Callousness is not a virtue. Rape is simply not a fitting punishment for intoxication. One can have sympathy for someone who fell victim to a horrible crime, even when their own actions were less than ideal.
We cannot reserve sympathy for only those victims who behave perfectly.
SnakeDoc
Your post above this one was very fitting, I thought. You said we should stop being accomplices in the mangling of language.
In that same spirit, I'd say we should stop employing euphemisms.
I can conceive the mindset that says rape is a "punishment" for intoxication, but I can't share it. Rape is not a punishment...it's a consequence. There's a huge difference. Responsible people act while weighing consequences. H3ll, it's not the first time it's happened, right???
One can have sympathy for someone who fell victim to a horrible crime, even when their own actions were less than ideal.
Ah, the passive voice and minimization. I'm not talking about the person who's walking home from work and gets attacked. I'm talking about the person who acts with disregard for predictable consequences, not someone whose actions were "less than ideal."
We cannot reserve sympathy for only those victims who behave perfectly.
Anyone reading that sentence would be dumber for having read it. I agree we should stop mangling language...please, please stop mangling logic.
This brings to mind a prior tagline of mine..."Life is hard. It's even harder if you're stupid."
We're talking about college students. Those who came from pampered backgrounds are ill equipped for life...more so than other, admittedly, immature college students.
They aren't immortal, and they aren't invincible. If anything, I'm sorry that lesson was driven home so brutally.
There is a bit of a disconnect between this post and your post 74. I think that is what has confused some people as to your views on this subject.