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Rape: When is it Permissable?

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I want to talk about this Facebook conversation I got involved in this week. It's about this woman, Shelley. She hunted a giraffe and the Facebook group Political Loudmouth reposted the pic of her with her prize and said this: "In this photo, a female trophy hunter sits smirking on top of the giraffe she blasted to death with a rifle as it ate from a tree. With these kinds of "hunts," wealthy individuals are usually driven to the spot by guides who know where the animals are. The clients then shoot and kill the animals, often while sitting in the Land Rover that brought them. ... Even more unconscionable, some safaris are "canned hunts," in which captive animals raised this purpose, are placed inside a fenced-in enclosure for the "hunter" to shoot." Giraffes are one of my most favorite animals, they're tied for the number one spot with elephants. The screen saver of my tablet is a smoochy giraffe.   I have giraffe stat