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14. I don't consider it limited to small town culture so much.

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 06:00 PM

Jan 2013

Are you old enough to remember Tailhook?

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TYT: Traci Lords' Steubenville - A Culture of Rape? [View all] WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 OP

~ K ~ In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #1

Call me cynical caseymoz Jan 2013 #2

If it weren't for some vigilantes, this would have been ignored. caseymoz Jan 2013 #5

Not trying to be THAT guy, but it isn't just football. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #8

I am actually familiar with Stubenville. Been there several times. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #10

Oy. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #11

I am an Army brat. I have been all over the country. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #12

It doesn't hurt that some of the parents are in positions of power ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #15

Pity any rape victim who "gets in the way" of a football program. radicalliberal Jan 2013 #6

I don't consider it limited to small town culture so much. noamnety Jan 2013 #14

Yes, I'm old enough to remember Watergate, thanks. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #16

Criminal conspiracy does not require cultural encouragement. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #13

I'd say the US under Bush was a torture culture. caseymoz Jan 2013 #22

Not all Americans torture, but all Americans profit from torture? nt Bonobo Jan 2013 #24

If you notice from my other posts caseymoz Jan 2013 #25

I cannot argue with you. I think you have it summed up correctly. nt Bonobo Jan 2013 #26

I appreciate what you're saying, and the thought you've put into it. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #28

They would behave the same way if the team members had shoplifted. Bonobo Jan 2013 #17

I think you would find that difficult. caseymoz Jan 2013 #20

Your title agrees with just what I'm saying. caseymoz Jan 2013 #23

In a very well-to-do town near me.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #27

That is cultural. caseymoz Jan 2013 #30

Yes, I'm told the town is split over this. caseymoz Jan 2013 #18

Amazing how some elevate football people to god-like status Major Nikon Jan 2013 #29