Douchebags hardest hit
JERUSALEM – Lying for sex. It happens all the time.
Yet a married Palestinian man has been ordered jailed for 18 months for having sex with an Israeli woman after giving her the impression he too was Jewish, as well as single and interested in a relationship.
His conviction of “rape by deception” has drawn charges of racism and questions about whether courts should be delving into this fraught topic.
Saber Qashor, a 30-year-old father of two, says he was approached by the woman in September 2008 on a downtown Jerusalem street where he had parked his motorcycle, and introduced himself as “Dudu,” a common Israeli Jewish nickname.
Within half an hour they were having sex in a Jerusalem office building stairwell.
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Within a half hour !?! What was she thinking? That this was an episode of “Big Brother”, or an MTV reality show? Either this dude, Dudu, is the smoothest guy in the known universe, armed with a golden pick-up line, or, well…
I won’t go there.
But the Judge in the case saw matters, er, clearly
“If she hadn’t thought the accused was a single Jewish man interested in a serious romantic relationship, she would not have cooperated,” Judge Zvi Segal wrote in sentencing Qashor. The court must protect the public from “sophisticated and slick-tongued criminals who would lead innocent victims astray, at the unbearable price of the sanctity of their bodies and souls.”
“Innocent victims”… Ones who “cooperate” 30 minutes later in an office building stairwell. Well, the judge’s pronouncement is a construct that should cause sphincter tightening and member shrinkage in singles-bar-sharks everywhere. Because it could soon be coming to a place near you.
A bill before the Massachusetts state legislature would target those who employ deceit — and not just physical force — to engage in sex. But it’s aimed at sociopaths, not people who falsely boast of being doctors or sports stars, says its sponsor, Rep. Peter Koutoujian.
Massachusetts…Will there be a Kennedy exemption, I wonder? And, how long before other deep-blue states pass similar laws? It certainly wouldn’t surprise me if NOW forced this into the national Democratic platform.
So, just to recap, real Tort reform is out of bounds, the SEC no longer has to honor FOIA requests, Massachusetts has passed a law subordinating the choice of that states voters to the winner of the national popular vote, and they may make lying for conquest illegal…
All I can say is young men better start taking certified copies of their CV with them to the club. And, if by some chance they find themselves in a courtroom, accused of a similar offense, where a judge is questioning them as to their intentions, remember the legal wisdom once proferred by Redd Foxx when in a similar situation:
“Your honor, I never promised that woman I’d take her to Florida; I just said I was goin’ to tampa with her …”
Sage, indeed.
All of us are at risk by this decision! Oh Israel, oh Israel, has it come to this? Guys lie to get laid. That is not rape.
And she screwed him within a half hour? WTF is wrong with the Court system there?
Speaking as someone who has been raped-raped let me offer my expert opinion.
If you have sex with someone you just met and then the next day find out he’s not really an international spy or ya know, single…you feel stupid, maybe even humiliated..but you don’t feel raped. You don’t feel as if a weapon has been held to your throat while some guy calls you a Cunt and tells you he’ll kill you if you scream.
If you make a CHOICE to have hot wild stairwell sex with some guy you just met who turned out to be liar…learn your lesson and move on…. crying rape makes you look sad, stupid, and pathetic.
But that’s just one rape survivor’s opinion.
Dede, I’m sorry to hear about the horrid, violent, experience you had to suffer, and you’re absolutely right in calling this woman’s allegations of rape, in reality a choice she later regretted, a pathetic attempt to justify her behavior.
And thanks for your thoughtful comment.
Thank you Bob. It turned out to be a transforming experience for me. I learned…there is absolutely nothing I can’t survive. I’m a stronger person for it.
I am still sorry you went through that.
So am I. I would have preferred being in the dark about what I could and could not survive…but unfortunately, life is messy and you have to choose if you’re going to let bad stuff turn you into a victim …I chose not.
Thank you for your kind words tho’…that is always welcome and appreciated.