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American tourist gang-raped in northern India
Reuters ^ | June 4, 2013 | ABHISHEK MADHUKAR

Posted on 06/04/2013 11:52:52 AM PDT by rickmichaels

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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA; buwaya

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And yet India only ranks third for the number of rapes reported each year. What country ranks first?  The United States. In India, a country of over 1.2 billion people, 24,206 rapes were reported in 2011.  The same year in the United States, a nation of 300 million, 83,425 rapes were reported. In the United States, every 6.2 minutes a woman is raped.

http://www.more.com/news/india-rape-capital-world


41 posted on 06/04/2013 2:02:47 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: SeminoleCounty

“Only an extremist Free Trader Globalist believes the crap spewed about the “highly educated workforce”. “

Have you been to India?

I seriously doubt if you could pass the Form 6 (12th grade) graduation exam from an Indian technical high school.

I sent some time in India, evaluating 6 Indian high tech companies for a join project with my former US company. I doubt if I was sufficiently qualified to have been hired by the best two of those companies. Outstanding companies, management and workers.

India is a large country with a huge population. Generalizations work there about as well as they do in the US. Is “Seminole County” comparable to downtown Detroit, South Central LA or Chicago’s Southside? What about Atlanta’s Tuxedo Dr, The Hamptons or Newport RI?

A woman hitchhiking at night, almost anywhere in the world, is asking for trouble. Rape & sexual assault are reprehensible, but the female global traveler seems oblivious of the dangers to which she exposes herself.


42 posted on 06/04/2013 2:23:17 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: soycd
Not the victims fault, but how stupid does one have to be to even visit a savage country unarmed? Including any savage infested urban areas in America.

The victim is likely a liberal with a naive belief in the superiority of the ancient Indian culture; ergo, safe to hitchhike while it's dangerous in the USA. But, of course, she was a victim.

43 posted on 06/04/2013 2:25:20 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: Jyotishi
And even more outrageous is the fact that there are about 8 times as many rapes in the U.S. in a year...

Is it possible that many more rapes go unreported in India?

44 posted on 06/04/2013 2:27:06 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: stanne

So it’s the woman’s fault?

I agree it was stupidly incautious of her to get into the situation, but she was not ‘responsible’.


45 posted on 06/04/2013 2:29:10 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Where did I say it was her fault or that she was responsible?

Women aren’t responsible nor at fault for anything.


46 posted on 06/04/2013 2:32:50 PM PDT by stanne
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To: luvbach1

“”And even more outrageous is the fact that there are about 8 times as many rapes in the U.S. in a year...””

“Is it possible that many more rapes go unreported in India?”

Certainly it is — for any country, India and the U.S. included. Both have corrupt agencies. And then there’s the mainstream news media, also corrupt the world over.


47 posted on 06/04/2013 2:33:02 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi

I think it’s likely that more rapes go unreported in India than the US. Just a guess.


48 posted on 06/04/2013 2:42:52 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: luvbach1

The Muslim population is increasing there so the number of unreported rapes may also be increasing. A social worker I know has told me that it is the same story in NY (state) and Michigan.


49 posted on 06/04/2013 2:53:52 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi

I agree that where Muslims are rapes increase, so it follows that the number unreported would increase.


50 posted on 06/04/2013 2:58:21 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: stanne

“Girls are not held responsible for this and that is a mistake.”


51 posted on 06/04/2013 3:09:08 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SgtHooper

She was a victim of misinformation about the world, before she was a victim of this.


52 posted on 06/04/2013 3:19:59 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: 9YearLurker

Oh, yes. I did say that.

My bad.

I certainly know, girls are not responsible for anything.


53 posted on 06/04/2013 3:36:19 PM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

Clearly, you are in the ‘women are responsible for rape’ camp.


54 posted on 06/04/2013 4:11:47 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Yes, hitchhiking in India and getting in the truck with three men is certainly something my father would have advised his daughters to do.


55 posted on 06/04/2013 4:32:03 PM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

As I pointed out earlier—that was stupid of her to do.


56 posted on 06/04/2013 9:45:36 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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