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Thread #127384   Message #2853227
Posted By: Amos
01-Mar-10 - 01:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Some rape victims should take blame'- ??
Subject: RE: BS: 'Some rape victims should take blame'- ??
Culpability and responsibility are two different things.

One is a legal, social construct.

The other is personal.

It doesn't matter what a lawyer says, personal responsibility is the only sane personal interpretation of such an event. This in NO wisew reduces the rapist's culpability.

You are confusing the social universe with its rich tradition of blame-finding and adversarial bloviations with the simple truth of the matter.

If you let the legal system con you into believing untruths, you become captured by lies.

PERSONAL responsibility is not the same thing as legal burden.

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