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0 pointsgoblin896y ago0 comments

Any crime is inherently evaluated as “worse” or “better” than another crime under most judicial systems, which is reflected in sentences and in allocation of police resources.

One can express their agreement with current allocation of resources without blaming victims for the crime, can’t they? To me, as to someone who knows a rape victim, likening car burglary to rape sounds much more horrific than that.

Did victim-blaming get edited out of the comment you were replying to after your post?

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macinjosh6y ago· 1 in thread

I see your point. To me, victim blaming was implied by implying tourists having their camera's stolen don't deserve help because they aren't street smart in SF. I am not saying police shouldn't allocate resources to 'worse' crimes but we shouldn't also say it is the tourist victim's fault (e.g. "They should've known better!". I think that's a slippery slope that is best avoided. I may have read too deeply into the intent behind that comment though.

habnds6y ago

> I may have read too deeply into the intent behind that comment though.

habnds6y ago

no, it absolutely did not

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