February 13, 2012
Published: 21 Jun 09 09:24 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/20184/20090621/
A man was raped near a metro station in southern Stockholm in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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As with any rape, this is a gross violation of a victims body, mind and spirit.
Or maybe just for rapists, cut the guys korv off. He wont do it again, and it would be one less looser without the ability (easily) to make more of himself.
But wait, was the dude wearing a low cut dress, or tank top, because then it would be OK because he was "asking for it."
I am sure part of journalism is the ability to be able to answer the questions your readers want answering - I don't class this as journalism.
No queations!!!
it seems to be like in french suburb
The rapist should be hanged! Yes, I have no sympathy for those who inflicts pain on innocent people.
at least the big company's will be safe to walk the streets with their dollars!
in Kenya woman , especially old women are now learning self defence skills which end in the victim being cut with sharp iron.
I say though the penis should be cut off and if it's a woman ( this is a bit harsh) maybe the clit.
I'm shocked noone has blamed immigrants yet.
even though with the knife point, at one point that man can easily escape..
that's my point...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ct4j2ixluw
-HSII
One of my friends who is a man was mugged at knife point which was a harrowing and disturbing experience for him... would your first response be "Oh the mugger only had a knife, you could have just run away, and since you were afraid of the knife you're a weakling who deserved getting mugged"?
I know you didn't say that the guy deserved it in this case, but your response shows an insensitivity and misunderstanding of the actual situation that happened to to this guy, most likely because you've never been in a situation where you were seriously threatened with bodily harm,
I don't expect much but in this case I was disappointed.
Plus this site has the power to pick and choose relevant content rather than have it forced upon it by newswires (unless you know something I don't).
There is no monopoly on information - it spreads freely. A litmus test is that if the story can not answer the simple questions its readers ask then it is either too weak or not researched enough to run. This, I think, is the latter.
Sheesh.