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Re: What's in a name?

Posted By: Eric Sleator, on host 68.111.215.41
Date: Friday, February 13, 2004, at 10:21:30
In Reply To: Re: What's in a name? posted by Joda on Friday, February 13, 2004, at 08:36:02:

> I think it also ought to be mentioned that even
> without cars, pretty awful things can happen.
> Something like 70% of sexual assault cases involve
> alcohol use. How much domestic violence occurs
> as a result of, or is at least related to, alcohol
> abuse? In light of some of the things that are
> related to drinking, killing a family of four
> seems almost the least of many things that could
> go wrong.

Rather than seeing what percentage of sexual assaults "involve alcohol use", it would be more realistic and give less slanted numbers if you examined what percentage of intoxicated people commit sexual assault. Having seen and known intoxicated people, I would guess that number would be pretty low --- and it would also be far more useful in determining how "responsible" alcohol is for sexual assault.

-Eric Sleator

Replies To This Message

Re: What's in a name? - koalamom - Fri, 2/13/2004, 17:20:26
- Re: What's in a name? - Howard - Sat, 2/14/2004, 08:02:25
  - Re: What's in a name? - Kelly - Sat, 2/14/2004, 17:17:36
    - Re: What's in a name? - Howard - Sun, 2/15/2004, 09:32:37
Re: What's in a name? - Michael - Fri, 2/13/2004, 10:57:29

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Message:	> > I think it also ought to be mentioned that even > > without cars, pretty awful things can happen. > > Something like 70% of sexual assault cases involve > > alcohol use. How much domestic violence occurs > > as a result of, or is at least related to, alcohol > > abuse? In light of some of the things that are > > related to drinking, killing a family of four > > seems almost the least of many things that could > > go wrong. > > Rather than seeing what percentage of sexual assaults "involve alcohol use", it would be more realistic and give less slanted numbers if you examined what percentage of intoxicated people commit sexual assault. Having seen and known intoxicated people, I would guess that number would be pretty low --- and it would also be far more useful in determining how "responsible" alcohol is for sexual assault. > > -Eric Sleator
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