~♫~ Nancy Lorenz ~♫~

I think you made a really good point about how it's not just about minimising the crime and victim-blaming - it's ultimately about everyone's safety: our friends', our loved ones', our own. I'm trying to imagine how I would feel if one of my loved ones were to be raped and I were to hear someone else excusing the rapist's actions, and it basically boiled down to towering, possibly-homicidal rage. Even though I understand why Mrs Polanski might have felt like she had to defend her husband, I will never understand the mindset of an entire society that feels like defending sex offenders is ever okay.