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From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Rape
Message-ID: <1029@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 10-Dec-83 14:03:45 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 10 14:03:45 1983
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I do not see why rape should be considered a more serious crime than
violent assault.  Both are horrible things, but I personally would
rather be raped than beaten into a bloody pulp -- though I'd rather not
have either happen to me.  It seems to me that the severity of the
punishment should fit the severity of the crime.  Rape is mostly a
severe form of humiliation, but I can think of just as powerful methods
of humiliating someone that are not illegal.  Anyone who would
rather be beaten into a bloody pulp rather than raped (with no other
bodily harm done), I think, has a screwed up sense of values.
	

				-Doug Alan
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