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- From: coleman@rocky.cs.ucla.edu (Mike Coleman)
- Subject: Re: Living in a State of Siege
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- lmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Laurie Mann) writes:
- |But when men commit violence against other men, it's often in connection with
- |some other crime---a gang turf war, a drug deal gone wrong, etc. When
- |violence is committed against a woman, it can be a random attack, but over
- |half the time it's by an SO or by her ex-SO.
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- Speaking as a man, I can tell you that that makes me feel much safer.
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- Isn't violence just intrinsically bad, or does gender really matter?
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- --Mike Coleman (coleman@cs.ucla.edu), Lord High Executioner of Anhedonia-----
- You're loud and you stink. So don't bother honking; I know you're there.
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