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Old 12-08-08, 08:46 PM   #84
Baph
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Default Re: so she obviously deserved it...

I feel most folks have severely missed the point.

The compensation wasn't awarded as a direct result of getting raped. That happened, unfortunately, but the woman did the right thing in reporting it.

For whatever reason, she then complained that the Police weren't handling the issue correctly. To which, the Police replied basically with "OK, we get your point, but if you hadn't of been drunk, you probably wouldn't of been raped, and we wouldn't have to deal with the case. As we see it, you contributed to your own rape by being drunk. We will award compensation, but since you contributed to the whole event, we'll knock of 25%."

I'm sorry. What? Since when were the Police allowed to do that? Regardless of what caused the crime, surely the Police have a duty to investigate all cases in the same manner. Failure to do so should result in severe penalties for the cops. End of.

That's akin to me buying something on ebay, and the seller mis-represents the item (for example, gets a digit wrong in the model number). I receive it, it doesn't work as expected so complain. The seller then turns around & says "OK, but as you didn't spot my mistake, I'll give you a refund, minus 25% " I'm sorry, but that's simply not good enough.
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