Assault claimed at Naval Academy

USNA69
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:54:13 +0000

rjrzoom57:

There is an existing problem across the entire nation, in colleges, at the work place, in bars… sexual assault and abuse did not just suddenly and spontaneously erupt at the Naval Academy last year any more than it has anywhere else. The notion of taking proactive measures is based on and designed to prevent that which you know has some probability of occurring.



You are arguing with yourself. If a problem exists, one can not be proactive in preventing it from happening. It is already there. One must act reactively. A “proactive” response to prevent a problem from continuing to occur, is, in fact a reactive response to an existing issue. Back to my original statement. What is an appropriate proactive response, may send the wrong signal as a reactive response. Step back and look at the overall picture. While teaching rape prevention to females might somehow give the males the impression that they are not being held fully accountable for their actions, teaching self defense to both males and females would be perfectly acceptable.

Just beating a dead horse (an analogy, not a metaphor).