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2010-12-30 -Short Attention Span Theater-

US defence department says sex abuse is rampant in military

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Posted by gorb 2010-12-30 02:02|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 A US domestic story from Turkmenistan News? What's next, internal Polish politics as published by the Zimbabwe Free Press?

Posted by gromky 2010-12-30 03:50|| 2010-12-30 03:50|| Front Page Top

#2 I haven't seen the latest stats, but this is consistent with statistics I did see when more directly involved with DOD.

Posted by lotp 2010-12-30 09:00|| 2010-12-30 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 The US Department of Veterans Affairs has confirmed that sexual abuse happens in the US military at rates twice that of the civilian average, meaning women who join the military are more likely to be raped by a fellow American soldier than they are of being killed by enemy fire.

Analyze the statement.
How do they define sexual abuse?
Notice how they converge sexual abuse with rape later in the sentence. While rape is sexual abuse, all classifications of sexual abuse are not rape.
How many women have been killed by enemy fire by year in the last five years?
What is the writer trying to imply by construction and implication without providing hard numbers?

Posted by P2kontheroad 2010-12-30 09:24|| 2010-12-30 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Notice the old (yellow) journalistic technique practiced here? Simply alternate statements of "complaints" to statements that insinuate conclusive acts. And as long as it gets traction in the lefty pubs and blogs they've accomplished their goal.

Posted by DepotGuy 2010-12-30 10:19|| 2010-12-30 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 As I remember, unsolicited propositions of 'Hey Captain, let's go get a beer...' counted. In my experience even suggestions of favoritism as in gender preference/discrimination ('I want a girl Nurse...') could be remarked upon. When reported, these events get rolled into the numbers.

But I think we're missing Lotp's point by playing with the words.

Posted by Skidmark 2010-12-30 12:27|| 2010-12-30 12:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Conflation of terms. They freely mix "complaints", "abuse", "assault" and "rape", although each of these has a very specific legal usage and differs greatly from the other.

This is not to discount that there may be a problem, it it to highlight the slanted and propagandistic construction of the article. This will play into the "US Military is composed of Criminals" theme that they had in an Islamicist propaganda movie in that region a while back. Its propaganda.

Posted by OldSpook 2010-12-30 12:59|| 2010-12-30 12:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Some people are sight readers, some subvocalize mentally or inaudibly. Some move their fingers and lips like Pan.

I'm mental so propagandistic is just a delightful sounding word to read over and over again. Thanks.

You're right OS, but we're talking about how we don't like the taste of the fruit instead of examining flaws in the seeds that grow the crooked trees.

Posted by Skidmark 2010-12-30 14:44|| 2010-12-30 14:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Now let's have the equivalent stats from the army of Turkmenistan.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2010-12-30 18:20|| 2010-12-30 18:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Sorry, Rob, but we will never get the Turkmenistan army story because it is covered by the Ay Pee, heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-12-30 20:31|| 2010-12-30 20:31|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm afraid you military folks have not seen anything yet - wait until someone complains about guard duty because of sexual orientation.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-12-30 21:48|| 2010-12-30 21:48|| Front Page Top

#11 There ya go again Skid, watching me try to read...

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-12-30 21:49|| 2010-12-30 21:49|| Front Page Top

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