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| | | (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal? —Frank Filz
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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)
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| | | | | Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal? —Christopher L. Weeks
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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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| | | | | | Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal? —James Simpson
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| | | | (...) I do mostly agree with you - victims are rarely 100%, well...victims. Often some act of indiscretion or carelessness is a contributing factor, but...isn't that just the nature of life? I have a friend who just got 2 fingers ripped off in a (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Personal Responsibility (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | (...) Well, I do think that people are victims. I just also think that they bear responsibility for their situations. And I largely think that people are victims because they don't see to it that they won't be. (...) Yes. And as such, people need to (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Personal Responsibility (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —James Simpson
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| | | | (...) Agreed. (...) Yes, but life is a terribly complex and complicated thing. People must deal with their mistakes, but often it is not reasonable or right to make them 100% responsible. (...) Regarding Lego, unfortunatly, I have not made yet made (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Personal Responsibility (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | (...) It's hard for me to fault them too much, when the government (by your account) seems to have gone out of its way to make this happen. (...) He should have negotiated for a better employment contract. This scenario seems bizzarre in this land (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Personal Responsibility (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Frank Filz
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| | | | James Simpson wrote in message ... (...) deal (...) 100% (...) Chris (and I) have never said that the "victim" is ever 100% responsible. We have just argued that the victim does have SOME responsibility. Thankfully North Carolina doesn't see it (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Personal Responsibility (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Agreed. (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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