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Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 26 May 2000 14:09:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In part. Yes. I think it's important that everyone understands that. I think
> the same thing about another touchy subject, rape victims. Victims in all
> sense own part of the responsibility for their situation. To some degree
> everyone who gets in an accident is _partially_ responsible for that accident.
> Chris
Ok..into the fray I plunge: You have a point regarding promiscuous (spelling?)
behavior, but I know someone who was raped when an intruder broke into her
house. I'd hardly blame the victim in that case. I wholeheartedly disagree
with your statement that, "victims in all sense own part of the responsibility
for their situation." That is a statement that I'd suggest needs some
moderating. However, I do agree with you insofar that this country has a pass-
the-buck, victim mentality; hence lawsuit abuse, (ex: "let's-sue-the-city-
because-my-son-was-shot-with-a-gun" nonsense), and a political climate in which
most citizens look to government to solve most social problems. Anyway, I think
that our country collectively expects the government to suckle us - Americans
have become wards of the state. Ok, rambling diatribe endeth.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Chris's point, and I agree with it, is that the victim does have some responsibility. Perhaps they should have lived in a safer neighborhood. Perhaps they should have instituted a neighborhood watch. BUT, this minor responsibility doesn't (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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| (...) think (...) accident. (...) I would never, under any circumstances, blame the victim of a rape - or any violent crime (it's not a violent crime if it was justified) - for the crime's committal. That's just not a viable or productive stance. On (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Right, sorry about that. I mean that to give up ultimate responsibility for your own situation is essentially the same thing as volunteering for a kind of slavery. It's like saying that you're not capable of taking responsibility for your (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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