Holy shit, that's awful Ellena. Good on you for you living your life, though.
Ok, it's a dumb question. But it seemed an almost "no-brainer" to me too. Of the two heinous, despicable crimes, taking a life has got to be the worst (surely?).
But the reason I wanted to see the responses - if I can explain this properly - is that I think rape invokes more disgust, revulsion and hatred for the rapist. So I wanted to see, would people class it as a worse crime, based on that feeling that it provokes?
Even though, in my mind at least, murder seems the obviously worse crime. All that's debatable, of course. People may have good reasons to disagree, apart from the emotional reaction towards one or the other.
And maybe it's a bit sick and pointless to be talking about which is worse, given that they're BOTH terrible crimes. But that's what the legal system has to do, come up with punishments based on the severity of the crime. And that's all this is, just classifying which is inherently more severe.
So, thank you for your response, Ellena. I'm glad to hear that you're a survivor. But it's still concerning to hear about the stalking.
That's a very interesting distinction, thanks for pointing it out. I seems to me that two totally different responses are involved here: that of looking at the longterm harm and one's own revulsion to one crime over the other.
I don't see how there's any doubt that murder is a much worse crime than rape because a live is physically over, but for some people rape can make life seem not worth living. Still not the same thing though ...
Thanks for your concern: looks as if I'm going to have to take up afternoon naps if I'm going to be woken up around 4 am every morning.
Oh jeez... nobody needs that crap. At least you've got some security in place, though. Your attitude is very admirable, Ellena. I hope you don't have to put up with it for much longer.
Thanks for the responses.
Thanks! The new security is working well so far, no alarms in the very very early morning for 3 nights in a row, so fingers crossed ..... My formal complaints about police inaction seem to be having some slight effect, or at least I'm being called back by increasingly senior officers. Nothing has changed locally thought, which is where I really need the help.
I was going to ask; it doesn't sound like the police have been much use...
Hope you've got some friends or vigilant neighbours that can offer some support.
Best wishes Ellena, it must be an extremely unsettling, horrible thing to go through.
Cops are USELESS in spite of lots of talk by top cops & politicians about "changed attitudes" - bullshit I say, hasn't trickled down to my local cop shop.
Yeah friends and one not too bad neighbour but can't expect them to be with me 24/7 .... shouldn't be necessary anyway if cops did their job. I've put in formal complaint but that goes to other cops ....
Thanks for your concern and support, I do appreciate it!
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Holy shit, that's awful Ellena. Good on you for you living your life, though.
Ok, it's a dumb question. But it seemed an almost "no-brainer" to me too. Of the two heinous, despicable crimes, taking a life has got to be the worst (surely?).
But the reason I wanted to see the responses - if I can explain this properly - is that I think rape invokes more disgust, revulsion and hatred for the rapist. So I wanted to see, would people class it as a worse crime, based on that feeling that it provokes?
Even though, in my mind at least, murder seems the obviously worse crime. All that's debatable, of course. People may have good reasons to disagree, apart from the emotional reaction towards one or the other.
And maybe it's a bit sick and pointless to be talking about which is worse, given that they're BOTH terrible crimes. But that's what the legal system has to do, come up with punishments based on the severity of the crime. And that's all this is, just classifying which is inherently more severe.
So, thank you for your response, Ellena. I'm glad to hear that you're a survivor. But it's still concerning to hear about the stalking.
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That's a very interesting distinction, thanks for pointing it out. I seems to me that two totally different responses are involved here: that of looking at the longterm harm and one's own revulsion to one crime over the other.
I don't see how there's any doubt that murder is a much worse crime than rape because a live is physically over, but for some people rape can make life seem not worth living. Still not the same thing though ...
Thanks for your concern: looks as if I'm going to have to take up afternoon naps if I'm going to be woken up around 4 am every morning.
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Oh jeez... nobody needs that crap. At least you've got some security in place, though. Your attitude is very admirable, Ellena. I hope you don't have to put up with it for much longer.
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Thanks! The new security is working well so far, no alarms in the very very early morning for 3 nights in a row, so fingers crossed ..... My formal complaints about police inaction seem to be having some slight effect, or at least I'm being called back by increasingly senior officers. Nothing has changed locally thought, which is where I really need the help.
And thank you for your response!
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That's ok :)
I was going to ask; it doesn't sound like the police have been much use...
Hope you've got some friends or vigilant neighbours that can offer some support.
Best wishes Ellena, it must be an extremely unsettling, horrible thing to go through.
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Cops are USELESS in spite of lots of talk by top cops & politicians about "changed attitudes" - bullshit I say, hasn't trickled down to my local cop shop.
Yeah friends and one not too bad neighbour but can't expect them to be with me 24/7 .... shouldn't be necessary anyway if cops did their job. I've put in formal complaint but that goes to other cops ....
Thanks for your concern and support, I do appreciate it!