to emphasize that point:
In 2010, the Baltimore Regional Auto Theft Task Force studied 400 criminal cases involving recovered stolen cars. The task force found that 85 percent had been stolen simply by using the keys that were in the car. That was up from 25 percent in a 1995 study.
In 2009, the Arizona Automobile Theft Authority reported nearly one-fifth of all cars stolen in the state had keys left in them.
In 2008, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles reported that thieves stole nearly 90,000 cars in Texas. Of those cars, nearly half had keys that were left in the ignition.
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Dear DU Woman--stop throwing back shots of Rum and you won't get raped.... [View all]
trumad
Oct 2013
OP
If that was indeed the point, one wonders why it was addressed to females only...
LanternWaste
Oct 2013
#37
every dad should give his daughter similar advice, comfort her if she is a victim, and bury the perp
yurbud
Oct 2013
#14
No. It implies that if a woman gets drunk it greatly increases the possibility that she'll be raped
Zorra
Oct 2013
#18
I did.... and the difference between you and me is that I have a college-aged daughter
scheming daemons
Oct 2013
#40
Obviously, the major relevant difference between you and me in assessing this subject is that
Zorra
Oct 2013
#48
there should be two separate discussions: how to keep men from raping and how to keep women away
yurbud
Oct 2013
#13
Has anyone ever written an editorial advising store-owners not to tempt shoplifters?
WinkyDink
Oct 2013
#21
Is it OK to suggest that it is never a good idea for anyone to get so drunk that when they wake up,
Nye Bevan
Oct 2013
#54
I think "warning" is ok. But you can't then BLAME someone for not "listening to warnings".
DireStrike
Oct 2013
#57