Re: Frequent false reports: where's the evidence? (was: Re: Rape Education Story #60

Daran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On 22 Nov 2003 15:04:06 -0800 Kate Orman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...

> >> It appears her supporters make the same misreading them.  I consider the
> >> figure to be a myth, until proven otherwise, and I find it very
> >> disappointing that so many of pages turned up by a search on 'rape myths'
> >> are perpetuating what they purport to debunk.
> > 
> > No argument there. What's at stake is too important for anti-rape 
> > activists to give our enemies ammunition.
 
> I'm not sure what to make of that.  My enemies are the enemies of 
> truth and reason.  Criticising error does not give my enemies 
> ammunition.  Failure to do so does.

In the sentence above, "our enemies" are the enemies of "anti-rape 
activists". Those enemies concoct quite enough imaginary charges 
without feminists bungling, as they sometimes do, and handing them 
genuine criticisms on a plate. Hope that clarifies my meaning.

As for the Home Office and the UCR, I'll see what I can find in Library 
Land.

Yours,
- Kate Orman