Comments on: A Crime of Opportunity

By: AuBricker

AuBricker — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:57:16 +0000

I recall a similar case in Florida many years ago when a man was found not guilty of rape because his victim wore a short skirt without any panties. Not only is justice blind, it sometimes shoots the victim.

By: Judge Refers to Convicted Rapist’s Actions as “Rough Play” : The Curvature

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:44:03 +0000

[...] I’ve written before about Fernando Manuel Alves, a pub owner who was convicted of brutally raping a drugged and unconscious woman, and the judge who decided not to send him to jail because he deemed the rape a crime of opportunity. [...]

By: SunlessNick

SunlessNick — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:35:59 +0000

Yes, it ought. But he did it to woman, so apparently it doesn’t count.

By: Jha

Jha — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:25:00 +0000

Whoa, wait. If this was a “crime of opportunity” then how does the drugging her work? Unless you’re going to pull “he created the opportunity to rape her by drugging her” excuse – no wait, that still requires pre-meditation, and oughtn’t that nullify the “opportunity” excuse?

>_< Head hurts.

By: Therese

Therese — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:19:14 +0000

Stealing an ipod is a crime of opportunity. Hurting another person is a crime against humanity and nothing short of a seriously heinous act.

By: beth

beth — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:52:36 +0000

please please please let it be that he doesn’t still own the bar.
Also urgh.

By: abyss2hope

abyss2hope — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:25:58 +0000

What this judge’s statement and ruling says to me is that this rapist’s premeditated crime is no big deal to this judge because of the judge’s opinion of the victim in this case and the perceived victims of choice for this rapist.

And this dismissal of certain victims ties into the police scolding women on proper behavior rather than scolding men for taking women unable to consent out of bars with the intent to commit a sex crime.

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:20:00 +0000

I cannot believe the judge decided that the man is not dangerous. He drugged and raped her for crying out loud. Some bastion of human rights Canada is.

By: Lemur

Lemur — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:49:57 +0000

I have nothing useful to say so I’ll do what I always do, which is ask seemingly useless questions. The question in my mind is: doesn’t the cognitive dissonance hurt these people?
To me, a crime of opportunity is… well you know what, it’s not a woman out in public. He DRUGGED HER!!! How is… what… *sputters with rage*
What the FUCK is WRONG with these people??

By: When ‘Opportunity’ Knocks. « PostBourgie

When ‘Opportunity’ Knocks. « PostBourgie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:34:30 +0000

[...] When ‘Opportunity’ Knocks. By shani-o Leave a Comment Categories: Feminism and Sexism I have no commentary on what comes below except to say *headdesk*. Repeatedly. From the Curvature: [...]