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[desired_writer]

Before last night I'd never been at a party where the cops show up and people start running for the back door. The first time it was just in response to a noise complaint, which was totally valid because someone kept insisting to turn up the 90s rock on the stereo. But when they came back I was scared because I was vaguely aware of certain semi-

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[jeveuxsavoir]

Because legally, there is no such thing as consensual battery, and rightly so. If you have someone who's beating up their significant other in a "non-consensual" manner, there can be all sorts of power dynamics in play to make the victim say yes, this is consensual. Society is indeed harmed by potential (and likely to occur) psychological damage, which can cause problems in the greater arena. Battery is also a crime that does not necessarily require the victim to desire to press charges in order to pursue the case. Offenses are offenses whether they are "consensual" or not. Hence the guy who was convicted for murder after eating somebody who "consented" to be cannibalized.

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[bishop610]

Miss the bay.
Miss the woods.
Miss your input.

Thanks for the support. Even years later it's suprising how the world's turns turn up the vigilant. Miss ya Nik. :)

-Brian Michael Kennedy