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gordonz88  ·  4284 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Don’t blame the victim, or the photographer - Salon.com

Wow. That's ridiculous. This is on par with "punishing scientists for falsely predicting disasters, such as earthquakes". My God. I read about that on a Reader's Digest, and there were actually people arguing for that.

On a side note, I don't like when people say "the internet.. got mad; praised; fell in love with;" etc. The internet isn't to be personified. The internet is just a collection of knowledge, and a transportation of information, whether it's human readable information or not. It's a medium, not a the subject. It's the city, not the building. The highway system, and not the cars.

Nonetheless, "The only adult in the house during the assault who isn’t responsible for the violence is the man committing it."

That's powerful.

EDIT: OR WORSE YET, WHEN PEOPLE ADVOCATE PUNISHING SCIENTISTS FOR NOT PREDICTING EARTHQUAKES. AGH.