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FEB 21, 2013 06:18 AM
FEB 21, 2013 06:39 AM
Actually, I think he misspoke, because after that he admits that DATE rape is a big problem on campus, and points out the silliness of "What, you're going to take out a gun and shoot your date?"
Because most rapes on campus, as with most rapes in the US in general, are by intimate partners or people the victim knows (and sometimes trusts), usually indoors. Walking around campus at night has a much lower chance of resulting in rape than going to a party on campus or going on a date.
So I THINK that's what he was trying to say. I THINK. Don't hold me to it
FEB 21, 2013 06:45 AM
And then there's this:
FEB 21, 2013 06:47 AM
Otoki said:
Actually, I think he misspoke, because after that he admits that DATE rape is a big problem on campus, and points out the silliness of "What, you're going to take out a gun and shoot your date?"
Because most rapes on campus, as with most rapes in the US in general, are by intimate partners or people the victim knows (and sometimes trusts), usually indoors. Walking around campus at night has a much lower chance of resulting in rape than going to a party on campus or going on a date.
So I THINK that's what he was trying to say. I THINK. Don't hold me to it
I dunno.......those quotes look pretty clear to me.
FEB 21, 2013 06:55 AM
I kind of got what Otoki got, too - maybe I just have more faith in the human race than I should 
FEB 21, 2013 08:03 AM
FEB 21, 2013 08:32 AM
Cash said:
Clidna said:
I kind of got what Otoki got, too - maybe I just have more faith in the human race than I should
I'll say that I think it'd be hubris on my part to say "I know EXACTLY what he meant." However......come on, you know?
Oh for sure. It's absolutely idiotic that those words came out of his mouth. Then again, I think a lot of people think of "campus" as where the school buildings are, rather than the general area including student living, and "off campus" buildings are still considered generally part of the campus when discussing crime.
I'm not defending what he said at all, but I agree that in terms of walking around on campus, rape is much lower on my list of worries than when I walked past frat row on my way to class (before I figured out an alternate route).
FEB 21, 2013 09:00 AM
FEB 21, 2013 01:17 PM
FEB 21, 2013 02:34 PM
Coyote_ said:
r00kers said:
The other news outlets were labeling him the 'liberal' Fox news correspondent also. I don't watch Fox (or any other) news, so I don't know the personalities, but it was a monumentally idiotic thing to say.
The part of me that suspects FOX of pulling this kind of shit makes me wonder if he was reading off a script.
On the other hand, the thought of 10000 drunken, impulsive college students with firearms on a campus sounds like it could be not so good.
I believe someone wrote about this a while back.
Yes you did. I missed it due to my random interval/spatial sampling of SG
I too had wondered if their 'liberal' 'correspondent' had been tasked with buffoonery. Perhaps he gets a bonus for sounding very stupid.
Damn I've now helped a 'liberal' conspiracy theory along...
Cash
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FEB 21, 2013 05:41 AM