#1Oct 7th, 2008
Just wondering, how many of you think rape victims should have to pay for their own rape kits?
Rape kits
| View Poll Results: Should rape victims pay for their own rape kits? | |||
| Yes, they should pay |
   
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1 | 7.69% |
| No, they shouldn't pay |
  
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12 | 92.31% |
| Voters: 13. You may not vote on this poll | |||
#3
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008
To Quote the Daily Show
"Whats the big deal, they were raped not robbed"
(yes I know im going to hell)
In a serious note to a serious issue, as bad as paying for a rape kit sounds as an attack on Palin , you have to remember that that is the US.
If your two year old child is hit by a drunk driver, you still have to pay his medical bills, including medical attention that did nothing to prevent his death.
So if you make a greiving mother pay for inneffectual treatment of her murdered toddler, why on earth would you expect the state to pay for rape kits?
All health care should be free, thats my view.
"Whats the big deal, they were raped not robbed"
(yes I know im going to hell)
In a serious note to a serious issue, as bad as paying for a rape kit sounds as an attack on Palin , you have to remember that that is the US.
If your two year old child is hit by a drunk driver, you still have to pay his medical bills, including medical attention that did nothing to prevent his death.
So if you make a greiving mother pay for inneffectual treatment of her murdered toddler, why on earth would you expect the state to pay for rape kits?
All health care should be free, thats my view.
#4
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by hermanntrude
It's an evidence kit that emergency room workers use to collect evidence from the bodies of rape victims (semen, skin under fingernails, etc). Some places have actually billed rape victims for this to be done since their insurance companies wouldn't pay for it. It was apparently an issue in Sarah Pallin's town when she was mayor so it's been in the news recently.what the hell is a rape kit?
It is absolutely despicable that anyone would expect a rape victim to pay to have evidence of a crime collected. Anyone who says otherwise is a hypocritical mysogynist... unless they also think murder victims' estates should pay for collecting evidence in murders, robbery victims should pay for collection of evidence to prove robberies, etc.
#6
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by Zzarchov
Not if the drunk driver has any insurance or any assets. You can sue for all of them (or rather, your health insurance company can sue if they covered the care). In reality few hospitals would be willing to risk the bad PR by sending a bill to parents of a dead child like this.If your two year old child is hit by a drunk driver, you still have to pay his medical bills, including medical attention that did nothing to prevent his death.
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#7
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by Zzarchov
A rape kit isn't treatment, it's a way of collecting evidence to catch the scum that did it.To Quote the Daily Show
"Whats the big deal, they were raped not robbed"
(yes I know im going to hell)
In a serious note to a serious issue, as bad as paying for a rape kit sounds as an attack on Palin , you have to remember that that is the US.
If your two year old child is hit by a drunk driver, you still have to pay his medical bills, including medical attention that did nothing to prevent his death.
So if you make a greiving mother pay for inneffectual treatment of her murdered toddler, why on earth would you expect the state to pay for rape kits?
All health care should be free, thats my view.
Does the woman of the child pay for police forensic work to catch the person that ran over her child?
No, so your analogy is moot.
#8
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf
Apparently a police chief in Alaska who didn't want them cutting into his budget.Who would be so insensitive as to ask?
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#9
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf
Govenor Palin thinks the vivtim should pay and in her state they do.Who would be so insensitive as to ask?
I notice someone said yes, do they wish to reveal themselves or be a coward.
Free Thinker
#10
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by tracy
If he'd served and protected, she wouldn't need the kit....Apparently a police chief in Alaska who didn't want them cutting into his budget.
#11
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf
True enough. Unfortunately Alaska has some of the worst sexual assault statistics in the entire country.If he'd served and protected, she wouldn't need the kit....
Libertarian
#12
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by Avro
That has to be the most ignorant question ever asked. Just wondering, how many of you think rape victims should have to pay for their own rape kits?
Read your own question; rape victims
They are victims.. maybe bill the rapist for the kit once due process has been taken and the individual is found guilty.
Then again I believe in chemical castration for rapists, and the death penalty for murderers.
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#14
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by TenPenny
they should take part of the blame for her idiocy? Well, the taxpayers of Alaska have been paying Palin's salary, so....
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#15
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008
The huge difference I see between a rape kit and medical treatment is that one serves a purpose to the woman, the other serves a purpose to society. Paying for something that will make a difference to your health will make sense to a woman who's been traumatized. But, paying for something that will draw the whole process out with court, etc., has been shown to be something women shy away from even when it doesn't mean a bill to them in the end.
