A FEMALE college golf champion was randomly RAPED and MURDERED.

Said it before but it needs to be said again.

ALL white, Asian, and Eurasian women should be armed whilst outside the home. These incidents are far too common.

Such a shame what happened to this poor girl. The killer deserves death, and violent homeless people should be purged.

Hold on a minute. Republican don’t appreciate you spilling vile hate for no reason. Republicans think this girl first said yes to sex at first and then she changed her mind. We need to hear the full story from the homeless man who is the victim according to republicans. Until then her story is completely false and she her family should be ashamed for trying to ruin this man’s life by accusing him of rape.

Capital punishment works quite well in Asia and is an extremely effective deterrent against murder and drug trafficking. Capital punishment against drug traffickers would go a long way in decreasing the drug overdose rate as well, which is 4 times greater than the murder rate in Iowa.

comedyrelief wrote:

Capital punishment works quite well in Asia and is an extremely effective deterrent against murder and drug trafficking. Capital punishment against drug traffickers would go a long way in decreasing the drug overdose rate as well, which is 4 times greater than the murder rate in Iowa.

Drug-trafficking is already punished severely in the US (de facto death sentences in many cases, in fact), and yet there's no end in sight. You have no data to back up your claims and seem to want to live in a regressive police state. The SE Asian countries you seem to be referencing are not democracies...kinda important distinction. Many of them have Sharia law. Also, kind of worthwhile to mention. Oh, and tell me all the good things about life in the Philippines these days? Or China? 75% of the population has to pool their resources to buy a knife, and then maybe the state will just execute them for stealing a bag of corn. Sounds cool, bro.

How come the US states with highest murder rates all have capital punishment? The murder rate in Iowa is actually very low, and yet no capital punishment. Hmmm. It's almost like you're just spouting a bunch of nonsense talking points you have no idea about.

Phantasy Star wrote:

Said it before but it needs to be said again.

ALL white, Asian, and Eurasian women should be armed whilst outside the home. These incidents are far too common.

Such a shame what happened to this poor girl. The killer deserves death, and violent homeless people should be purged.

Typical guns-for-all argument. They know fear but not applicable probability.

This girl is on a serene practice range swinging a golf club. Is she supposed to be holstering a gun simultaneously? Let me guess...the nutcase crew thinks yes.

No, nothing could ever go wrong there. Nobody could sneak up from behind her and grab the gun as she was preoccupied with her swing. She couldn't mistake normalcy for danger and fire shots on a crowded range for no reason at all. It would be nothing but ideal personal protection.

The nutcases actually believe that scenario. Just arm everybody. We've already had several armed teacher incidents firing shots in school for no reason at all, including a Teacher of the Year in Georgia.

There have been countless reports of homeless people living on or alongside golf courses. It happened on the Palmetto course that I play frequently in southwest Miami. A guy had been living on the course for more than a decade. He was harmless. There should have been extra scrutiny on this guy given his past statements but unfortunately there are bad people out there and crimes are available to them. We can't prevent every one or anticipate the next one. Society does a very good job making certain adjustments once a specific type of area is proven vulnerable.

Obviously if this immigrant wasn't here she wouldn't have been murdered. Thankfully she didn't have children while here.

M.A.G.A.

conservative straw man tactic wrote:

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it was the cruel and hateful police, they are the problem, not the murderer

Here is a good outline of the effectiveness of the policy in decreasing drug abuse and homicide in Singapore where it enjoys the support of 95% of the population and was even lauded by the Mayor of New York City as a system we could learn from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Singapore

So how do you reconcile the United States' capital punishment rate and its homicide rate both being relatively high?

let's face it: the US is for the most part a sh*thole. much higher rates of homicide, violent crime, than other Western countries. longer prison sentences, way more incarcerated individuals, archaic capital punishment, very weak social safety net. the homeless are left to die on the streets / in the woods. every individual case is different and a tragedy, but you can analyze aggregate data and come to conclusions.

but you have your freedom, I grant you that. freedom to be raped and killed included.

If this guy was black, mental health wouldn't even be in the discussion.

