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[RAPE-INDIA] "If you can’t prevent rape, you enjoy it" - Top Cop

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  1. Zboy

    Zboy Contributing Member

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    Why do Indian guys love to rape and think they can get away with it?.....

    Look no further than the attitude of a top law enforcement guy there....


    India’s top cop: ‘If you can’t prevent rape, you enjoy it’

    India's top police official apologized Wednesday for saying, "If you can't prevent rape, you enjoy it," a remark that has outraged women across the country.

    Central Bureau of Investigation chief Ranjit Sinha made the remark Tuesday during a conference about illegal sports betting and the need to legalize gambling. The CBI, the country's premier investigative agency, is India's equivalent of the FBI.

    Sinha said at the conference that if the state could not stop gambling, it could at least make some revenue by legalizing it.

    "If you cannot enforce the ban on betting, it is like saying, 'If you can't prevent rape, you enjoy it,'" he said.

    The remarks have caused outrage across India, which in the past year has been roiled by widespread protests following the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a bus in New Delhi.

    On Wednesday, Sinha said that his comments had been taken out of context and misinterpreted, and that he was sorry if he had caused hurt.

    Angry activists, however, called for his resignation.

    Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat said Sinha's comments were offensive to women everywhere.

    "It is sickening that a man who is in charge of several rape investigations should use such an analogy," Karat told reporters. "He should be prosecuted for degrading and insulting women."

    The New Delhi attack on the young woman last December caused nationwide outrage and forced the government to change rape laws and create fast-track courts for rape cases. New laws introduced after the attack make stalking, voyeurism and sexual harassment a crime. They also provide for the death penalty for repeat offenders or for rape attacks that lead to the victim's death.



    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/indias-top-policeman-draws-fire-rape-remarks-20871772
     
    #1 Zboy, Nov 14, 2013
  2. Major

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    Except that the guy was mocking the idea that saying that is reasonable. Context matters.
     
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  3. VBG

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    It was a language problem.
     
    #3 VBG, Nov 14, 2013
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    bob knight was his mentor.
     
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  5. Jontro

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    First we have to establish their definition of rape and enjoyment.
     
    #5 Jontro, Nov 14, 2013
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    subjective
     
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  7. heypartner

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    Rape is like bad weather. If it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.

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    #7 heypartner, Nov 14, 2013
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    The fact that people can't read 12 words before the quote for context, quite frankly, remind me of how quotes are used here in the US. Makes you wonder the reading level of the general public.
     
    #8 meh, Nov 14, 2013
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    I can't even tell from that quote (and accompanying context) if the guy was espousing or mocking the idea!

    I'm reading this and am still fuzzy on his analogy... though it does seem apparent that he was saying it mostly facetiously? I don't know...

    (BBC)
    NOTE TO SELF: Cut back on rape analogies.
     
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  10. Wapzoe

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    Is he for or against rape?

    He says if you cant effectively stop gambling, then you may as well regulate it.. Fair enough

    WTF rape comment that follows?
    I'm confused
     
    #10 Wapzoe, Nov 15, 2013
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    #11 AroundTheWorld, Nov 15, 2013
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    meh with some strong words ;)
     
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    It was a stupid, misleading, nonsensical analogy, any way one tries to parse it.

    I guess what he was trying to say (or what he wants us to think he really meant) is that there should be a legal framework in place which makes allowances for some types of sports betting. And he's comparing the notion that people should just accept an all-out ban because the legal framework would be impractical to implement to accepting an inevitable rape.
     
    #13 durvasa, Nov 15, 2013
  14. Jontro

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    For srsly, the quote is taken out of context.

    Seems like the media was out to get him, dude never had a chance... it's like saying that if rape is inevitable one should lie back and enjoy it.
     
    #14 Jontro, Nov 15, 2013
  15. JuanValdez

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    Thread title isn't helping people understand what's going on.

    I sympathize with him because he obviously wasn't trying to say what people want to imply, and the attacks on him seem merely political opportunism. At the same time, his analogy was pretty terrible and alluded to a very sensitive subject to boot, so really he has himself to blame for exposing his flank to attack in that way. Serious foot-in-mouth disease on this one.

    The good news for India is that their bureau chief is not insensitive to rape; the bad news is that he shouldn't ever speak into a microphone.
     
    #15 JuanValdez, Nov 15, 2013
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