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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]exactly.  it is NOT victim blaming to point out that getting drunk has risks.   [/quote]

It is, actually. That is the definition of victim blaming.[/quote]

What’s wrong with victim blaming? [b]Are you telling your teenage daughters that it’s perfectly fine to go get drunk at the age of 18 and leave a bar with a strange guy?[/b] People who die while drunk driving, people who don’t wear helmets while riding a bike, people who go on hikes in the desert without enough water - it’s a tragedy when some of them die, but acknowledging that they were being reckless is how we learn not to make the same mistakes ourselves.[/quote]

Legal drinking again Aruba is 18. Yes it absolutely ok for her to have a drink. Yes it absolutely ok for her to have sex. What's NOT OK is the guy killing her. [/quote]

Of course it’s not ok for him to kill her. But saying that everything is fine as long as it’s legal is an inane argument. It’s legal to do a lot of risky behaviors. It’s legal to buy a gun and sleep with it loaded under your pillow, but most of us wouldn’t recommend it. It’s legal to go out for a midnight jog along the street wearing all black, but most of us wouldn’t recommend it.

She absolutely didn’t deserve to be killed, but if the witnesses were correct about how drunk she was, then her choices endangered her. Just like teens who pile into a car with the radio blaring and get distracted, like people who go for a day hike and don’t pack extra layers/water in case. They don’t deserve bad things, but it’s naive to think actions don’t have consequences. [/quote]

I can’t believe you’re equating dangerous driving with being raped and killed. The ONLY person who is responsible for her choice in this situation is the rapist and murderer.  If she passed out and got a fatal head wound, you would have a point. The problem was that  the guy she met was a rapist and a murderer.   [/quote]

She could have been drugged. Stop victim blaming. [/quote]

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