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In reply to the discussion: According to your opinion, are non consensual cavity searches a form of sexual assault? [View all]bunnies
(15,859 posts)29. A cop vs a doctor.
Hardly the same, really. You go to the doctor for the test because you want the test done. He doesnt pull you out of your car on the side of the road and jam his finger is your ass for speeding. Thats a pretty absurd comparison dontcha think?
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According to your opinion, are non consensual cavity searches a form of sexual assault? [View all]
ZombieHorde
Aug 2013
OP
You equate giving your doctor permission to check your prostate to being pulled over and assaulted
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#35
Advice (yours): I think you need to do some research about rape, including talk ...
Koios
Aug 2013
#28
My experience has ranged from being groped to beaten and raped so don't try what you are trying to
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#40
"consent to personal search is pretty subjective"? So "No" can mean "yes"?
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#42
The bottom line is NO ONE HAS ANY RIGHTS AT ALL as long as cops think pot smoking may be involved.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#7
"The fundamental conceit of the drug war is that the government owns your body and can tell you
limpyhobbler
Aug 2013
#39
If you manipulate or touch my sexual parts without my permission, how is it not
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#23
Because I'd have to interpret the act of searching as sexual intercourse to make it fit the statute.
JVS
Aug 2013
#27
So if a guy does not ejacultae, it can not be rape? Is this what you are asking?
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#22
Thanks for the in depth answer. I guess my issue is that sexual assault can and is not about
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#38
man, i knew before i opened this thread, there'd be some fool defending this shit...
KG
Aug 2013
#46
You'd better be under arrest, in a sterile facility, and the search performed by a medical
MADem
Aug 2013
#51
If some random stranger on the street did it, would it be sexual assault?
RedCappedBandit
Aug 2013
#56