[net.women] robbery, rape, and rights

colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (06/08/85)

["I can smell a rapist a mile away."]

> The use of power to deny someone the right to own property is 
> called robbery.
> 
> The use of power to deny someone the right to decide who they will have sex
> with is called rape.

Let's be careful with definitions.  Robbery and rape don't deny rights,
they violate them.  Your legal rights are not diminished because a criminal
violates them.

Besides, it's force that makes a rape, not power.

Otherwise I agree.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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