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Old 04-03-2008, 12:09 AM
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Unhappy Rapists in the ranks

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-harman31mar31%2C0%2C5399612.story

The stories are shocking in their simplicity and brutality: A female military recruit is pinned down at knifepoint and raped repeatedly in her own barracks. Her attackers hid their faces but she identified them by their uniforms; they were her fellow soldiers. During a routine gynecological exam, a female soldier is attacked and raped by her military physician. Yet another young soldier, still adapting to life in a war zone, is raped by her commanding officer. Afraid for her standing in her unit, she feels she has nowhere to turn.


Raises the age old question if women should be there in the first place anyways.

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Old 04-03-2008, 10:05 AM
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Way to blame the victim
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Old 04-03-2008, 10:14 AM
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Rape is an act of violence primarily, not sex. These guilty parties could have just as easily perpetrated their crimes on other men.
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Old 04-03-2008, 10:20 AM
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The upside is the UCMJ is severe for rapists, IIRC there is a provision for the death penalty, in any case they are being locked up forever...hard labor.
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Old 04-03-2008, 10:33 AM
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Raises the age old question if women should be there in the first place anyways.
I hope you never ever have to rely on a woman to save your butt.
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Old 04-03-2008, 03:19 PM
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Old 04-03-2008, 04:47 PM
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I dunno. There are arguments for and against women in combat. Non combat positions make more sense owing to the fact that women simply don't run as fast as men on average. In the event a squad needs to pick up and dash across a field, a street, whatever, quickly, women who runs the 40 yard dash a few seconds slower than the men in the group are a liability to themselves and others.

These stories of rape among the ranks have been around for a while. Points out just how far beneath the glorious ideal of the shining city on a hill we really are.
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I dunno. There are arguments for and against women in combat. Non combat positions make more sense owing to the fact that women simply don't run as fast as men on average. In the event a squad needs to pick up and dash across a field, a street, whatever, quickly, women who runs the 40 yard dash a few seconds slower than the men in the group are a liability to themselves and others.

These stories of rape among the ranks have been around for a while. Points out just how far beneath the glorious ideal of the shining city on a hill we really are.
Well, let them make their own choice. If they are not as survivable, time will tell and they will get weeded out by the enemy's fire.

That shining city is an illusion. Man will NEVER reach it. Not even worth mentioning.
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I hope you never ever have to rely on a woman to save your butt.
Trust me.............I wouldn't in a combat situation.
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Raises the age old question if women should be there in the first place anyways.
Dont look, your youth and heritage is showing.
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Old 04-03-2008, 08:49 PM
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If lamenting about women getting molested, raped at the field of work shows my heritage and youth then I guess there is something right somewhere.
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If lamenting about women getting molested, raped at the field of work shows my heritage and youth then I guess there is something right somewhere.
Perhaps we should just keep them barefoot and pregnant at home.
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Perhaps we should just keep them barefoot and pregnant at home.
I think we out to give the poor gals some bullets and let them take care of themselves.....
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Perhaps we should just keep them barefoot and pregnant at home.
Nope......we should sent em out to the field to be comfort women for our soldiers.
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I think we out to give the poor gals some bullets and let them take care of themselves.....
I am all for that idea........make them teflon coated.........easier penetration.

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