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Originally Posted by tweak50
Alright, back to the matter at hand. The scenario you describe isn't a one for one exchange though. The bartender serving drinks is both fully aware of his choices, and not the victim of the crime. Situations like these are not as black and white as you make them out to be. While it would obviously be best if the girl reported the rape, I don't think any of us can judge her for not.
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What if it were your wife or girlfriend who was next. Would that affect your judgment? This happens a lot more than you'd think. I'm not saying it's right that the victim be compelled to report it, I just think that in our imperfect system, the only chance we have to get anywhere close to true justice is to adopt the attitude that we're all in this together, one for all and all for one, even if it hurts the one emotionally.
Maybe the bartender example was not close enough, but here is a situation that I think is close, and happens daily...
Wives no longer have the say on whether or not they "press charges" if they're hit or abused by the husband, yet the police are mandated to charge the husband (if there's evidence) if the wife cooperates or not. Now this logic can be applied in the raped woman's favor, even under my ideas, but the opposite is also true, the woman doesn't need to consent for the police to gather as much evidence as they reasonably can, than pursue the rapist. If that means they charge the woman with failure to report a felony/crime, then so be it, assuming the crime comes to light.
We're all in this together, are we not. Why should one group suffer to protect another? Isn't that what our bill of rights, civil rights amendment, and a host of other laws are designed to do?
Why should a child suffer to protect the convenience of a woman? My position is the child shouldn't suffer. Abortion as birth control is simply wrong.