Reply #18: The notion of blame is zero sum. No one should blame "the drunken slut" for being raped. [View All]

It IS the Oil Royals' fault for "raping the drunken slut". Indeed, their crimes are that much the worse, that much much MORE heinous for the condition of the victim.

But, if one is truly against rape, and not just into punishing the guilty after the fact, if one hates rape more than anything else, you have to also talk to the "drunken slut" about her behavior.

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What needs to happen here is that everyone needs to do what they CAN, no matter how big, no matter how small and, because the wealthy CAN do more, they have more responsibility to do more, more responsibility to change.

However, if we, the not wealthy, are not doing what we CAN do (and I am suggesting here that we be extremely creative about the thousands and thousands of things people could be doing ((if you can't move closer to work, there probably are other things you could be doing))), if you aren't doing WHATEVER you CAN do, you have no grounds to demand that others do what they can do either.