May 1, 2006 issue - Racial tension, class conflict and allegations of sexual violence are perfect ingredients for a media circus. On eBay last week, you could buy T shirts decorated with a cartoonish "South Park" character, posing as a Duke lacrosse player, crudely taunting the prosecutor: MIKE NIFONG S---- A--. On talk radio, Rush Limbaugh was speculating whether the Rev. Al Sharpton would arrive on the scene to play the Tawana Brawley card after, as Limbaugh put it, "the lacrosse team supposedly, you know, raped some, uh, hos." (Limbaugh later apologized for a "terrible slip of the tongue.") On cable TV, Jon Stewart was making fun of Geraldo Rivera for gravely and fatuously intoning, "It is not always the nuns that get raped. Sometimes it's the strippers that get raped."

So begins an MSNBC post about the Duke Rape Case, and it's a must read, if for nothing else, but to understand the complexity... racial, political, social and otherwise.

I have said from the begining that I think the woman was raped at that party. I dont KNOW what happened, and I believe it is important that the case is tried and justice is done. If the charges are PROVEN false, I believe the young woman in question should do time. If proven true, I believe everyone who was at that party and had knowledge of what transpired should be tried as conspirators.

I have not played the "race card," in this issue, and will not. I KNOW race was part of the dynamic, but I think this is much more about power and priveledge, if it turns out the young woman was raped. If it does, I think the heart of the issue is that these guys felt that they were somehow better than the victim. She was after all, just a stripper, probably equal to a streetwalker in the eyes of the accussed. The fact that these two young women were dancing naked in front of a bunch of strangers, meant they were not entitled to any respect, in the eyes of the accussed.

I recently had the disgusting experience of seeing a video called, "Ghetto Gaggers," something a friend sent me and for some STUPID reason thought I would be amused by. I was not. The video consisted of about 40 minutes of an attractive, young, but obviously lower class black woman being subjected to degradation and humiliation, by two white dudes. The title will give you a good idea of what type. I sat through about five minutes of it, before asking my friend what kind of sick F**K he was and tossing his a$$ out.

I did a web search and found their site. (NO LINK), and was disgusted and even saddened that young women would go through what I saw portrayed there... even for money. The site must be a racist wet dream, as it is just a string of young black women being abused. On the other hand, there are other sites that do the same with white women and black dudes. I wonder if these guys had seen this kind of porn at some point? More than likely, the answer is yes.

Now before you jump to the conclussion that I blame porn for rapist, or am anti porn... I am not. What I am against is porn that advocates rape or encourages the fantasy of humiliation and degredation of of women (especially non consensual). You would be surprised at how many of these themes are popular in modern porno.

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