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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/discuss/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Books</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/2930/ShowForum.aspx</link><description>Books</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61120.2)</generator><item><title>Re: Where is the government ?</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2952891.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:37:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:2952891</guid><dc:creator>Ian Blokesworth</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2952891.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=2930&amp;PostID=2952891</wfw:commentRss><description>You are correct that news headline material is violent crime against women while violent crime against men is fodder for comedy.</description></item><item><title>Re: Where is the government ?</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2951034.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:48:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:2951034</guid><dc:creator>Pmbster</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2951034.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=2930&amp;PostID=2951034</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Some governments (thinking Africa here...) are fairly busy doing far worse things to the &lt;i&gt;men&lt;/i&gt; in their respective countries - i.e., killing them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know I am being terribly flippant here, but this keep's going through my head:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"He raped me!"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Horrible. We shall hang him for it. Did he do anything else?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"He killed my father, my husband, my brothers and my sons!!"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Well never mind that. We shall hang him for raping you."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;God I'm gonna get it for posting that.....  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Where is the government ?</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2949217.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:24:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:2949217</guid><dc:creator>avraamjack</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2949217.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=2930&amp;PostID=2949217</wfw:commentRss><description>Where are the governments when peope are abducted and forced into prostitution. Clearly these acts are not secrets.&lt;br&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>