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Victim Blaming?
RE: Victim Blaming?
I'm ambivalent. I want to drink irresponsibly without fear of being taken advantage of.

Nah, j/k.

Personal responsibility shouldn't have to stand at odds with blaming a victim for their behavior (or lack thereof). However I think even when someone is passed out drunk, that doesn't, like said in OP, remotely excuse being taken advantage of, regardless of personal responsibility, because what if the drunk is an alcoholic and more or less can't help themselves because of compulsion, or their beverage is spiked or whatever?

There can well be, in my mind, extraneous circumstances to excuse someone for their lack of personal responsibility and being passed out drunk, but there can NEVER be extraneous circumstances blaming someone for being a victim.

My opinion isn't exactly set in stone though. Depends on what the situation is, really.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
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Victim Blaming? - by BrokenQuill92 - September 18, 2016 at 7:42 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by vorlon13 - September 18, 2016 at 7:47 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 8:09 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Joods - September 18, 2016 at 8:26 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by BrokenQuill92 - September 18, 2016 at 8:30 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by rexbeccarox - September 18, 2016 at 8:46 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 9:04 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Joods - September 18, 2016 at 8:34 pm
Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 18, 2016 at 8:48 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Tartarus Sauce - September 18, 2016 at 8:52 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 9:05 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 18, 2016 at 9:05 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 9:07 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 18, 2016 at 9:09 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 9:15 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 18, 2016 at 9:20 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 9:45 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Excited Penguin - September 18, 2016 at 10:28 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 18, 2016 at 10:50 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 11:08 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by paulpablo - September 18, 2016 at 9:19 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 18, 2016 at 9:28 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Joods - September 18, 2016 at 10:31 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 18, 2016 at 9:07 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 9:10 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 18, 2016 at 9:16 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 18, 2016 at 9:10 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by RobertE - September 19, 2016 at 12:37 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by paulpablo - September 18, 2016 at 9:13 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 9:20 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 18, 2016 at 9:22 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 9:50 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 10:08 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 18, 2016 at 10:15 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 10:36 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 18, 2016 at 10:19 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 10:46 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Faith No More - September 19, 2016 at 11:59 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by The Grand Nudger - September 18, 2016 at 10:26 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by The Grand Nudger - September 18, 2016 at 10:39 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 18, 2016 at 10:54 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 18, 2016 at 10:45 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Excited Penguin - September 18, 2016 at 10:47 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 18, 2016 at 11:07 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Excited Penguin - September 18, 2016 at 11:11 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 19, 2016 at 12:03 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by vorlon13 - September 18, 2016 at 10:51 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 18, 2016 at 10:52 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Excited Penguin - September 18, 2016 at 10:54 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 18, 2016 at 10:59 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 18, 2016 at 10:53 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by BrokenQuill92 - September 18, 2016 at 11:57 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 19, 2016 at 12:29 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by BrokenQuill92 - September 19, 2016 at 12:41 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 19, 2016 at 12:43 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 19, 2016 at 1:56 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 4:05 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 19, 2016 at 4:36 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 5:09 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by BrokenQuill92 - September 19, 2016 at 12:00 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 12:02 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 19, 2016 at 1:54 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 3:55 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 19, 2016 at 4:21 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 4:31 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 19, 2016 at 5:00 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 5:16 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 19, 2016 at 12:39 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 19, 2016 at 12:44 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by BrokenQuill92 - September 19, 2016 at 12:44 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Regina - September 19, 2016 at 4:44 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 19, 2016 at 5:23 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 19, 2016 at 5:57 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 5:59 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 19, 2016 at 6:03 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Faith No More - September 19, 2016 at 12:03 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 19, 2016 at 12:24 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Jello - September 19, 2016 at 1:13 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by RozKek - September 20, 2016 at 11:30 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 5:54 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 6:07 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Ben Davis - September 19, 2016 at 6:28 am
Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 19, 2016 at 9:07 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 19, 2016 at 11:19 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 1:27 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 19, 2016 at 9:10 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 10:00 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 20, 2016 at 7:08 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 20, 2016 at 10:19 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 20, 2016 at 10:30 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 21, 2016 at 12:05 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by The Grand Nudger - September 19, 2016 at 12:36 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 19, 2016 at 1:24 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 19, 2016 at 1:28 pm
Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 19, 2016 at 10:42 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2016 at 11:04 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Tiberius - September 20, 2016 at 11:45 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 20, 2016 at 10:19 pm
Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 20, 2016 at 1:17 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Excited Penguin - September 20, 2016 at 1:22 pm
Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 20, 2016 at 1:24 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 20, 2016 at 2:08 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 20, 2016 at 2:49 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Excited Penguin - September 20, 2016 at 4:15 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Excited Penguin - September 20, 2016 at 6:06 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Excited Penguin - September 20, 2016 at 3:33 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 20, 2016 at 3:39 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 20, 2016 at 10:37 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Excited Penguin - September 21, 2016 at 4:50 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 20, 2016 at 10:19 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Edwardo Piet - September 21, 2016 at 3:51 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Arkilogue - September 21, 2016 at 4:08 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Tiberius - September 20, 2016 at 2:55 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Excited Penguin - September 20, 2016 at 3:26 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Edwardo Piet - September 20, 2016 at 3:34 pm
Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 20, 2016 at 6:10 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Tiberius - September 20, 2016 at 8:38 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 20, 2016 at 8:40 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Losty - September 20, 2016 at 8:41 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Edwardo Piet - September 21, 2016 at 3:46 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Tiberius - September 20, 2016 at 8:49 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 20, 2016 at 8:53 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Tiberius - September 20, 2016 at 9:49 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 20, 2016 at 9:55 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by rexbeccarox - September 20, 2016 at 10:35 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 20, 2016 at 10:43 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Fidel_Castronaut - October 1, 2016 at 11:31 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by RobertE - October 1, 2016 at 4:04 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Tiberius - September 20, 2016 at 8:50 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Tiberius - September 20, 2016 at 10:29 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by account_inactive - September 20, 2016 at 10:31 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Tiberius - September 20, 2016 at 10:42 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Jackalope - September 20, 2016 at 10:58 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 20, 2016 at 11:51 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Edwardo Piet - September 21, 2016 at 4:10 am
Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 21, 2016 at 8:05 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by J a c k - September 21, 2016 at 8:11 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Seraphina - September 21, 2016 at 8:57 pm
Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 21, 2016 at 9:11 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Lek - September 23, 2016 at 7:11 pm
Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - September 23, 2016 at 7:49 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by The Grand Nudger - October 1, 2016 at 3:40 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Excited Penguin - October 1, 2016 at 7:30 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Catholic_Lady - October 1, 2016 at 11:35 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Whateverist - October 1, 2016 at 11:40 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Jackalope - October 1, 2016 at 12:40 pm
Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - October 1, 2016 at 4:05 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by The Grand Nudger - October 2, 2016 at 7:19 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Thumpalumpacus - October 2, 2016 at 7:36 pm
Victim Blaming? - by LadyForCamus - October 4, 2016 at 7:57 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by The Grand Nudger - October 4, 2016 at 10:42 am
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Sal - October 4, 2016 at 12:30 pm
RE: Victim Blaming? - by Lek - October 4, 2016 at 4:19 pm

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