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50 women raped in the Rep. of Congo per...

  • 12-05-2011 11:47AM
    #1
    Ev84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 479 ✭✭


    ...HOUR!!! :eek: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/75053/50-rapes-per-hour-estimated-in-congo

    I thought it was a weekly statistic or even daily, but per hour!!! Absolutely sick bastards! :mad:

    Reasoning behind all of this madness? Why is it happening to such an extent over there? Discuss fellow boardsies, discuss...

    Edit: Democratic rep. of Congo. Apologies.


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  • #2
    whiteonion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 837 ✭✭✭whiteonion


    TIA, this is Africa. Did you expect that continent to be civilized?


  • #3
    ebixa82
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭ebixa82


    whiteonion wrote: »
    TIA, this is Africa. Did you expect that continent to be civilized?

    I wonder are you too ignorant to realise how racist you are?


  • #4
    whiteonion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 837 ✭✭✭whiteonion


    ebixa82 wrote: »
    I wonder are you too ignorant to realise how racist you are?
    OK, it's fair to assume that you consider Africa as a whole and Congo to be civilized then?

    If you consider Africa to be so civilized why don't you live there for a while, maybe you'll change your mind. I myself have been to Africa and found it quite uncivilized


  • #5
    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    whiteonion wrote: »
    TIA, this is Africa. Did you expect that continent to be civilized?

    Must.. not... feed...


  • #6
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    ebixa82 wrote: »
    I wonder are you too ignorant to realise how racist you are?

    Don't mention the 50 rapes per hour


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  • #7
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Don't mention the 50 rapes per day.

    an hour. I don't know where they find the energy tbh.


  • #8
    whiteonion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 837 ✭✭✭whiteonion


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Don't mention the 50 rapes per day.
    Stating the obvious equals racism these days.


  • #9
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,030 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    Not making excuses for any behaviour, or the statistics, but the Congo is as big, if not larger, in size, than Europe.

    It is a big place.


  • #10
    jme2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 974 ✭✭✭jme2010


    Ah all women secretly love a bit of rape.

    user banned


  • #11
    g'em
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,819 ✭✭✭✭g'em


    whiteonion wrote: »
    TIA, this is Africa. Did you expect that continent to be civilized?
    less of the racism please.
    bonerm wrote: »
    an hour. I don't know where they find the energy tbh.
    less joking about rape please.
    jme2010 wrote: »
    Ah all women secretly love a bit of rape.
    too far.


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  • #12
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Here's some stats. Don't know how accurate they are.
    http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita

    Congo not on list. However if there is 50 per hour then that totals 438k per year and for a population of 71million giving a rate of about 6.1 (or six times the #1 entry on that list).


  • #13
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    Lets start a Facebook page and an online petition, that will fix it!


  • #14
    jme2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 974 ✭✭✭jme2010


    Amalgam, what is your opinon of China?
    Amalgam wrote: »
    It is a big place.

    And your views on America?
    Amalgam wrote: »
    It is a big place.

    What springs to mind about the moon?
    Amalgam wrote: »
    It is a big place.


  • #15
    HappyTuesday
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭HappyTuesday


    If you consider Africa to be so civilized why don't you live there for a while, maybe you'll change your mind.

    I lived in Africa for a year and a half. Of course there are some seriously rural places, where people wipe their bums with their hand, but in the cities you'd be surprised how developed it is. Go stay in Nairobi for a week or so, your stereotypes will be smashed to pieces.

    But staying on topic, yes the D.R.C. is a huge country. With the capital city being so far away from the action there's no way they can keep an eye on everything, especially if 60% of the country is rainforest. But it does make you wonder what kind of sick animals are roaming the country.


  • #16
    Lord Trollington
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,451 ✭✭✭Lord Trollington


    Not overly educated on the Congo, Isn't that where they drink Um Bongo?

    Zaire is a dump alright.


  • #17
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    whycliff wrote: »
    Not overly educated on the Congo, Isn't that where they drink Um Bongo?

    Zaire is a dump alright.

    Zaire's greatest moment.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDXkVGpMpc


  • #18
    Cavehill Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,109 ✭✭✭Cavehill Red


    PedoPriest wrote: »
    I lived in Africa for a year and a half. Of course there are some seriously rural places, where people wipe their bums with their hand, but in the cities you'd be surprised how developed it is. Go stay in Nairobi for a week or so, your stereotypes will be smashed to pieces.

    So will your belongings and possibly your face. It's not known as Nai-robbery for nothing. Having said that, I'm a big fan of Addis Ababa, and there are plenty of great parts of Africa, and many millions of lovely Africans.

    But the Congo is none of these. It is the very definition of uncivilised, and no lemon-sucking political correctness is going to change that any time soon.


  • #19
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    PedoPriest wrote: »
    I lived in Africa for a year and a half. Of course there are some seriously rural places, where people wipe their bums with their hand, but in the cities you'd be surprised how developed it is. Go stay in Nairobi for a week or so, your stereotypes will be smashed to pieces.

    We're not talking about Nairobi. It hasnt been suggested that they have 50 rapes an hour there


  • #20
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,030 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    jme2010, If you dissociate the mass and population of a country from a statistic, the impact can be greater than what it should be.

    Sorry, that sounds very clinical.

    BBC have run features on the Congo for years, which I've linked to on boards before, grim reading.


  • #21
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    whiteonion wrote: »
    Stating the obvious equals racism these days.
    If only you put a modicum of thought behind your phrasing before posting then people wouldn't be thinking you're a racist prick.


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  • #22
    MagicMarker
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    Amalgam wrote: »
    Not making excuses for any behaviour, or the statistics, but the Congo is as big, if not larger, in size, than Europe.

    It is a big place.
    According to wiki it's estimated population for 2009 is less that 4 million.


  • #23
    Tabnabs
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    Amalgam wrote: »
    Not making excuses for any behaviour, or the statistics, but the Congo is as big, if not larger, in size, than Europe.

    It is a big place.

    Nah, it's only half the size.

    http://countrysize.com/


  • #24
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    If only you put a modicum of thought behind your phrasing before posting then people wouldn't be thinking you're a racist prick.

    We're here to talk about the suggestion\statistic of 50 rapes per hour in the congo. Why are you attempting to gloss over this by playing the race card?


  • #25
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    orourkeda wrote: »
    We're here to talk about the suggestion\statistic of 50 rapes per hour in the congo. Why are you attempting to gloss over this by playing the race card?
    I'm what now?


  • #26
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    Lets start a Facebook page and an online petition, that will fix it!

    pffft! get with the times, now let's all change our profile pictures to be that of african cartoon characters getting raped.. now that'll do it


  • #27
    CrackisWhack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 852 ✭✭✭CrackisWhack


    Still a dreadful statistic


  • #28
    Badgermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,018 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    whiteonion wrote: »
    OK, it's fair to assume that you consider Africa as a whole and Congo to be civilized then?

    If you consider Africa to be so civilized why don't you live there for a while, maybe you'll change your mind. I myself have been to Africa and found it quite uncivilized

    Beneath contempt tbh.


  • #29
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    50 per hour does seem a tad excessive.


  • #30
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Badgermonkey wrote: »
    Beneath contempt tbh.

    so is 50 rapes per hour if it is true


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  • #31
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    stupidusername wrote: »
    pffft! get with the times, now let's all change our profile pictures to be that of african cartoon characters getting raped.. now that'll do it


    Don’t be ridiculous – let’s just call George Clooney.


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