Lox wrote "I'd be curious to hear from Mauvepink exactly how broad the term "Ludicrous" was meant to be."

Ludicrous as in anyone actually thinking anyone deserved cancer just because they took the risk that is known. The point you raise is a fair one. Yes. People do know that smoking causes cancer but no-one smokes to get cancer.

However, my analogy was off key in so much as the point you raised.

What I was trying to say is, even though the risks are known, no-one would say a person deserved cancer or went out looking for it.

So, as regards rape, why blame any victim for their drinking, dress sense, or otherwise? But the analogy still fails and I respect what you are saying.

Akenaton... I have to agree with Lox regarding my faulty analogy. You wrote... "Mauvepink.....I've been watching the endless repetition of the "victim should not be blamed for rape"

why does everybody keep repeating this like a mantra.
We are all agreed on that point"

So why not answer the question I raised to try and end this repetition?

yes or no? What do YOU say? Just a simple yes or no?


thank you

mp