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posted by janrinok on Tuesday September 20 2016, @08:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the I'll-drink-to-that dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6440589/Date-rape-drink-spiking-an-urban-legend.html

Widespread spiking of drinks with date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol and GHB is an "urban legend" fuelled by young women unwilling to accept they have simply consumed too much alcohol, academics believe. A study of more than 200 students revealed many wrongly blamed the effects of a "bad night out" on date-rape drugs, when they had just drunk excessively.

Many are in "active denial" that drinking large amounts of alcohol can leave them "incoherent and incapacitated", the Kent University researchers concluded. Young women's fears about date-rape drugs are so ingrained that students mistakenly think it is a more important factor in sexual assault than being drunk, taking drugs or walking alone at night.

The study, published in the British Journal of Criminology, found three-quarters of students identified drink spiking as an important risk – more than alcohol or drugs. More than half said they knew someone whose drink had been spiked.

But despite popular beliefs, police have found no evidence that rape victims are commonly drugged with such substances, the researchers said.

Dr Adam Burgess from the university's School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, said: "Young women appear to be displacing their anxieties about the consequences of consuming what is in the bottle on to rumours of what could be put there by someone else.


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  • (Score: 1) by ewk on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:04PM

    by ewk (5923) on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:04PM (#404750)

    Sorry, that does not fly... even you can understand that communication works both ways.
    For example: Yelling 'FIRE!" in a crowded theatre (with there actually being a fire or not) cannot be done without considering the implications by the receivers of that yell.
    (Whether you consider those implications important or not (from the current discussion I gather you probably do not) is something entirely different).
    Anything otherwise would mean your quote is just nonsense.

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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:11PM

    by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:11PM (#404751) Homepage Journal

    Ahh...you seek meaning. Understanding is a three-edged sword.

    Anything otherwise would mean your quote is just nonsense.

    If Anatole France hadn't died just about 92 years ago, I imagine he might take umbrage with your comment.

    I, however, could not care less.

    Posting that quote in response to a moronic analogy was esthetically satisfying to me. Nothing else (including your blathering) means a damn to me.

    Then again, I am rather easily amused. Toodles!

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    • (Score: 1) by ewk on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:31PM

      by ewk (5923) on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:31PM (#404756)

      "Anything otherwise would mean your quote is just nonsense."

      That came out a bit different than intended. So, let me rephrase that for you:

      Anything otherwise would mean you using that quote is just nonsense.

      As for the rest of your drivel... anything to avoid a substantive discussion.
      Duly noted. Have a nice day as well.

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      • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:55PM

        by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:55PM (#404766) Homepage Journal

        As for the rest of your drivel... anything to avoid a substantive discussion.

        This comment is the twentieth I've made in this sub-thread (in fact, I started this sub-thread [soylentnews.org]).

        I've said quite a few "substantive" things already. In fact, I've said all I wish to say.

        As such, when I saw this twaddle [soylentnews.org] I had no interest in responding in a meaningful way.

        I'm sorry that you came late to the party, feel free to peruse the long discussion that I've already had with a bunch of others. I hope you find it stimulating.

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        • (Score: 1) by ewk on Wednesday September 21 2016, @05:09PM

          by ewk (5923) on Wednesday September 21 2016, @05:09PM (#404847)
          Keep on hoping then... I did watch some paint dry for a few hours now, and, yes.. it actually really is more interesting than trying to get an answer from you. Yet, I am afraid you somehow will see that as a compliment... Anyway, do feel free to have the last word in this thread. I am back to the paint for now.
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