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There used to be, dirtside, legal defenses called "diminished capacity" and
"not guilty by reason of insanity." These concepts would bewilder a Loonie. In
Luna City a man would necessarily be of diminished mental capacity even to think
about rape; to carry one out would be the strongest possible proof of
insanity-but among Loonies such mental disorders would not gain a rapist any
sympathy. Loonies do not psychoanalyze a rapist;
they kill him. Now. Fast. Brutally.
San Francisco should learn from Loonies. So should every city where it is
not safe for a woman to walk alone. In Luna our ladies are never afraid of men,
be they family, friends, or strangers; in Luna men do not harm women-or they
die!
I had awakened sobbing in grief uncontrollable. Gwen was dead, Gwen had
been raped and murdered and it was my fault!
Even when I had wakened wide enough to fit back into my proper continuity I
was still bawling-I knew that it had been just a dream, a nasty nightmare... but
my guilt feelings were undiminished. I had indeed failed to protect my darling.
I had told her to leave me. "-start walking and don't look back." Oh, folly
unplumbable!
What can I do about it?
Find her! Maybe she'll forgive me. Women seem to have almost unlimited
capacity for forgiveness. (Since it is usually a man who needs forgiveness, this
must be a racial survival trait
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