Saturday

We are funny things, we hairless monkeys. Well Ok, apes. In the last 48 hours, our county town has had a couple of rapes, at least one violent assault that wasn't a rape, some bike thefts. There were probably many other crimes reported or otherwise. Ok, you may wonder where I am going with this. Now rape is an evil crime, I think all of us can agree. So, is an arranged marriage rape? As an atheist, I would say yes. The problem that  arises here is the one of consent. The 'victim' may well feel duty bound to acquiesce, but never the less, even if she does not, the outcome for her will be just the same. Ergo, she acquiesces. Therefore no crime, except the obvious moral one. Now, to me, a real man would never, ever, accept this. Only someone misled by either; alcohol or religion would.
The funny thing is the assault. One of the local tossers was apparently gobbing off at someone in the street, they took umbrage and left him laid out on the pavement. We spent some time trying to find the assailant, but we didn't get a good description at first, and so failed to find him. The most amusing thing about this is that tomorrow we will almost certainly be searching for the victim, because he will be a; pissed, b; shoplifting, and finally, c; assaulting someone. Of course, after all this, even if all the scrotes are caught, and then proven guilty, we know nothing meaningful will be done to them. Rapists should be well hung. By their parts. From a tree.