[Kamikaze]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/31/ny_flasher_dragnet/

[Gortef]

Hahaha, I guess a term Cameraphowned would fit here


Edit: Actually one thing disturbs me, in that tiny pic the guy looks a bit like Kiefer Sutherland >_>

[Sigma957]

Sucked in I say,what a sicko

[Nuke]

2 days community service, is that the sentance for flashing the monkey theese days. people are sick.

[karajorma]

In a somewhat related topic.

Ouch.

[vyper]

Is it just me thinking this or does the "rapex" leave room for all sorts of misuse and setups?

[karajorma]

It's not just you. I can think of tons of ways this could be abused.

[delta_7890]

Eeep..  Surely there must be another, more humane way to prevent rape?  Whatever happened to good ol mace?

[Kie99]

Do they have mace in South Africa?

[karajorma]

Originally posted by delta_7890
Eeep..  Surely there must be another, more humane way to prevent rape?  Whatever happened to good ol mace?

We are talking about the country that allowed cars to mount flamethrowers as a defense against joyriders remember.

[Descenterace]

Sounds like a good idea to me.

If someone tries to steal your car, they should have to live with the consequences. If those include third-degree burns, they've only got themselves to blame.

[Flipside]

Not being a woman, and not having to live in fear of being raped every day, it's kinda difficult to comment, in a way, I think it is a good idea, if nothing more than a deterrent, if rapists knew that their victim might be wearing one of these, it would certainly put them off.
As for increased violence if women used these... difficult to say, yes, there may be cases of that, and cases of this being abused as well, but then, what else can be done, rape is really a massive problem in Africa, it's intrinsically linked with Women's Rights and the protection afforded to them, which is minimal if any. There is the real core for change, but that takes a long long time, and these women are suffering right now.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Descenterace
Sounds like a good idea to me.

If someone tries to steal your car, they should have to live with the consequences. If those include third-degree burns, they've only got themselves to blame.

I have no problem with criminals burning in principle but the problem is where does it stop then. If flamethowers are okay why not machine guns, Maybe a bazooka.

And what happens when the criminals start getting hold of these cars? Would you want to be a policeman pulling someone over for a traffic violation who had one of there?

It's the same with this rapex thing. I can forsee a lot of ways in which it can be abused.

[Ford Prefect]

I thought, 'I can't believe he's doing this in the middle of the day!'[/b]

It's like I always say: Subway masturbation is a strictly night-time activity.

[Mongoose]

I like how they say they haven't tested the rapex on a human male subject.  No **** they haven't; who in their right mind would willingly let that happen to them?

[BlackDove]

Originally posted by delta_7890
Eeep..  Surely there must be another, more humane way to prevent rape?  Whatever happened to good ol mace?

When I read that, I had an image in my head of a woman swinging a mace.

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by Nuke
2 days community service, is that the sentance for flashing the monkey theese days. people are sick.

At the risk of being labelled insensitive (or worse), that doesn't sound too absurd to me. Somewhat lax, but if the guy was going to prison for it, that'd be a little absurd.

As kara said earlier (about something else), where do you draw the line in a situation like that? Would the staring be enough? After all, that bothered the woman, too. And if that were a prisonable offense, I would truly fear for the citizens of that country. Such laws have a tendency to be sexist, too.

Originally posted by karajorma
We are talking about the country that allowed cars to mount flamethrowers as a defense against joyriders remember.

For some reason, I find that funny. Even though it could be quite sad.

[karajorma]

Actually it was a defence against car-jackers not joyriders now that I think about it so it was slightly more defensible.

Still seems like something out of Mad Max though

[WMCoolmon]

Still, considering the frequency that car alarms go off by accident...

"Nice car you've got there..." *pat pat*
*FWOOOOOOSHHHH!!!!*
"OH GOD!!! IT BURNS!!! OH GOD!!!"

Or...

*door slam*
*Car flamethrowers activate*
*Parking lot explodes*

[Nuke]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon


At the risk of being labelled insensitive (or worse), that doesn't sound too absurd to me. Somewhat lax, but if the guy was going to prison for it, that'd be a little absurd.

As kara said earlier (about something else), where do you draw the line in a situation like that? Would the staring be enough? After all, that bothered the woman, too. And if that were a prisonable offense, I would truly fear for the citizens of that country. Such laws have a tendency to be sexist, too.

even though i ment that as a joke i think 2 days community service is not the best punishment, nor is a prison sentance. i consider most prison sentances adsurdly inappropriate for the crime commited. perhaps if in addition to community service, he had to see a shrink for a threat assesment. the guy clearly must have psycological problems. and 48 hours of picking up dead animas off  the road wont fix his problem. seeing as hes done this before and didnt learn his lesson the first time, a lax sentance again accomlishes nothing. at the very least add him to the sex offender list.