On July 29 2011 21:07 MilesTeg wrote:
No, that is not at all what I said.This isn't about the severity of the crime (I think we all agree she's crazy and should be in jail - and she will be), it's about our reaction to it.
My point was that the reason why we shouldn't make fun of rape or violence against women is that society needs to understand how bad these things are. It would be irresponsible for a TV presenter to laugh about a guy beating up his wife, because there are actually a lot of people who beat their wives. It's almost accepted as normal behavior for some people.
However, there aren't, to my knowledge, many people cutting dicks in America. The issue of people cutting dicks is inarguably not as serious as the issue of rape.
No, that is not at all what I said.This isn't about the severity of the crime (I think we all agree she's crazy and should be in jail - and she will be), it's about our reaction to it.
My point was that the reason why we shouldn't make fun of rape or violence against women is that society needs to understand how bad these things are. It would be irresponsible for a TV presenter to laugh about a guy beating up his wife, because there are actually a lot of people who beat their wives. It's almost accepted as normal behavior for some people.
However, there aren't, to my knowledge, many people cutting dicks in America. The issue of people cutting dicks is inarguably not as serious as the issue of rape.
So you are saying that if rape is infrequent it is okay to laugh at it? Maybe you also laugh at the Norway massacre because such a thing hasn't happened in that society before.