Whatever your personal feelings about his character (based on the extremely limited information you have) he did not deserve to die on the street via firing squad. Nor did the dozens of people on the bus deserve to watch another human be murdered on their commute. Nor is it helpful that the police, as wrong as their…

I agree, it’s an entirely different scenario, and there are SO SO many cases of police injustice to choose from, unfortunately.

It’s interesting for me to hear that side of it, because the fact is, I’m VERY assertive and have been all my life, thanks to my specific personality and a pair of attorney parents who valued that very highly in me. I thrive on confrontation, I’m very communicative, I say no with absolute glee most of the time. I get…

I’d say - and as you’ve said - legally : no, you weren’t.

I think the idea is that, if she’d had easier access earlier on, she wouldn’t have resorted to such desperate measures.

"I don't think it's up to a woman herself to prevent rape."

I think the quote about desexualizing rape at the end is a good beginning of an answer to that question. Sometimes rape IS about sex. Guys should be taught how to be sure they have consent and how to reign it in when they don't have it. The idea that rape is exclusively performed by a sociopath lurking in the shadows…