Woman Blinded by acid wants same for attacker

This is horrible. A woman in Iran had acid put in her face, which melted it and blinded her. She now wants an eye for and eye justice - literally! I feel the real story here is the initial acid attack on her by this terrible man. Also, be sure and flip through the pictures. Although not very graphic / gory, it shows this woman before and after the attack. Quite a difference. How would you deal with the bitterness if this happened to you? Would you / could you forgive this stupid attacker? If it hasn't been said before, violence is really f-ed up... seriously.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/19/acid.attack.victim/

The 13 Most Irresponsible Self Defense Gadgets Money Can Buy

Life in the 21-st century is safer than ever before. This doesn't stop people from selling and buying overpriced and often useless self-defense products. Some of these real products seem a hell of a lot more dangerous to the owner than the mugger.

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Hilarious Self Defense Video

How to protect yourself while getting mugged. Sadly, there's some stuff out there that isn't too far away from advice this bad. Funny though :-)

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Violent Criminals Allowed to Hide Behind Fake Names

Violent criminals and sex offenders in Australia are being allowed to change their names by deed poll, helping them hide their pasts and reduce the risk of revenge attacks. Wouldn't want the criminals to be attacked, now would we?

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Juvenile Stalkers are More Violent than Adult

Stalking by children and teenagers tends to be significantly more violent than that carried out by adults, Australian research has suggested. Psychiatrists found they rarely acted because of infatuation for their victim, as often assumed. Instead stalking was an extension of bullying...

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Pop Tarts Toasted Treats Spurs Violent Stabbing Attack

Catheline Marie Colon allegedly stabbed her boyfriend after he denied her a Pop Tart. Now, how much do you want to bet there's a little bit more leading up to this stabbing than just a pop tart? When will we learn?

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Saudi judge: It's OK to slap spendthrift wives

Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence.

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Woman Raped in Washington Park, 100s Watched No One Helped

Hours ago (Saturday, May 23) a woman in her 20’s was raped in a Washington park in front of hundreds of witnesses, and nobody stepped forward to try and stop it from happening. Michael van Poppel, founder and editor of BreakingNews on Twitter and BNONews.com reported the incident on his Twitter page as details came in:

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The Eight Dumbest Car Thieves

Despite what Hollywood blockbusters such as "Gone in Sixty Seconds," "Heat" and "Catch Me If You Can" would have us believe, most criminals are not masterminds. Here are eight real car thieves who prove that those too lazy to get what they want through hard work and determination are prone to failure.

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Thousands beaten, raped in Irish reform schools

DUBLIN – A fiercely debated, nine-year investigation into Ireland's Roman Catholic-run institutions says priests and nuns terrorized thousands of boys and girls in workhouse-style schools for decades — and government inspectors failed to stop the chronic beatings, rapes and humiliation.

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Black belt teen strikes back at bully, and rallies community

KESWICK, ONT. — The 15-year-old black belt thought he was doing his tormentor a favour when he elected to fight back with his weaker left hand.He had heard his white classmate throw an angry racial slur in his direction after an argument during a gym class game of speedball, and now the student was shoving him backward, refusing to retract the sm

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Excellent debunking of Rape warning email

If you haven't already, check out this very good article that debunks a crappy rape prevention email that is passed around the internet.  http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/rape.asp

Are there women paedophiles?

Paedophiles are invariably thought of as men and they mostly are. But do women commit sexual abuse against children, and if so, why is it rarely discussed? "It's hard enough for adult men to admit abuse but to admit to abuse by a woman is even harder because it challenges their masculinity, it challenges their sexuality."

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