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Violet_Crumble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 01:19 AM
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15. You have a problem with the woman being anonymous??
Rape is all about humiliation and power. A great many victims remain anonymous when incidents are reported for the reason that they've already been humiliated and outing themselves publicly would just lead to scorn being heaped on them by idiots who are quick to call rape victims liars. Over here recently, a woman who was gang-raped by a bunch of first grade footballers remained anonymous. That anonymity shouldn't ever be used as an excuse to discredit a woman's account of what happened. Nor should attacking the sources be seen as anything but a clumsy attempt to ignore violence against women. Sorry, John, but what would make you happy? Having a story like this appear in the right-wing Jerusalem Post and the racist Arutz Sheva would somehow make this woman's story credible for you? I doubt it, not that rags like that would publish anything like that anyway...

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