Serena Williams was Right?

[Evenuntodeath]

Originally Posted by Sasha

I disagree in part. I believe there is something called 'inviting trouble'. We teach our children to stay away from trouble. Why? Because something bad might happen to us that, if we'd done the right thing, it might not have happened.

A girl getting drunk and then getting raped MAY be partially responsible because she was partaking in a situation in which she was unable to control herself. It's no different than someone drinking then driving and killing someone. We don't ever say that because they were drinking and not in control of themselves that they aren't as responsible, do we?

No, I don't believe she is completely responsible or even mostly responsible, but as some point, we all have to take responsibility for our own actions, and if someone is partaking in an activity that leaves them less than completely 'with it', I believe there is a responsibility ascribed to that person for anything that may happen to them.

If we have money, we don't carry it in our hands for people to see, right? That's inviting trouble. No, it doesn't mean you 'deserve' to be mugged or robbed, but perhaps if you had carried the money in your purse or pocket instead, nobody would have mugged or robbed you.

I wish we all lived in the utopian society where everyone everywhere does the right thing at all times, but this is the world we live in, and to protect ourselves, we have to take certain responsibilities.

Years ago, my son had his bike stolen. I blamed him. I did that because for several weeks I told him that if he didn't lock it up, someone was going to steal it. Well, that day finally came and it was gone. Yes, I believe the person who stole it was wrong because it didn't belong to them, but if my son had put his bike up in our locked garage, I'm certain it wouldn't have been stolen.

Anyway, I'm sure I made my point. lol Clear as mud?

Please Sasha, promise me you won't write any newsarticles any time soon. Your metaphors are HORRIBLE.

Your comments show me that you have a POOR grasp on exactly what rape is.

First, you say a woman being raped is just like someone getting drunk and hitting someone. And then you have the AUDACITY to sit here and compare the vile act of rape to your son's bike being stolen??? This can't be real.

Originally Posted by Sasha

If you have children, I'm sure you have used those very words to show them they were somehow responsible for something bad happening to them, even though what happened to them was the other person's fault.

"If you hadn't left your bike in the front yard last night, someone wouldn't have stolen it."

"I told you that if you let the dog out, he was going to get run over."


Personally, I feel that if someone is going to put themselves in a position of being unable to care for themselves in a potentially dangerous situation or if they put themselves in a dangerous situation, they are somewhat responsible for what happens to them. It may not be a legal one, but it's an ethical or moral one.

For instance, if you are drunk and driving and someone blows a red light and you hit them, YOU will be the one responsible because, even though the other guy was wrong, you MIGHT have been able to prevent a tragedy had you not been drunk.

IMO, if someone is drunk and taken advantage of, regardless whether male or female, they are somewhat responsible since they might have been able to prevent it had they not been intoxicated. Maybe you have never been drunk before but I have, and I'm sure someone could have laid me on the railroad tracks and I wouldn't have cared, even if I saw a train coming.

I know there are all types of rape situations, but when a woman is drunk she is somehow not responsible for what happens to her but when a man is drunk, he doesn't get to use that excuse. Can't have it both ways.

LOOOL, and then you open your scatterbrained mouth AGAIN, to spew more NONSENSE on how a woman being raped is similiar to someone driving drunk and running a red light.

You are a DISGRACE to all womankind.

Have several seats.