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Legalised Rape?

Those of you familiar with the work of Terry Pratchett will be aware that in his discworld novels the city of Ankh-Morpork has clevery managed to control crime by, essentially, unionising criminals. If you’re not a member of said union you can’t for example, kill anyone or be a pickpocket or a “seamstress” (”they call them seamstresses… hem-hem”).

All of which works mightily well, apparently, and explains why this morning, on visiting the BBC news page I had to stifle more than a small snigger at the headline I saw there:

Call for specialist rape squads.

Er…

Posted on July 9, 2008 | Filed Under The World we Live In 

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