Poll: Rape vs Murder, a different perspective.

[The Infamous Scamola]

Call the police, wait nearby.

Seriously, no Rambo shit. I'm not gonna say I'm going to do something that I know I ain't.

 

[You_have_a_name]

call the cops and wait for them

 

[archvile93]

I guess I'd find something heavy and hit him in the back of the head. I'm willing to bet his hormones are keeping him distracted enough to make this work if I'm quiet.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Call the cops, grab any hard or sharp object, sneak close and annihilate the rapist.

Edit: Wait, that would be another traumatic event for the rapist's victim!
Damnit.

Actually, it'd be the same traumatic event, but I'd imagine she would be able to recover abit easier from that than from the rape; and if not, at least the rapist wouldn't be able to rape anyone else, and so the net effect would be fewer women traumatized.

Watching someone get horribly mutilated is (I think) at least as shocking as getting raped.
And of course, I'm just kidding with the annihilation.
But I'd still try to help her flee.

I honestly doubt it. There's much more fucked up with rape just because the humilation alone, that it doesn't really compare to seeing the rapist being very violently subdued. Might be another story if compared to seeing someone innocent (in comparison) who you might know or care about being brutalized to death.

Almost getting raped and then seeing the person who tries to rape you get torn to pieces by a fucking psychotic animal is pretty shocking I think.
But maybe you are right, the humiliation of getting raped must be horrible. Those who are raped are sort of "looke down" upon by others, like it was somehow their fault.

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

Well as i have a cell phone i'd call the police. And also since i live in a rural area I would probably know both the rapist and the person getting raped, just to ad to it.

I guess I don't really count for this situation since I always have some sort of weapon on me, weather it me a knife or Susan the tire iron (long story), and i know Martial Arts so that excludes me as well.

 

[Andrecova]

I've practiced martial arts for some time now, so I could probably disarm him and render him immobile.

So for me, it's hard to think what I would do without having any knowledge of martial arts, but I think I would most likely refrain from facing him.
I wouldn't want to lose my life over saving someone who I don't know from being raped.

Objectively, if anything went wrong we'd have one less rape victim at the expense of a life, and that's assuming he wouldn't be able to rape her afterwards. And having in count I think murder is worse that rape, that wouldn't be a good trade.

Then again, I'm sometimes quite an apathetic individual, so I wouldn't feel burdened for walking away.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

I might look for something to strike with, yell like a maniac and attack.

It would not end well, but I die with clear concious.

 

[Cado_Deus]

This answer came easy to me. First off the circumstances don't quite apply for me; I always carry my CCW .38 Special with me whenever I am out at night. Secondly I have been involved in one martial art or another since I was six so I'm kind of lucky like that. But I would declare my self to him and tell him I have a pistol trained on his back/torso and am ready to shoot him if he doesn't stop or if he tries to run away. I would then call the cops, I have them on speed dial so I don't get distracted in a situation like that and then detain him until the cops arrive I would also stay by the intended victims side while we waited.

Murder is worse than rape because you cease to live, but rape isn't exactly low on the list of things people can do to become scum. Either way, the assailant is going to go to jail.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

you do know rape scars a person so bad they might eventually take their own life?

There is worse things on this earth then death

rape is one of em

No, no it's not, and you're not helping any rape victims out there by saying that.

I don't see what's wrong with this. You are able to defend yourself and retaliate against deadly force with deadly force, which is legal. Every outstanding citizen should carry a deadly weapon.

Yeah, youths carrying knives, no way that could go wrong.

Ugh, the British members of this site would like a word with you.

 

[Axeli]

Call the cops, grab any hard or sharp object, sneak close and annihilate the rapist.

Edit: Wait, that would be another traumatic event for the rapist's victim!
Damnit.

Actually, it'd be the same traumatic event, but I'd imagine she would be able to recover abit easier from that than from the rape; and if not, at least the rapist wouldn't be able to rape anyone else, and so the net effect would be fewer women traumatized.

Watching someone get horribly mutilated is (I think) at least as shocking as getting raped.
And of course, I'm just kidding with the annihilation.
But I'd still try to help her flee.

I honestly doubt it. There's much more fucked up with rape just because the humilation alone, that it doesn't really compare to seeing the rapist being very violently subdued. Might be another story if compared to seeing someone innocent (in comparison) who you might know or care about being brutalized to death.

Almost getting raped and then seeing the person who tries to rape you get torn to pieces by a fucking psychotic animal is pretty shocking I think.
But maybe you are right, the humiliation of getting raped must be horrible. Those who are raped are sort of "looke down" upon by others, like it was somehow their fault.

It still just doesn't compare.

And by humilation I don't mean the stigma related to rape victims, but the fact how traumatic it is to have someone strip away your authority over your own body, and use it for his (and sometimes, her) own pleasure.
There can be a varying amount of physical pain and harm involved in rape, but it's a sadly prevalent conception that it alone is what makes rape so unacceptable.

 

[cyber_andyy]

you can come back from rape...

Although I would still help. Even more so in real life, since:
A)I know martial arts
B)I couldn't let some one do that (I can be quite protective of women)
C) Lets 'ave a go at it!
D) If I could chose, I'd die saving someone.

But mostly A and B

 

[Internet Kraken]

You know I've been thinking.......why do we care about which crime is worse? Both of them are horrible things to do. It's kind of silly to argue over which is worse.

 

[Trivun]

Normally, rape's worse and I'd risk being killed to save the person. In this scenario, too, I would do so, simply by grabbing whatever is near me at the time and charging the attempted rapist. If I were to simply subdue them long enough for the victim to escape, that would be enough. If I ended up injuring or killing the attempted rapist, then so be it and I'd accept whatever sentence was given to me by the courts if charges were pressed, though I'd plead innocence given that I'm trying to save an innocent from rape and/or murder. That covers all the bases for my answer, I think. Basically I'd be willing to risk my own life to save someone else, if I saw something like that happening I couldn't simply walk away. Letting it happen would be worse than the actual crime itself.

So, you would rather the criminal killed them than raped them? Explain, please. I'm all ears.

Call the police, find a nearby blunt/sharp object and run at 'im. If I got fatally wounded then the police would already be on their way. I honestly couldn't live with myself if I kept on walking and left that person to be raped and maybe killed.

This.

Rape is the worst crime you can commit in my opinion. I'd try my best to kill him.

You too.

Of course, I don't think it's murder if it's a criminal as the victim, so we're talking murder of innocents here.

I don't want either thing to happen to the victim. However, wioth rape, the victim experiences it and has the memories too, which can be just as bad. At least with murder, although it's an evil crime, the victim isn't then forced to live with memories of what was done to them. Their suffering is over, whereas the memories of rape can be just as bad as the actual rape itself.

 

[Kilo24]

One of the things this scenario specifically evades (because it's bloody hard to calculate) is the essence of deniability. It's rare to be sure that a rape or murder is going to happen, and in that bit of hesitation there's a lot of opportunity to rationalize away guilt.

That doesn't hurt it as a thought exercise on the relative value of risking your own life versus stopping a rape.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

dude!

I Know people who've been through it

It's not fun to see a person trying to hang themselves you know
It's even worse when you're the one saving there ass and they beat the crap out of you for saving them

Yeah, but the whole "You can't get over rape", and " Rape is the worse crime in the world"... you're not doing rape victims any favours by saying that. You're just making it more difficult for a person to get over it and go on with their lives.

Oh, and nice edit.