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- From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
- Subject: Re: How to Protect Women
- Message-ID: <bob1.725059087@cos>
- Organization: Corporation for Open Systems
- References: <1992Dec15.122038.11837@zooid.guild.org> <1992Dec21.042405.1584@fulcrum.oz.au>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:18:07 GMT
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- In <1992Dec21.042405.1584@fulcrum.oz.au> steve@fulcrum.oz.au (Steve Taylor) writes:
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- >Will Steeves <goid@zooid.guild.org> writes:
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- >>In my humble opinion, IF I were in an abusive relationship, I would LEAVE! I
- >>would never allow it to degrade to a situation where I was in a life and death
- >>struggle and was forced to use deadly force in order to prevent someone from
- >>using deadly force against me.
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- >It's not that simple. Leaving can be a risk in itself. Do you have the
- >courage to leave when you know that you're risking much more extreme
- >violence? Yes, leaving is the right thing to do, but it's no always safe.
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- It sure isn't. Note that many of the stalking cases were women who
- elected to leave an abusive relationship, only to have the abuser
- track them down.
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- > Steve
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- REB
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