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Would you stay silent on rape if you were offered much money ?

Would you stay silent on rape if you were offered much money ?

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real rape is a heinous and horrendous crime, one of the lowest and i have gone on record many times saying i support use of deadly force to prevent rapes and I support the option of the death penalty in rape cases.

the issue is that history and culture make rape a very muddy area.

For many years of our history rape wasnt looked at as that serious and husbands could legally rape thier wives etc etc

Then thier was always the public trial part, they are a slut, they were asking for it etc etc

Now we have made improvements in those areas but now we have something almost just as disgusting and that is false rape reports, this AGAIN adds much drama to an area of already high tensions and suspicions and its a damn shame. Hell many people dont even agree on what rape is, i mean there are some cases everybody agrees on and then there are others many do not.

Anyway im GUESSING the question is would i stay silent if i were a victim of a clearly real rape and offered hush money . . . .
personally no, i would not. I would never do it because i would feel horrible if the person was a serial rapist and raped again.
 
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Peter Grimm said:
Think about it. "Well gee, I didn't agree to have sex with him, but he's offering $$$$$ so I guess it's OK."

By taking the money, she's basically agreed to the act. So it's sex in exchange for money.
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she was raped and then was offered Money.
 
My answer, I would take every penny I could get from this scumbag...and then turn him in anyway.

If for no other reason then I do not want to live with the guilt if this lowlife strikes again and I did not at least try to stop him.
 
Medusa said:
l dont know but many of you pretend to misunderstand simple questions.

am I supposed to ask whether you would sell your honor or not.would it be more clear but offensive ?
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It would have been easy to write this:

Pretend you are a woman, and you were raped by a stranger. The stranger offers you a large sum of money to keep quiet and not press charges. Would you take the money, or would you go ahead with legal proceedings?

With your question, I couldn't tell who was offered money, and by whom exactly, if you meant this was a personal matter, or if it was a legal matter. Any of the above are possible. What if your son raped your daughter? How would you handle it? Would you press legal charges, or would you try to keep it a family matter? Do you see what I'm getting at? These questions have different ramifications, both at the personal level, and at the level of legal proceedings. If the woman who was raped was destitute, and was offered $50,000 to keep quiet, because the rapist was a well-know judge, she might be tempted to take the money.
 
Medusa said:
l was watching a tv serial having such a theme and it made me wonder your thoughts about it. ( the scenario may consist of you (for women ),your sister, wife etc and you learn this event after it happens.

thanks for voting.
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redo the question/lay out.
 
DA60 said:
My answer, I would take every penny I could get from this scumbag...and then turn him in anyway.

If for no other reason then I do not want to live with the guilt if this lowlife strikes again and I did not at least try to stop him.
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Cop out answer.
 
Peter Grimm said:
Or they stay silent because they aren't really victims of anything, but claiming rape is a nicer story than "oh I got drunk and hooked up with this guy who won't call me, and now I regret it so I'm just going to say I was raped."
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And that attitude is why rapists go free. Congratulations on being part of the problem.
 
Medusa said:
she was raped and then was offered Money.
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Does the order really matter?

If she takes the money, and then lets the guy have sex with her, that's clearly prostitution. We agree on that.

If she has sex with the guy against her will, then takes the money and doesn't turn him in, then she has consented in arrears. In other words, by taking the money and not telling, she's consented to the sex.

So again, she has sex for money, which makes her a prostitute.
 
Medusa said:
yes and lizzie explained her reasons.then got offended although l just wanted to understand her post :lol:.l didnt fault her
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Ummm...where EXACTLY did lizzie say she was 'offended'?
 
DA60 said:
It's 100% true.

You don't like it...tough.
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I don't care, I just think it's funny. People who give copout answers are funny. It's like if I asked whether you prefer cake or ice cream, and you answer "both."

Actually, in your case, I guess the answer would be "waffles."
 
Peter Grimm said:
Does the order really matter?

If she takes the money, and then lets the guy have sex with her, that's clearly prostitution. We agree on that.

If she has sex with the guy against her will, then takes the money and doesn't turn him in, then she has consented in arrears. In other words, by taking the money and not telling, she's consented to the sex.

So again, she has sex for money, which makes her a prostitute.
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You're stretching things faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar beyond what is the parameters of the exercise.

Consent was not given at the time of the rape, therefore it is rape by all definitions.

Regardless of what happens after, consent cannot be given in hindsight.
 
