No prejudice here, just a warning to beware.
sybaritic said:
While I agree with much of what you said here, this statement is way off base. As you noted elsewhere, you don't know the events and it is not appropriate to jump to these conclusions; clearly the law reached a somewhat different decision. Whatever did transpire, it is NEVER ok to blame the victim.
These kinds of statements reflect a deeply held prejudice even amongst those of us who should be most understanding of our SP friends.
Hi Sybaritic,
I think you misinterpreted the point I was trying to make. I specifically said that I wasn't party to the intricacies of the relationship so I had no idea of what the "whole story" is. I wasn't jumping to conclusions I was merely making a point that IF she, or anyone for that matter, engaged in fleecing a lovesick client then she was assuming a lot of risk through her actions. This is not the same thing as "blaming the victim" its just pointing out a fact. I do not blame her for Ponpons lack of self control. However, IF, she was leading him on to milk him out of his bank account it was foolish on her part, although it does NOT justify harming her.
I also noted, that a court had decided he had to pay a price for his actions. I am not sympathizing with him, rather I am empathizing, meaning, I can UNDERSTAND, NOT approve of, why someone might act irresponsibly in that supposed set of circumstances. It is basically an affirmation of the concept that if you mess with the wrong people you can get hurt, so be careful of how far you carry the fantasy. As EB points out, we are paying them to give us a fantasy. A fantasy which is supposed to END when the session is over. But if they then carry it over into real life only to try and take advantage of an emotionally unstable person then they are engaging in a dangerous practice which could have disastrous consequences for all involved.
Not to make light of the issue but I look at it from the angle I once heard Chris Rock describe OJ Simpsons' murdering his ex wife. He made the point that she was living off OJ's dime in a beautiful house, drove a luxury car, had all her bills paid for by OJ and all she had to do was take care of their kids. OJ finds out she is f***ing a 20something year old guy in the same house their kids are sleeping in so he loses his mind and kills them. Rocks' quote was "Now I'm not advocating murder, but I understand."
Now to someone who has been a victim of a crime of "passion" or a "love" crime if you will, this may not seem funny. Thats understandable, but the point rings true. It is self evident in the never ending stories we read about and see on TV nearly every day, if you look for them, which involve people who hurt, or try to hurt, someone they love or used to love, or thought that they loved etc...because their ex loved one "did them wrong" in their eyes. The same is true of grifters who try to take advantage of the wrong people, often times they end up on the evening news as a "body found in the river", "washed up on a beach" or just "missing." Sad, yes, true also.
You wouldn't try to fleece a member of organized crime, neither would anyone try to extort a murderer or hurl racial epithets at Iron Mike Tyson in a dark alley. Why? Because intelligent people realize that these actions would have a very high likelihood of getting them maimed or killed. The point is that many times victims could avoid becoming so if they would think through ill advised schemes and not proceed. But previous discussion in the thread mentioned how some girls don't take care of their money and engage in expensive activities. Desire of money is one of a few reasons strong enough to make an otherwise smart person do something like try to play on a clients weakened emotional state in order to fleece him without taking into account the chance that he may react violently. One must never assume that someone is "easy meat" or won't react adversely to being taken advantage of. Thats all I'm saying, Hope that clears it up. I hold absolutely no deep seated prejudice towards Sp's, I appreciate them more than you may realize.