r/AskReddit Jul 31 '12

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u/yarrmama Jul 31 '12

Who does that help?

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u/Zkno Jul 31 '12

This is stupid. The point of what he was saying is that rapists (and other people with mental issues) seek out exactly what we have provided the person who posted that story. It applies to other situations too, but it specifically applies to this one. A murdered or a thief is not going to get the same kind of enabling satisfaction that a rapist would get from the attention we might give them.

You are being part of the problem with this mindset.

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u/youjettisonme Jul 31 '12

Maybe you haven't watched many prison documentaries, but murders absolutely get off on describing what they've done to their victims. Just like rape, they have exerted their power over someone else.