Posts by Bea Brown

  • Island Life: In another league,

    I doubt any jury will ever convict where both parties are adults, drunk, drugged, out late at night etc etc. Modern women must practise some risk management and not put themselves in the way of danger. This isn't blaming the victim or saying they ask for it, just commonsense. I taught my daughter how to keep herself safe and my son never to have sex with a woman he didn't know or was drunk or asleep. We modelled loving behaviour in our home and brought up young adults with firm values. Unfortunately not everyone can be trusted.
    I don't put a sign at my gate saying I'm out for the day and the front door is open. Both men and women need to protect themselves.
    It interests me that when juries don't give the result people want, there are calls for the case retried or heard in front of a judge or the law changed. The guy has been shamed. The woman stays anonymous. I'd be cross too if I was a family member - of either of them.

    Since Feb 2008 • 1 posts Report Reply