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Originally Posted by pip08456

Doesn't make it less of a heinous crime though

That's exactly it, it does

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Originally Posted by pip08456

I would never say that. Life after all is precious. We only get one chance at it.

So someone is murdered, life ends, definately not good.

Someone gets raped, lives and for the rest of their life has a feeling of guilt for allowing it to happen.

That is why I advocated the two things being put in the same category. Someone has taken away their quality of life.

You're missing the point. It is possible (whilst extremely difficult and painful) to recover from being raped. It's not possible to recover from being murdered.