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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am literally nauseous reading the posts trying to excuse this rapist.[/quote]

He is not being excused, but it's naive to trust everyone at a party to care about our personal safety. So, right or wrong, fair or not, we need to take steps to look out for ourselves. I remember reading a poster talking about her experience on the metro. When she found herself alone in a car, she switched to another one. That's being smart. Doesn't mean she's 100% safe. Doesn't mean an attacker doesn't deserve punishment. [/quote]

And by your rationale the woman who was raped on metro 6 weeks ago wasn't paying attention to her safety because she didn't switch cars so that's her fault. [/quote]

NP not was not her fault that she was raped. But she was definitely a fool. Walking down 6th and O Street at 3am alone is not illegal, but it is definitely foolish.  If you are knocked over the head and purse grabbed it's not your fault that there are criminals looking for foolish people to put themselves in harms way at the bewitching hour in a known criminal area. [/quote]

Great, so if you are ever the victim of a violent crime, please come back and tell us the detail so we can giggle and judge about how you are so silly and foolish. [/quote] I actually actually been the victim of a violent crime. Do I make excuses for my attacker?  Hell to the NO!  However, there were things that I had been taught to avoid and I did not. I put myself in an uncompromising position, and knew better. Something I never did again. I was a victim, but I didn't have to be a victim. And I think that is what many people are saying, but you are refusing to hear. We can't control other people's actions (rapists, child molesters, robbers, buglers, etc). However, we can control our own actions and make it more difficult to become a victim of those who would do is evil. [/quote]

I posted above as well - having been drunk at a party at college, abandoned by friends, and "found" by the wrong person.  I blame him for what happened when I clearly said NO.  But I also blame myself for being drunk.  I blame my friends who just left without me because they were so drunk they just forgot or lost me.   I knew the guy and trusted him.  BIG mistake.[/quote]

I'm sorry that happened to you. Emily Doe is not blaming her sister who left without her (although maybe she should). She also doesn't say she said No. She is saying that, because she had four shots at college party, any man who had sex (whatever she did or did not say) with her would be guilty of rape under  the new Yes means Yes laws. This would have included her boyfriend.[/quote]

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