Rape is the only crime I can think of that’s 100% inexcusable. There’s
absolutely no reason for it ever. In any circumstance. You can murder
in self defence, you can steal to help your starving family. Even doing
illegal drugs can really help calm people down.
But rape doesn’t
help anyone except the rapist. And it just baffles me to this day the
way people will excuse rape with, “Well he/she was drunk” or “What was
she wearing?” or “He’s a guy though, he probably enjoyed it.”
it’s the one crime that everyone should find inexcusable and yet it’s the one that people try to justify the most often.
Today a little boy was engaging in “pulling pigtails” behavior, pestering a particular girl. I told her, and the class, that sometimes when little boys like someone they’ll act like jerks just to get their attention. The rest of the class hooted, the boy protested, and the girl grimaced and said she knew, her mother and older brother and old teacher told her.
I continued on to say that just because a boy likes you doesn’t give him an excuse to be a jerk, and you shouldn’t give them a chance to get your attention until they learn how to behave and her face was priceless. Basically, picture a tiny elementary school girl with red bows in her hair embodying the spirit of this gif:
