> Blaming the victim is a common practice here - how many > times have you heard - if she didn't dress that way it > wouldn't have happened to her etc.
Usually I don't see that thinking as "blaming" the victim so much as it is trying to come up with yet another example of why "their" way of doing things (dressing, acting, whatever) is better than everyone else. I see it more as a self-affirmation. Think of it along the same lines of "if New Orleans wasn't so in league with the homosexual agenda, God wouldn't have sent Katrina to punish them" sort of thought process that some people have (i.e. "they should have been pious, like me" or "she should have dressed more conservative, like me", etc.). I'm sure there are cases where it really is outright blame, but I think those cases are the exception rather than the rule in our society. -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300915 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
