On 11 Oct 2007 at 20:57:33 -0700, "George Herbert" george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
While I agree that the mishandling of stalking / abuse situations has largely gotten us where we are today, I would have hoped to see people make that point in a civil and respectful manner rather than crossing the line into blaming the vicitms as you did above, Phil.
This was not constructive, even if it was wrapped around an important point.
I disagree; it's the whole business that we need to constantly pussyfoot around these topics and not say what we really mean, for fear of offending somebody or being labeled as "blaming the victim" (or worse), that is a major part of the problem.