for shame
If what happened to Nicole happened to one of my daughters (there are several of them), I would tell her to shut up because she had it coming to her.When you sleep with a crocodile, be prepared to get eaten. Why should my daughter, if she got into that situation, cry rape when she went willingly with the guy who supposedly raped her?
Justice Secretary Gonzalez’s guts – Ramon Tulfo
That is a quote from Ramon Tulfo’s article in today’s (Jan 7) Inquirer. What a shameful thing for a respectable Filipino to say, much more a father. The “when you sleep with a crocodile” line of reasoning that many are so proud of repeating is an inappropriate analogy, not least because we are men, and not mere animals. Or is Tulfo implying here that US servicemen, nay, all men, are only as good as wild beasts?
Two wrongs do not make a right and though a woman may make mistakes and choose the wrong company, or get drunk, it does not mean that it is ‘just right’ that she gets taken advantage of. In the first place, as I recall, the law protects the rights of all citizens, be they right or in the wrong. It exists to protect the rights of people even if they screw up. How chilling to imagine that many Filipinos agree with him.
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