idk, what do you guys think of this?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/15/12step.apology.ap/index.html
synopsis:
basically, 2 decades ago, a college girl was drugged and raped at a frat party. she reported it to school officials who were less than helpful, and her rapist was never brought to justice.
fast forward to quite recently. the guy that raped her is a recovering alcoholic, getting his life together, and is a leader in his recovery community. as part of his AA 12 step program (one of the steps is apologizing to those you've hurt), he wrote this woman a letter stating who he was, what he did, what he's doing now, and apologized. she responded to his letter and they had somewhat of a correspondance. then she brought him up on rape charges.
like hmmm. i can see both sides. but, i think she's a bitch, and i feel really bad for thinking that. i mean, she was raped! but at the same time... what good does it do anyone to have this man in jail for a couple of years? if he were still dangerous, yes. but he's made a huge effort to turn his life around. this was 20 years ago. he didn't even have to write that letter to apologize to her...but he did. and now he's going to go to jail for it? i don't know... i know i've never been raped, so it's hard for me to say what i would do in that situation, but i just think i would've handled it differently.
synopsis:
basically, 2 decades ago, a college girl was drugged and raped at a frat party. she reported it to school officials who were less than helpful, and her rapist was never brought to justice.
fast forward to quite recently. the guy that raped her is a recovering alcoholic, getting his life together, and is a leader in his recovery community. as part of his AA 12 step program (one of the steps is apologizing to those you've hurt), he wrote this woman a letter stating who he was, what he did, what he's doing now, and apologized. she responded to his letter and they had somewhat of a correspondance. then she brought him up on rape charges.
like hmmm. i can see both sides. but, i think she's a bitch, and i feel really bad for thinking that. i mean, she was raped! but at the same time... what good does it do anyone to have this man in jail for a couple of years? if he were still dangerous, yes. but he's made a huge effort to turn his life around. this was 20 years ago. he didn't even have to write that letter to apologize to her...but he did. and now he's going to go to jail for it? i don't know... i know i've never been raped, so it's hard for me to say what i would do in that situation, but i just think i would've handled it differently.