Sigh. This is incredibly depressing. It is just as bad as an email I saw
that blamed the US government for causing these tragedies because our leaders
wanted an excuse to wage war. I am a government employee and, while I accept
that the government has many flaws, it is not made up of evil individuals who
would kill thousands of their own people. It seems that with a tragedy,
everyone starts looking around for someone to blame. With rape victims the
logic is very similar 'she must have asked for it'. It's as though we can't
accept that evil exists in our world, or that terrible events occur that are
beyond our control. We must have done *something* to provoke it. Sigh.
Mary
