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Re:My experience with sexual harassment in the Scala community by faitswulff on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @06:11PM (#26962449)
Someone being assaulted when they’re intoxicated is not equivalent to someone knowingly driving a car when they’re drunk. The sexual predator consciously chooses to assault their victim; the car doesn’t choose to crash.

EDIT - a lot of you seem to think that this is equivalent to a DUI. It is not. If you are driving under the influence, then you are the perpetrator of the accident. If you are drunk and somebody else sexually assaults you, then the other person is the perpetrator.

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Re:My experience with sexual harassment in the Scala community by eloff on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @06:21PM (#26962608)
Cars don't choose, the driver does. The driver is always responsible, regardless of state of inebriation.

There's a very big distinction to be made here between an assault and if the person gives consent - or sometimes could even be the initiator. Again, to be very clear, I'm not saying that was the case here.

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