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		mnarayan01 on Jan 31, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The stupid cookie law is dead at last `This entire argument boils down to "if you don't want to get raped, don't wear short skirts in public".` That's a pretty spot-on analogy and I, for one, am impressed by the depth and nuance you've bought to this discussion.

onemorepassword on Feb 1, 2013 [–]

The point of the analogy is "blaming the victim", which imho is spot-on.

But yeah, I could have chosen more tasteful and less over the top comparison. My apologies.

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