Posts tagged ‘rape’

The blame game

I’m sure that we have all by now seen the letter that an illiterate and unrepentant taxpayer money sink attempted to send to some* of his victims:

“I don’t know why I am writing a letter to you! I have been forced to write this letter by the ISSP.

“To be honest I’m not bothered or sorry about the fact I burgled your house. Basically it was your fault anyways.

“I’m going to run you through the dumb mistakes you made. Firstly, you didn’t drow (sic) your curtains which most people now (sic) to do before they go to sleep.

“Secondly your (sic) dumb you live in Stainburns a high risk burglary area, and your (sic) enough to leave your downstairs kitchen window open.

“I wouldn’t do that in a million years.

“But anyways I don’t feel sorry for you and I’m not going to show any syhmpth (sic) or remoers.(sic)

Quelle surprise: our thief doesn’t feel that he is to blame but that his victims are for making it so easy for him. This is an attitude apparently backed by courts in sentencing (12 month intensive supervision and surveillance plan), West Yorkshire Police who released this waste of dead tree ‘as a warning to householders to secure their properties’ and insurance companies who don’t pay out to those who they feel don’t make adequate attempts to secure their possessions.

Is this reasonable? How about we turn it around a bit…

You are a woman, dressed for night out and some despicable thug rapes you. In court he and his defence team blame you for the act, saying you were attired in such a way as to invite it.

Cue outrage.

We rightly consider blaming the rape victim for the fact that they were raped as outrageous. Why then this apparent acceptable of blaming the burglary victim for the burglary?

* I say some because I assume it is fairly likely that this oxygen thief has committed plenty more crimes.