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From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: arguing well, like a feminist
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 17:18:58 EDT
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>Pfui!  Armed robbery is an expression of one person's ability to
>physically THREATEN another person.  The only thing it has to do
>with money is that it's a monetary expression of that coercive
>relationship.  Robbery is not a monetary crime!!!!!
>
>So there.  See. I can argue like a feminist, too.
>--
>        David Canzi

Maybe, but you don't argue well.  Threatening another person with a weapon
("armed") is ASSAULT under the law, until something else happens.  If the
bad guy takes money (or a car, or your overcoat), it's robbery.  If the bad
guy beats you up, it's battery.  If the bad guy inserts various parts of
his/her body into yours, it's rape.

I don't know what it is called if the bad guy takes your money and inserts
it into various parts of your body, but I'm sure there is a legal definition
for it.

Q.E.D., acting upon the ability to threaten is assault.  Armed robbery is
a crime of property.

Adrienne Regard