Vigil on 4/3/2007 at 14:41
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't!
fett on 4/3/2007 at 15:04
Quote Posted by Vasquez
Yep. Ridiculous laws won't change the fact that people stay in abusive marriages by their own free will. That could only be cured by removing the mythical glorification of marriage itself and admit on a wider cultural level the facts: Love doesn't always conquer all, it doesn't always last, and sometimes the idealistic illusion/ sick and twisted version of it can get you killed. If that's the case, running away is common sense, not a shameful thing.
To that end, I vote we ban all movies staring Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, or Jennifer Gardner.
rachel on 4/3/2007 at 15:05
Quote Posted by Auriel
surely though, if it was less, then women would have a greater chance of being stabbed at random in the street?
And that wouldn't be nice
Higher proportion does not mean higher number.
Ideally 0% of crimes should be commited by someone you live with, that wouldn't necessarily make the streets more dangerous. The authorities could actually focus on that instead of wondering how the hell could someone think it was a good idea to use his wife as a punching-ball.
I'm sure many cops could do without going time after time to the same apartment without being able to help because no one wants to press charges, and knowing that eventually there'll be this last time when they won't call the EMT but a hearse.
