Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c...
by whatsupdog on Monday February 16, 2026 @10:56AM
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I don't genuinely understand why rape and murder are always put together in the same category. I'm not minimizing the crime of rape, it's terrible of course with life long trauma. But it's nowhere close to ending someone's life short, a totally irreversible event. Again, rape is also irreversible, but at least the trauma can be reversed with proper counseling and time. There is nothing that can bring back a dead person. And it affects so many other people other than the victim as well. When did we as a society decide what rape is as bad as murder? In my opinion defrauding someone out of their life savings is even worse than rape. Why don't we put rape, scamming and murder in one category?
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Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c...
by cataphract on Monday February 16, 2026 @11:05AM
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We didn't? It must be a small minority of countries that dole out the same punishment for both.