I would take it if the contract stated clearly "On Jan 29th 2015, I raped (insert name). This is what happened, this is what I did to her. I am giving her (fill in the blank money" and in return, she will never testify against me". Signed (fill in the blank rapist)."

As soon as the money was in hand....I would have someone take the letter to the District Attorney.:lamo

Realistically, you never know how you will really respond until you are faced with the situation.

I would like to think that at this point in my life I would testify to get the scum off the street.
 
Peter Grimm said:
I don't care, I just think it's funny. People who give copout answers are funny. It's like if I asked whether you prefer cake or ice cream, and you answer "both."

Actually, in your case, I guess the answer would be "waffles."
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:roll:

If you did not care, then you would not have even posted the response to my post.


Whatever...bye bye.
 
AGENT J said:
real rape is a henis and horrendous crime, one of the lowest and i have gone on record many times saying i support use of deadly force to prevent rapes and I support the option of the death penalty in rape cases.

the issue is that history and culture make rape a very muddy area.

For many years of our history rape wasnt looked at as that serious and husbands could legally rape thier wives etc etc

Then thier was always the public trial part, they are a slut, they were asking for it etc etc

Now we have made improvements in those areas but now we have something almost just as disgusting and that is false rape reports, this AGAIN adds much drama to an area of already high tensions and suspicions and its a damn shame. Hell many people dont even agree on what rape is, i mean there are some cases everybody agrees on and then there are others many do not.

Anyway im GUESSING the question is would i stay silent if i were a victim of a clearly real rape and offered hush money . . . .
personally no, i would not. I would never do it because i would feel horrible if the person was a serial rapist and raped again.
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Thanks for the history lesson on rape, but what is a "henis?"
 
Jetboogieman said:
You're stretching things faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar beyond what is the parameters of the exercise.

Consent was not given at the time of the rape, therefore it is rape by all definitions.

Regardless of what happens after, consent cannot be given in hindsight.
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Who says it can't?

That, btw, is quite an interesting topic of discussion, regardless of the original point of the exercise.
 
Paschendale said:
And that attitude is why rapists go free. Congratulations on being part of the problem.
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Do you have actual proof that rapists are going free in droves, or is this just something you read on a feminist bulletin board?

It seems to me, the laws are stacked in favor of women, and "reasonable doubt" applies to everything except when it comes to gender-based disagreement. But that's my perception.
 
lizzie said:
I got offended? :lamo
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l asked you all this question and wanted you to imagine you had such an experience .I didnt want to judge anyone by their answers .l hoped you all spoke for yourselves but you claimed you tried to understand someone in such a situation.but l didnt ask that.l jusyt wanted to learn what you would really do if such a thing happened to you

whats wrong with empathy lizzie ? you needed to defend your own words.
 
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Peter Grimm said:
Who says it can't?

That, btw, is quite an interesting topic of discussion, regardless of the original point of the exercise.
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No it is not.

By what you're saying we can elaborate the following.

A child raped by a Roman Catholic Priest eventually receives monetary damages from the Dioceses for said assault.

Does that mean in retrospect that, that child consented to that sexual assault and would be considered by you a prostitute?
 
Peter Grimm said:
Thanks for the history lesson on rape, but what is a "henis?"
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well there was no history lesson at all, and it should of said Heinous lmao
 
DA60 said:
My answer, I would take every penny I could get from this scumbag...and then turn him in anyway.

If for no other reason then I do not want to live with the guilt if this lowlife strikes again and I did not at least try to stop him.
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thats why you couldnt understand the question while all others got it
 
Jetboogieman said:
No it is not.

By what you're saying we can elaborate the following.

A child raped by a Roman Catholic Priest eventually receives monetary damages from the Dioceses for said assault.

Does that mean in retrospect that, that child consented to that sexual assault and would be considered by you a prostitute?
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If she took the money in exchange for an agreement to not press charges, then, yes. If it was a monetary settlement as part of her pressing charges against her attacker, then of course not, the money just becomes part of the punishment.

The lawyers get all that money anyway, not so much the victims.

But you're stretching it a bit here. Children and retarded people can't consent to have sex, it's rape regardless. If an adult, who is capable of consent, is raped but then "consents" after the fact in exchange for a monetary payout, that is consensual sex.

It still doesn't make it right, but it makes it consensual. And consenting sex done for money is defined as prostitution.
 
Medusa said:
thats why you couldnt understand the question while all others got it
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:rofl:

You just typed above...

'l asked you all this question and wanted you to imagine you had such an experience .I didnt want to judge anyone by their answers .'

And then not three posts down you do exactly the opposite.

:roll:
 
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