> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship
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> Most people who have studied it say that rape is a crime of > _violence_, and > that the sexual assault is only the way in which it is carried > out. I fail > to see the legitimate need a would-be rapist has for committing violence > against someone weaker than himself.
Straw man -- no one is saying that the legitimate need is to commit violence. I don't think that is *ever* a legitimate need.
> Also, most pedophiles or others who > molest children are not Catholic priests who have no legitimate way to > engage in sexual activity.
Again, a straw man. Nobody is saying that people do these things because they can't deal with their needs legitimately.
That is what it sounded like you were saying:
At 08:04 AM 8/13/03 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship
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> How would making our (I presume you mean the U.S.?) society "more just" > stop a would-be rapist from ever committing his first rape? Or a > pedophile > from molesting his first young victim? Or an already well-paid company > official from embezzling funds from his company or profiting by > manipulating the market (think Enron or Wordcom, frex.)?
Why do people do those things? Each act is an inappropriate and harmful way to try to satisfy a legitimate need,
-- Ronn! :)
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