A man came to our class once, he claimed to be a fair judge with daughters he loved. He asked a question to the class: "When should a minor be tried as an adult?"
and students began raising their hands. "Murder" he wrote it up on the board. "Robbery" he wrote it up on the board. I said, "Rape" and he paused, he asked for clarification "You mean violent rape?" "No I mean rape. It's all the same."
He looked to a boy who said "It's rape only if he used a weapon and hurt her."
And I said, "Rape is rape, whether his weapon is a knife, drugs, or guilt. She said no."
He shook his head, and wrote "violent rape" on the board anyways.
I never understood, because you can kill somebody quietly and peacefully with drugs, or with guns or knives or cars; but nobody cares if the murder was 'violent' it was still murder.
