tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post4883303009943969983..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Coverage of rape increasingly out of touch with crime statisticsagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-86093993847175457002009-05-05T22:54:00.000-04:002009-05-05T22:54:00.000-04:00And I LOLed at your use of the phrase "orders of m...And I LOLed at your use of the phrase "orders of magnitude," as though you had actually seen the numbers, which you obviously haven't.<br /><br />Unlike your fellow humanities people, I smell innumerate bullshit a mile away.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-59976363042769590132009-05-05T22:53:00.000-04:002009-05-05T22:53:00.000-04:00Actually, you just proved that you know nothing ab...Actually, you just proved that you know nothing about history -- read Manuel Eisner's review of the historical lit on homicide rates. They were greatest in the late Middle Ages, started falling after modern centralized states appeared (whether or not that was the cause), and have been falling ever since.<br /><br />There was an uptick from roughly 1960 to 1990 (since mostly reversed), but the secular trend has been consistently downward since about 1450 or 1500 in Northern Europe (much later in southern Italy -- more like since 1850 there).agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-80194395033522796672009-05-05T21:42:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:42:00.000-04:00Many guys, most of them gay arts majors, lament th...<I>Many guys, most of them gay arts majors, lament that they were born in the wrong century -- O, to have lived when the ideal of courtly love ruled! Most of them don't have a clue what life was really like during their cherished past.</I>Straight, history major, know lots about the 19th Century, long to have lived when the ideal of monogamy ruled, and crime rates were orders of magnitude below what they are today. <br /><br />To each his own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-1272064484392729712009-05-04T18:56:00.000-04:002009-05-04T18:56:00.000-04:00Correction: Fumento's book first came out in 1990....Correction: Fumento's book first came out in 1990. It was revised in 1993. <br /><br />Point being, a norm against sexual adventurism prevailed in the 80’s to a point that it aided and abetted AIDS hysteria.Kevin Baconnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-80611770736636826732009-05-03T07:31:00.000-04:002009-05-03T07:31:00.000-04:00In 1987, the AIDS hysteria was gaining steam. Rya...In 1987, the AIDS hysteria was gaining steam. Ryan White was regularly trotted out to prove that Everyone Is At Risk. It wasn’t until 1993 that Michael Fumento published his book "The Myth of Hetrosexual AIDS" (and was widely denounced as a demon in human form for doing so).Kevin Baconnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-19513198310985460142009-05-02T14:07:00.000-04:002009-05-02T14:07:00.000-04:00If I were born in 1962, I'd could've easily been a...If I were born in 1962, I'd could've easily been a yuppie and gotten an easy job.<br /><br />But in any case, I don't prize "advancing my career" above the more important things in life. Having a good job is good, but being possessed by that mindset is the easiest way to misspend your life.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-84559553050439962202009-05-02T12:48:00.000-04:002009-05-02T12:48:00.000-04:00Having been born in 1962 is not necessarily a good...Having been born in 1962 is not necessarily a good thing. You would be at the tail end of the baby boom generation, and advancing in the workplace would be difficult because of all the people just ahead of you.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-83370975157908392722009-05-02T12:00:00.000-04:002009-05-02T12:00:00.000-04:00I remember reading articles about date rape in wom...I remember reading articles about date rape in women's magazines in the early 80's. So they were clearly working up to the later hysteria.<br /><br />Several of these alleged rapes, by the way, were described in detail, and they almost all consisted of "he made his move and she couldn't be bothered to say the word 'no'."JBnoreply@blogger.com