11th October 2005, 4:19 AM
Plus that's not exactly some perfect solution. It's not like every woman in America is running around terrified of rape. It's a bit much to say "hey, wear this ALL THE TIME just in case". Might as well tell people to wear bullet proof armor every day in case they get in the crossfire of a gangland shootout.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)