Comments on: In 2008, a fresh start for NSW rape laws http://thecurvature.com/2007/12/29/in-2008-a-fresh-start-for-nsw-rape-laws/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:04:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: keshmeshi http://thecurvature.com/2007/12/29/in-2008-a-fresh-start-for-nsw-rape-laws/#comment-2807 keshmeshi Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:11:32 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/12/29/in-2008-a-fresh-start-for-nsw-rape-laws/#comment-2807 Since when has ignorance of whether an act is illegal been a plausible defense? Because that's what this is. "Honest, I didn't know I was raping her" is not/should not be a valid defense in a court of law. Since when has ignorance of whether an act is illegal been a plausible defense? Because that’s what this is. “Honest, I didn’t know I was raping her” is not/should not be a valid defense in a court of law.

]]> By: Fatadelic http://thecurvature.com/2007/12/29/in-2008-a-fresh-start-for-nsw-rape-laws/#comment-2801 Fatadelic Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:00:51 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/12/29/in-2008-a-fresh-start-for-nsw-rape-laws/#comment-2801 I hope it is used to educate people as well. It would be far better than those ineffective "Violence to Women" ads the federal government has been running for the past few years. Now we just have to hope that this law holds up to its potential in practice. I hope it is used to educate people as well. It would be far better than those ineffective “Violence to Women” ads the federal government has been running for the past few years.

Now we just have to hope that this law holds up to its potential in practice.

]]> By: RachelPhilPa http://thecurvature.com/2007/12/29/in-2008-a-fresh-start-for-nsw-rape-laws/#comment-2799 RachelPhilPa Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:06:26 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/12/29/in-2008-a-fresh-start-for-nsw-rape-laws/#comment-2799 It's a great law, and I'd love to see it become the law of the land here in the US. I can just imagine the MRA's frothing at the mouth because they have to actually obtain enthusiastic consent. I'd also like to see a law passed that prohibits the past sexual activity, mode of dress, etc of the rapist's victim(s) from being examined in the rapist's trial. I can't think of any other crime where the victim's character is so consistently put on trial and pilloried like this. Such a law would reinforce the fact that rape is rape, period. It’s a great law, and I’d love to see it become the law of the land here in the US. I can just imagine the MRA’s frothing at the mouth because they have to actually obtain enthusiastic consent.

I’d also like to see a law passed that prohibits the past sexual activity, mode of dress, etc of the rapist’s victim(s) from being examined in the rapist’s trial. I can’t think of any other crime where the victim’s character is so consistently put on trial and pilloried like this. Such a law would reinforce the fact that rape is rape, period.

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