Put simply: Read this article in full!
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Hiding pain is one thing. Erasing the scars is quite another.
The rape changed Laurel's understanding of the world. She had nightmares. The world was no longer safe. She became the archetype of a victim - the vulnerable, docile person that violent criminals hone in on.
"I had a victim tattoo on my forehead," Laurel says now.
She was assaulted again during her junior year of high school. It was at a party when she went out to a car with a boy to get more beer and he pulled out a pocket knife.
It's no surprise Laurel again was a sex crime victim, experts say. Someone sexually abused as a child is nearly five times as likely to be raped again, says Lynn Parrish of the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, the nation's largest anti-sexual-assault organization.
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
More "stunning" self-defense
This story is a confirmation of something I already knew after working in a security psychiatric ward: That there are some strange individuals out there.
It also taught me that I'm far crazier than I thought, but that's an issue for another day :-)
Anyhow, in this scenario we have a couple of issues. One is that we either have a really violent husband using a 600,000 volt stun-gun - or a drunk wife that obviously scares her man. Possibly both.
Personally I'll go along with the court that sentenced the man to 40 years in jail.
On a side note, I've learned never to trust a media report 100%.
Another issue is that when you have weapons lying around, it's easy to use them. I've seen it time and time again: people will grab anything - premeditated or not - and use it in a fight. Stones, sticks, knives, bottles, guns, road-signs, forks, ashtrays, TV-sets, lampshades, glasses, tables, chairs... You name it!
Many people arm themselves with things such as knives for "self-defense" and end up being convicted for using it (or carrying it). If your an adult who are trained in it's use, prepared for the consequences and risks involved, and who's allowed to carry it - by all means go ahead. If not - don't! Things escalate very, very fast...
It also taught me that I'm far crazier than I thought, but that's an issue for another day :-)
Anyhow, in this scenario we have a couple of issues. One is that we either have a really violent husband using a 600,000 volt stun-gun - or a drunk wife that obviously scares her man. Possibly both.
Personally I'll go along with the court that sentenced the man to 40 years in jail.
On a side note, I've learned never to trust a media report 100%.
Another issue is that when you have weapons lying around, it's easy to use them. I've seen it time and time again: people will grab anything - premeditated or not - and use it in a fight. Stones, sticks, knives, bottles, guns, road-signs, forks, ashtrays, TV-sets, lampshades, glasses, tables, chairs... You name it!
Many people arm themselves with things such as knives for "self-defense" and end up being convicted for using it (or carrying it). If your an adult who are trained in it's use, prepared for the consequences and risks involved, and who's allowed to carry it - by all means go ahead. If not - don't! Things escalate very, very fast...
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