Anyway, i was just on a moderately trafficked trail last week when i saw a homeless guy running behind and harassing a female runner. It sucks, but women truly do need to arm themselves and take extra precautions.

i'm a lib wrote:

conservative straw man tactic wrote:

Thanks for supporting me!

it was the cruel and hateful police, they are the problem, not the murderer

Thanks again for putting me out there! Keep it up!

Gravy wrote:

If this guy was black, mental health wouldn't even be in the discussion.

Anyway, i was just on a moderately trafficked trail last week when i saw a homeless guy running behind and harassing a female runner. It sucks, but women truly do need to arm themselves and take extra precautions.

...which doesn't mean that women need to carry guns. There are other defensive measures you can take. One thing is just being aware of your surroundings when you do run alone - this is why I don't like running with headphones.

Even carrying your house keys in your hands (such that the keys stick out between your fingers) is a good defensive measure when you're out.

My running club has handed out one-time use mace/pepper spray to their members.

This is horrible, i can't imagine the pain friends and family are going through.

I generally think most people are decent enough humans and that you could trust in a stranger in a critical cirmcustance. Then there is always that less than 1% that ruins it for everyone.

Gravy wrote:

It sucks, but women truly do need to arm themselves and take extra precautions.

The only way a woman can be safe on her own in the United States of America is to arm herself? That's the society that you people have created. Well done.

C/M Runner wrote:

Gravy wrote:

If this guy was black, mental health wouldn't even be in the discussion.

Anyway, i was just on a moderately trafficked trail last week when i saw a homeless guy running behind and harassing a female runner. It sucks, but women truly do need to arm themselves and take extra precautions.

...which doesn't mean that women need to carry guns. There are other defensive measures you can take. One thing is just being aware of your surroundings when you do run alone - this is why I don't like running with headphones.

Even carrying your house keys in your hands (such that the keys stick out between your fingers) is a good defensive measure when you're out.

My running club has handed out one-time use mace/pepper spray to their members.

I just don't believe that women should run alone on forest trails or trails out in the woods by themselves. I don't care what time of the day it is. There should always be a partner.

Now if she is running on the sidewalk or in the street, that's different. Those areas are well lit, and there are stores, gas stations, buildings and people in the area. However, even in those predicaments, I would still recommend that a woman runs with someone at night time or early in the morning.

We are talking about a woman here, and no object is going to provide ADEQUATE protection when dealing with a healthy, regular man. Pepper spray can be a decent form of protection, but it is not guaranteed to inhibit the perpetrator.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

We are talking about a woman here, and no object is going to provide ADEQUATE protection when dealing with a healthy, regular man. Pepper spray can be a decent form of protection, but it is not guaranteed to inhibit the perpetrator.

Seriously, the best protection for a woman is for the men to understand that women want to be left alone!

Why can’t there be better education in place to teach MEN to leave women alone?

C/M Runner wrote:

Gravy wrote:

If this guy was black, mental health wouldn't even be in the discussion.

Anyway, i was just on a moderately trafficked trail last week when i saw a homeless guy running behind and harassing a female runner. It sucks, but women truly do need to arm themselves and take extra precautions.

...which doesn't mean that women need to carry guns. There are other defensive measures you can take. One thing is just being aware of your surroundings when you do run alone - this is why I don't like running with headphones.

Even carrying your house keys in your hands (such that the keys stick out between your fingers) is a good defensive measure when you're out.

My running club has handed out one-time use mace/pepper spray to their members.

If golf clubs weren't enough, I don't think that house keys would have been.

Ladedah wrote:

Scorpion_runner wrote:

We are talking about a woman here, and no object is going to provide ADEQUATE protection when dealing with a healthy, regular man. Pepper spray can be a decent form of protection, but it is not guaranteed to inhibit the perpetrator.

Seriously, the best protection for a woman is for the men to understand that women want to be left alone!

Why can’t there be better education in place to teach MEN to leave women alone?

I agree with this. I keep my distance and don't out do my welcome. You know when a woman is into you or not. She will make eye contact, but if she is forcibly avoiding eye contact, and giving you one-word answers, she is not interested in you regarding anything intimate.

I've been accepted by women and rejected by women, and I understand that everyone is entitled to free will. And there are other women in the world to approach. So if a woman does not like me, it serves me know purpose to force myself on her. Why would you want someone who does not want you?