What other parts of criminal investigations should we start charging the victims for? Should we charge the mother of a missing toddler for the crime scene unit that comes in to look for fingerprints in the child's room? Should we charge the mother that Zz mentioned about, whose child was hit by a vehicle, for the assessment of paint chips to prove that the drunk was the one who hit them? Where exactly do we draw the line?
edited to add (sorry... didn't mean to almost directly echo avro's argument... whoops)
What other parts of criminal investigations should we start charging the victims for? Should we charge the mother of a missing toddler for the crime scene unit that comes in to look for fingerprints in the child's room? Should we charge the mother that Zz mentioned about, whose child was hit by a vehicle, for the assessment of paint chips to prove that the drunk was the one who hit them? Where exactly do we draw the line?
edited to add (sorry... didn't mean to almost directly echo avro's argument... whoops)
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#16
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by B00Mer
He asked a question. He didn't state that he thinks it's a smashing idea.That has to be the most ignorant question ever asked.
#17
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008
......Seriously, I am used to police reports stating the "perp" had a "rape kit".........rope, duct tape, knife, gun,blindfold, etc........This being the case, I do believe they should have to buy their own.On the other hand, the victim.........of course not.........how ****ing cheap can we be!!!
Stupid premise, stupid answers, no?
Libertarian
#18
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by karrie
o.k. I am going to take a guess you are a young lady.He asked a question. He didn't state that he thinks it's a smashing idea.
You should be enraged at such a suggestion. I see so many attacks against women rights, and women actually just stepping aside.
So lets ban abortions along with charging for rape kits.
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#19
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008
READ the thread Boomer... both avro and I have said it's a bad course of action. He also called out whoever said they ought to have to pay. So what are you going on about?
Libertarian
#20
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by karrie
So regardless how idotic this idea is, you are saying that I am incorrect.READ the thread Boomer... both avro and I have said it's a bad course of action. He also called out whoever said they ought to have to pay. So what are you going on about?
So in your debate, this is a good question?
#21
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008
My bad, I had misinterpretted what a Rape kit is.
Does seem odd to pay for collecting evidence, Is there more to this story? Is it for example "Pay if it turns out there was no rape"?
Does seem odd to pay for collecting evidence, Is there more to this story? Is it for example "Pay if it turns out there was no rape"?
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#22
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by Zzarchov
If someone claims there was a rape, and there wasn't, there's no paying, there's a charge of filing a false police report. If someone won't speak, and they decide to run a rape kit, that's their own issue, not the unresponsive person's. I really can't see a reason, or a time, where it would be appropriate to charge the cost back to the person from whom evidence was collected.My bad, I had misinterpretted what a Rape kit is.
Does seem odd to pay for collecting evidence, Is there more to this story? Is it for example "Pay if it turns out there was no rape"?
Free Thinker
#23
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by karrie
This police chief is from Alaska - Pallin turf - and he's a McCain fan.READ the thread Boomer... both avro and I have said it's a bad course of action. He also called out whoever said they ought to have to pay. So what are you going on about?
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#24
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf
This police chief is a moron and shouldn't be allowed to deal with crime in any capacity if he is so blind to the effects of rape as to suggest that the victims be charged if they want police help.This police chief is from Alaska - Pallin turf - and he's a McCain fan.
Free Thinker
#25
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by karrie
I voted no. There are some things that should not have a cost attached to it.This police chief is a moron and shouldn't be allowed to deal with crime in any capacity if he is so blind to the effects of rape as to suggest that the victims be charged if they want police help.
The police chief needs to get turfed and someone with a little empathy towards the people that are under his "protection" to get the job.
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#26
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf
That toxic metal syndrome affecting your brain again up there in Sudbury, ON.This police chief is from Alaska - Pallin turf - and he's a McCain fan.
I said I disagree with charging women for the rape kit. These are victims, and should not be victimized again by having to pay for a rap kit which is designed to catch a purpitrator.
Only you lone world would try to twist something from nothing...
Libertarian
#27
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by karrie
agreed..This police chief is a moron and shouldn't be allowed to deal with crime in any capacity if he is so blind to the effects of rape as to suggest that the victims be charged if they want police help.
Free Thinker
#28
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by B00Mer
From the looks of it, lonewolf is talking about the Police Chief being a McCain fan.That toxic metal syndrome affecting your brain again up there in Sudbury, ON.
I said I disagree with charging women for the rape kit. These are victims, and should not be victimized again by having to pay for a rap kit which is designed to catch a purpitrator.
Only you lone world would try to twist something from nothing...
Free Thinker
#29
Re: Rape kits
Oct 7th, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by B00Mer
That toxic metal syndrome affecting your brain again up there in Sudbury, ON.
I said I disagree with charging women for the rape kit. These are victims, and should not be victimized again by having to pay for a rap kit which is designed to catch a purpitrator.
Only you lone world would try to twist something from nothing...
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