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In reply to the discussion: Mayor of Cologne says women should have code of conduct to prevent future assault [View all]TexasMommaWithAHat
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Mayor of Cologne says women should have code of conduct to prevent future assault [View all]
philosslayer
Jan 2016
OP
Next you will tell us that if these were legitimate gropes the victims' bodies have a way to shut it
AngryAmish
Jan 2016
#151
Umm no, "code of conduct", does not have a different implication in German as to the US
coyote
Jan 2016
#24
I find your last paragraph to be a disgusting mitigation of the actions of a criminal mob of men
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2016
#49
so you take the mayor to be saying that North African/Arab/Muslim culture is that women are asking
geek tragedy
Jan 2016
#140
In the US the harassing guys might run the risk of getting shot by one of the women also.
hollowdweller
Jan 2016
#163
From what has been reported, these women were surrounded by large groups of men and attacked.
LisaL
Jan 2016
#97
I know, and it sickens me that some on this board are trying to minimize the
smirkymonkey
Jan 2016
#144
bs, that is EXACTLY what is happening. saying that women's behaviour is responsible is
niyad
Jan 2016
#57
yes, her stance is that the city needs to explain to Arabs that rape isn't okay.
geek tragedy
Jan 2016
#137
That is not true either. Clearly there is no point in further conversation with you. nt
anigbrowl
Jan 2016
#138
can we say "completely clueless" here? what in the HELL do you think that is? how goddamned
niyad
Jan 2016
#110
I don't see the mayor's statement as victim-blaming I see it as breathtakingly naive denial
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2016
#150
I'm at a loss to understand the need to be diplomatic with gangs of rapists.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2016
#162
A point I made myself about 90 minutes ago...#158. No need to increase that number. nt
anigbrowl
Jan 2016
#179
Lying to the people and telling them they didn't see the horrific thing they know they saw
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2016
#184
The irony is she herself advocated for those who raped to come to her city.
Jesus Malverde
Jan 2016
#177
Women being mob-assaulted is not a new phenomenon for the cultures involved.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2016
#185
Right, and thus it is insulting and blaming the victim - at best a misdirection from the issue.
Yo_Mama
Jan 2016
#132
That's exactly how German women are reacting. For good reason. Julia Kloeckner was right. n/t
Yo_Mama
Jan 2016
#126
Sarah Haider: Islam and the Necessity of Liberal Critique (AHA Conference 2015)
FrodosPet
Jan 2016
#152
That's disgusting. Obviously Germany is not safe for women and she blames the women.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2016
#6
Except that it is. Until the messaging took over, even the police were saying that it was.
Yo_Mama
Jan 2016
#21
It's also not tied to the 'behavior' of women walking to the station. That's the point here.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2016
#22
That's true but it adds up to so much "furniture in the mind" and constant level of background worry
lostnfound
Jan 2016
#65
This appears counter-intuitive. If the the problem you're trying to solve is ensuring that it's safe
24601
Jan 2016
#130
"asking for it" has never left, sadly. the denial of the existence of rape culture is not in the
niyad
Jan 2016
#112
because the patriarchy sees women as strictly here for the benefit of men, and excuses
niyad
Jan 2016
#123
don't forget, there is a state rep in NH who thinks that, if a woman is breastfeeding in public,
niyad
Jan 2016
#161
the woman-hating bastard in maine has been in office since at least 1995 (which was when he
niyad
Jan 2016
#176
You have GOT to be kidding me. I live in New England and haven't heard of that.
smirkymonkey
Jan 2016
#189
it was reported here on du a number of times. let me see if I can find some of the links.
niyad
Jan 2016
#190
pretty much. one has to wonder about the kind of sick mental processing going on in what
niyad
Jan 2016
#196
How about men having a code of conduct to prevent such incidents from ever happening again?
LeftishBrit
Jan 2016
#38
and why is it that this mass assault on women has not received wider coverage? of course,
niyad
Jan 2016
#58
A happy, peace keeping lie is FAR more noble than upsetting, potentially inflammatory truth
FrodosPet
Jan 2016
#73
Whether it is from white frat boys, North Africans, or creatures from Andromeda,
FrodosPet
Jan 2016
#74
If simply 'common sense precautions', why were the specifically directed towards women
LanternWaste
Jan 2016
#93
They may as well say what they really mean - the victim had it coming and the men who do it
trillion
Jan 2016
#72
Mayor Reker was seriously wounded herself in October when she was stabbed in the neck
Kalidurga
Jan 2016
#76