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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 12:00 AM

Rape is like force-fed chocolate cake?

So says the British National Party's London leader, Nick Eriksen.

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  • Wednesday, April 2, 2008 10:05 PM

    how can rape NOT involve violence?

    Ok, looking past the source of this quote being from the BNP...

    Maybe this is a really naive question, but how can a rape not be violent?

    Unless a women is drugged, or incredibly afraid of violence (most likely because it has occured in the past), how can a "non-violent" rape occur?

    If someone says "no" and resists an assualt (of any nature), presisting in physically forcing someone to do something is by definition violent.

    So yeah. I can't really understand how this nut-jobs comments even make sense (in OR out of context).

    Perhaps he SHOULD spend some time in a hardcore British jail, so he can experience first-hand the "non-violent" nature of rape.

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