Rape vs. Murder

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In general, which is worse? I'm hoping thread discussion will cover a few things in particular: 1. Which individual poses a larger threat to society in general - and a local community in particular - a murderer or a rapist? 2. Recidivism rates and repeat offences 3. How seriously does the judicial system take each offense? I assume most people would say murder, but I think that populist view stems from a knee-jerk fear of death. I'm sure we can all think of several circumstances where an otherwise reasonable person can be driven to kill, but not a single one when it comes to rape. It takes a a second to pull a trigger, but much longer to commit to an act of rape. It would take a much more barbaric individual to put in that kind of cold calculation and follow through. ------- I don't have the time to properly outline my take on the matter just yet, hence the half-ass answer above, but I figured this post should be enough to get the conversation started. @ Mods: Sorry, I accidentally posted this in the wrong section. But now that it's already here, please don't move it until there's at least 10 posts or 48 hours have passed (whichever happens first). This way people who don't normally visit Extended Discussion can see the thread and throw in their two cents, hopefully reeling in more participants. It's almost always the same people going back and forth on ED, so it'd be great see some fresh faces in a thread like this.