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b_b  ·  4046 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Rape Is Caused by Rapists, Not by Underage Drinking

Exactly. Tautological at best. The old Stanford prison experiment experiment proved that normal people can act in depraved ways given the right conditions. That said, there are obviously a lot of people in the world who seem more predisposed to depraved violence than others. Being aware (or more correctly, reminding potential victims) of the situations in which these people can commit acts of violence isn't wrong in itself. The fact that anyone could be offended by such advice is beyond me.