"In the meantime what will protect these women against rape?"

Good point, mousethief. Like I said, I am not opposed to anyone using that device if they want to. That's their decision.

I frankly don't know what can be done to immediately protect those women against rape. There are probably a lot of things that could be done...such as increasing local police patrols, for instance...but I'd have to be living there and I'd have to be very well acquainted with the daily conditions to really know exactly what to recommend in that respect.

What I am saying, mousethief, is: I, Little Hawk, do NOT have a short term solution which will end the problem of rape in South Africa. No sir. Absolutely not. If I did, it would really be something, but I don't. And nothing I say here about it is going to make a particle of difference either, and I know it. I'm talking about it merely because the subject interests me at the moment, that's all, and that goes for the rest of you too.