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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't buy the "too drunk to consent" argument. Unless you are passed out (in which case you actually did NOT give consent) you are responsible for your own actions, drunk or not. If I get a DUI I don't get to say I was "too drunk to consent" to driving my car, do I?[/quote]

This argument has been made before, over and over. The situations are not analogous. Having sex with someone who does not consent is a crime. There are a number of conditions under which a person is not legally able to give consent, such as being intoxicated, being unconscious or being a minor child. A car does not give consent when you drive it. A car is an inanimate object, a tool to be used. When you discuss rape, you're talking about a human being, not a tool.

I understand that there are many people who do not believe that intoxication should render a person unable to give consent. I also understand that there are people who take that argument to the extreme and suggest that two drunk people who have sex are ALWAYS raping each other and should both be charged.[/quote]

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