Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

The teenager who was accused of raping a younger classmate and dumping her outside of her house in Maryville, Mo. in 2012 will not face sexual assault charges, a prosecutor recently announced. He will serve two years of probation, do 100 hours of community service, and pay restitution of $1,800 to the victim’s family. Barnett has also been ordered to apologize to his victim.

He was 17 and she was 14 at the time of the incident. “The girls admitted drinking alcohol in Daisy's home before sneaking out of the house and leaving with the boys, some of whom were friends with her older brother. Daisy claimed that when she got to the party, she was given a clear liquid that she drank before being taken into a bedroom and raped while a second boy recorded the act on his cellphone.”  ORIGINAL STORY

So the girls get drunk, go over to a party and get fucked and called it rape.  They are blamless victems right?  Hell no.  Have you heard the shocking news of state and local regulations that make it illegal to warm up your frozen car is now hitting home in Texas, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Colorado, Wisconsin, South Carolina – even some cities in Minnesota. The reason for these laws is usually linked with the increased of vehicles being stolen, and some of them carry hefty fines for enticing car thieves to commit their crimes. The laws are a little fuzzy on the newer technology of “auto-start” vehicles specifically designed for the comfort of their drivers and passengers.  WARMING UP YOUR CAR ILLEGAL!

If the owner of a car carries some responsibility for tempting thieves of opportunity (you leaving the keys in the car gave them the opportunity) then those girls proffered themselves and should bare a large part of the responsibility for the results of their actions.  Girls should not get drunk and go over to hang out with boys and not expect to get fucked.  And, no boys should not fuck drunk girls, but they do.  I remember back when a lot of women would go bar hopping to get drunk so that they could do what they would not do sober, and I suspect that a lot of women are still doing this today. You take the world as it is, not as you would have it.

I am not excusing bad behavior, but in my opinion the girls’ own choices and actions put them in that bed that they made and had to sleep in.  Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.