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From: oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: What's wrong with this picture?
Message-ID: <151@mit-vax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 2-Jun-85 09:33:37 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  2 09:33:37 1985
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Reply-To: oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold)
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>	Somebody even wanted (very understandably, under the circumstances) 
>	to lock up somebody for a long time for saying rude things to her.
				(Jeff Winslow) 
The way I read it, she merely wanted to hurt him.  Too bad she didn't.

>	Well, people, put your money where your mouth is. It costs a hell 
>	of a lot of money to do all that. Taxes and bond issues for new 
>	prisons get voted down regularly (at least in this part of the 
>	country). What's wrong with this picture?

One:  Arnie hasn't stolen your clothes, unfortunately.

Two:  Your suggestion is orthogonal to what I considered the brunt of this
discussion:  Diminution of violence against women (qua women) by changing
people's attitudes (societal and victims') and target toughening (escorts,
assertiveness, arms, paranoia).  By the time the legal system gets involved
it's too late, and someone has been damaged.

On one point I'll agree.  You're verbally active, Mr. Winslow.-- 

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