What do you make of this piece of news?

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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080812/tuk-rape-compensation-cut-for-drunk-vict-dba1618.html

Basically drunken rape victims getting a cut in compensation.

I think it's a disgrace.

Although you're more likely to be raped if you're drunk, and alone on the street than you are if you're more sober and with friends, it's no excuse!

The man shouldn't rape a woman just because she's drunk. And giving less compensation will make it seem more acceptable to rape drunken women.

And what about the men who will just say the women were drunk even when they weren't so the compo is less?

And what if being drunk plays no part in the rape - could a woman fight off a big man even if she was sober?

I'd be interested in your opinions and thoughts on this.
^?^ - you're not a woman then?

So if you're drunk, you deserve a gang of lads to beat you to a pulp and rob you then?

How can a man think it's ok to force sex on a woman, drunken or not?

It's illegal. Full stop. You can't justify it cos she's drunk.
The last poster made a good point about blood alcohol test. Is there going to be a limit that you're classed as drunk?

Which is even worse, because 2 pints might not affect my sobriety, but turns my friend absolutely drunk.

It's ridiculous, and if a woman's been drinking (drunk or not) she's not going to want to report the rape if she's going to be treated differently.
Tone - you're a disgrace. So if you see a drunk woman on her own, she fair game for violence and forced sex?

I suppose people deserve to be stabbed for asking youths to pick up litter too.

No-one is fair game for rape. Why can't the man just leave the drunken woman alone?

Can he not control his primitive urges??