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From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag)
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Subject: Re: Re: \"Why not send the men home?\"
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Date: Thu, 16-May-85 09:31:21 EDT
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Geoff Sherwood on 'date rape':
> This is in a different catagory.  Most rape is an act of violence, not sex.
> I think this would be more of sex.  Women must realize the emotions they
> can spark in men are VERY powerful and men can get carried away.  I am not
> saying it should be this way (it shouldn't). I am saying it is a different
> situation than the standard rape scenario.  Jealous men and women both have
> done very nasty things when their emotions were out of control.  Any powerful
> emotion can cause people to react in ways other than they ordinarily would.
> This does not excuse rape, murder, or whatever, but it is a mitigating
> circumstance.

     BULLSHIT!  A person is responsible for their actions.  
-- 
Jeff Sonntag
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    "Time has passed, and now it seems that everybody's having those dreams.
     Everybody sees himself walking around with no one else." - Dylan