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You’re doing it wrong, Texas

Karen — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:29:05 +0000

When a man admits that he did in fact use his position as county sheriff to rape a woman, you put them in jail ASAP.

You do not let them enjoy a three month break between admitting guilt and being imprisoned just as he threatened his victim with if she didn’t comply!! I don’t care if his wife hasn’t left his ass nor do I care how many relatives he has in the area! Rapists do not get vacations between admitting guilt and going to jail for it. They get cells.

(via Shakesville & Female Impersonator)

A former North Texas sheriff pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to sexually assaulting a woman, telling her sex was the only way to avoid going to jail for drug possession.

Former Montague County Sheriff Bill Keating, 62, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced in May for the civil rights violation.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert K. Roach did not detain Keating, saying he did not pose harm to the community and wasn’t a flight risk because of his family ties to the area. But Roach ordered Keating, who recently surrendered his Texas peace officer’s license, to hand over his weapons and meet other conditions. (source)

And just for the damned record: Sex with anyone who is not in a position to give consent for any reason whatsoever is rape. Bill Keating is a rapist. Full. Fucking. Stop.

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What the hell is wrong with some atheists?

Karen — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:12:52 +0000

Several years ago I used to participate in a few forums by atheists and allegedly for atheists. I don’t do that anymore. In fact, I kind of dislike them now and can’t spend more than a few minutes at a time on them.

Why?

The rape discussions started by theist men.

How many times do I, a woman and mother to a daughter, have to read a “sincere” post allegedly about objective morality where the curious theist always ask why he should refrain from raping women and girls, the latter of which he routinely disguises as “children”?

I know the majority of atheists are men, but unless you grew on a fucking tree somewhere you have a mother and Mr. Theist wants you to tell him why raping your mother is wrong. Hell, some of you even have daughters. Why in hell do you not consider having someone demand that you explain to him in objective terms (wouldn’t want to be called ‘sensitive’ now, would we?) why he shouldn’t rape her to be deeply disturbing and unacceptable???

And it’s not like these boards allow “sincere” discussions about specific crimes against other marginalized groups. I’ve tried posting such questions on the boards that allow discussions about the rape of women and girls. Not a one has went through unless you count being banned without comment as getting through.

So, what the fuck gives? Why is it okay to have “sincere” moral discussions about the rape of women and girls, but the height of impropriety to talk about committing violent crimes against non-women (aka: men)?

It makes me just want to start punching shit.

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Rape victims sent bills under Palin

Karen — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:50:16 +0000

In 2000 then governor of Alaska Tony Knowles signed a bill stopping the practice of charging victims of rape for assault kits. Palin’s Wasilla was one of the towns who sent rape victims bills and whose police chief, appointed by Palin, didn’t like the decision to forbid the practice.

The new law makes it illegal for any law enforcement agency to bill victims or victims insurance companies for the costs of examinations that take place to collect evidence of a sexual assault or determine if a sexual assault did occur.

We would never bill the victim of a burglary for fingerprinting and photographing the crime scene, or for the cost of gathering other evidence, Knowles said. Nor should we bill rape victims just because the crime scene happens to be their bodies.

While the Alaska State Troopers and most municipal police agencies have covered the cost of exams, which cost between $300 to $1,200 apiece, the Wasilla police department does charge the victims of sexual assault for the tests.

Wasilla Police Chief Charlie Fannon does not agree with the new legislation, saying the law will require the city and communities to come up with more funds to cover the costs of the forensic exams.

In the past weve charged the cost of exams to the victims insurance company when possible. I just dont want to see any more burden put on the taxpayer, Fannon said.

I don’t think there can be any doubt that Palin was well aware of this as BitchPhD states “in a town of that size, the mayor doesn’t get to plead ignorance of policies or public statements of her own chief of police”.

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How much is your daughter worth?

Karen — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:21:45 +0000

I bet you’re thinking “priceless”. Well, you’d be wrong. Just ask the parents of Tressa Gross. You see, Tressa went to a club back in April of 2002 where she met a man by the name of John Berger.

He raped her and killed her with a fatal dose of GHB. He admitted that he had done this and that he had drugged and raped other women to reach his goal of “having sex” with at least 100 women.

His punishment?

Five years in prison of which he only has to serve four, another four years of probation and that’s it.

That’s how much your daughter’s worth.

(via The Curvature)

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Pope Benedict refuses to fire rapists, encourages prayers instead

Karen — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:39:08 +0000

Yes, you read that right. The pope has essentially refused to enact any policies that will, at the very least, make the Catholic church less friendly to sex predators. Instead he’s chosen to state that Catholics need to pray for deliverance from the rapists in their midst. They’re also to pray that their god will show “mercy” to the victims of those rapists.

The pope asked Roman Catholics to pray for the “mercy of God for the victims of the grave situations caused by the moral and sexual conduct” of clergy members in daily prayers of penance and purification, The Times of London said Monday.

Church leaders at the Vatican said each parish or diocese shall designate a person or group to conduct daily and continuous prayer services to cleanse the church of the scandal.

I’m no fan of the Catholic church, but this is a new low even for the Pope. He’s the goddamned leader of the church and claims to be a leader for all of humanity and he can’t bring himself to fire fucking rapists? It boggles the mind. Why do people keep looking up to this man? He’s such a flaming hypocrite it’s almost impossible to look at him without going blind from the brightness of the flames.