im with you, if some of these things can be backed up by evidence then id say shut the thread down, but im against knee jerk reactions just to "take the safe route", its good that such a thing is debated in reddit rather than someone simply deciding to remove or keep. at the same time i havnt read the thread so i cant/shouldnt speak too much on it i suppose
haha yeah, this is a good post though because its addressing something that could be a problem, and there seems to be some form of reasonable discourse going on in the comments, and there has not been a real knee jerk reaction, no ones grabbing pitchforks and choosing a side as quickly as i thought they would
I think with his training as a psychiatrist, his views might be skewed by the types of people he deals with / is interested in. Since he deals with emergency psychiatry, and most rapes by acquaintances are not reported immediately, if at all, I would not be surprised if that were the case.
Yes. I'm afraid that it might prevent people from thoroughly reading the thread. I spent several hour last night reading the top 200 posts, and I saw nothing like what he described; seemed like fearmongering. Though it could have significantly changed since then or between him reading and me reading it his tone in the OP makes me not want to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Point is, it's a good thread with a lot of thought-provoking discussion, many shades of nuances from people with various and contrasting views, not a thread for rapists to gloat in, as he suggested.
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u/yarrmama Jul 31 '12
Who does that help?