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- From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal)
- Subject: Re: Statistic info
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.092420.3019@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <1992Aug11.150948.113@news.uwyo.edu> <1992Aug11.235053.29883@news.columbia.edu> <1992Aug14.042032.21224@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
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- Date: 14 Aug 92 13:24:20 GMT
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- >>> "If there was no way you could get caught for the crime of rape, would you
- >>> do it?"
- >>>
- >>> 75% of the college boys who were asked said YES.
- >
- > Any guess as to the %-age of "boys" saying YES to
- > "Would you steal if you wouldn't get caught?"
- > "Would you speed if you wouldn't get caught?"
- > "Would you spit on the floor if you wouldn't get caught?"
-
- I'd prefer someone to cover the floor with spit three inches deep rather than
- to rape someone.
-
- > How about:
- > "Would you rape if you wouldn't get caught, but you knew
- > the victim would hate it?"
-
- But if they don't know the victim will hate it, it will still have the same
- effect. It's scary that people are eager to rape. It's not comforting to
- think that this is probably just because they don't know of the trauma it
- will cause, because there's nothing on the way to becoming a rapist that
- automatically informs people of this. It's scary to know that the only thing
- stopping them is fear of the law, because we all know that there will be
- circumstances under which this fear is not present. And then these college
- boys will rape.
-
- I just can't get upset about people's willingness to spit on the floor.
-