Danish teen fought off her attacker - now she'll face fine

[Yo_Mama]

65. This is a stupid argument, IMO. If gangs of criminals or individuals with Uzis were

wandering the streets of Copenhagen, the police would be dealing with that.

But the police cannot deal with men just walking the streets. Yes, women who are under credible threat of rape should be allowed to carry defensive weaponry, especially when that weaponry is as non-lethal as pepper spray.

To maintain anything else is to show an absolute disregard of a woman's right to use the public spaces, which is in fact the issue here.

Of course no woman would find the threat of a fine more intimidating than the prospect of being violently raped. The net effect of this law is to fine this woman for the right to defend herself, which is inherently bad on two ground:

1) Every human being has the right to basic freedom, which cannot exist if that human being doesn't have the right of self-defense.
2) Fines are higher penalties to the poor, and no penalty at all to the criminal. Thus the law imposes a vicious class structure.
3) Those who can't understand points 1 and 2 are not on the side of virtue, human rights and basic decency.