Are all these folks "dirtbags," too? I suspect the line I had about "getting too many tips and thus objecting to a small tip" is what touched nerves. I'm a writer and I thought it was a "cute turn of the phrase." Obviously not, given the responses. In retrospect it was probably a bit much and I'm sure that her parents would be aghast as would I were it my daughter being discussed.
I'd have to say that on reflection I shot from the lip and indeed should wait for more details to be revealed on the case. Therefore I stand corrected.
However I continue to question the wisdom of an attractive young woman being allowed to place herself in that most dangerous corner of the world. Again, I have to wonder what skills (real professional skills) a 20 year old has to offer and what experience she brings to the table that would lead a corporation to believe she wouldn't be anything more than a lawsuit in waiting for her innate ability to remain safe under such circumstances? Unless the company can verify and document a whole range of classes taught by experts (Blackwater comes to mind) on how to avoid being victimized in a combat zone, I'd say that KBR should face some legal consequences.
I see your point, I really do. But, I think you got to the point, which is that it could have happened and therefore using the “b—— had it coming” excuse/defense isn’t really appropriate, for the reasons you noted. Attractive, young, dangerous area, or not, the girl doesn’t deserve to be gang raped and sodomized. Imagine if it were your mother, wife, sister, cousin, friends wife, daughter, etc. Maybe she wasn’t wise, but damn.