# Entertaining Two Hour Rape **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 30, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686 "2009-10-30T02:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/121 "2009-10-31T21:18:43Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > “Orders of magnitude.” That phrase doesn’t mean what you think it means. Yes it does. For instance we are a nit over three orders of magnitude larger than Germany by population. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/122 "2009-10-31T21:26:46Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Yes it does. For instance we are a nit over three orders of magnitude larger than Germany by population. Population of Germany is 82 million Three orders of magnitude greater is 82 billion or 82 million times 10[sup]3[/sup] Your welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/123 "2009-10-31T21:28:15Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Yes it does. For instance we are a nit over three orders of magnitude larger than Germany by population. Sorry, but the U.S. is _not_ 1,000 times larger than Germany by population. 1 order of magnitude = 10x 2 orders = 100x 3 orders = 1,000x 4 orders = 10,000x and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/124 "2009-10-31T21:28:59Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > I’ll accept any as long as you recognize their limitations as a basis for comparison. Why can’t we just take a comparison of Area A and it’s demographic statistics vs. Area B and its? I really don’t understand why this is controversial. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/125 "2009-10-31T21:29:52Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > Sorry, but the U.S. is _not_ 1,000 times larger than Germany by population. > > 1 order of magnitude = 10x > 2 orders = 100x > 3 orders = 1,000x > 4 orders = 10,000x > > and so forth. oh ok, I was thinking it was +1x. So we are one order of magnitude larger than Canada then. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/126 "2009-10-31T21:30:53Z")
> [@Fuji](#): > > Why can’t we just take a comparison of Area A and it’s demographic statistics vs. Area B and its? > > I really don’t understand why this is controversial. It’s not as long as you understand the limitations of the data comparison. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/127 "2009-10-31T21:39:43Z")
> [@Fuji](#): > > Why is it so hard for you to accept that the US is a violent place? That’s a pretty worthless statement. Ireland is a violent place. The US is a violent place. The Vatican is a violent place. The world is a violent place. ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/128 "2009-10-31T22:05:25Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > _facepalm_. You can’t even figure out when someone has insulted you. > > Clearly whatever education you got in Ireland is substandard. You don’t have the first fucking clue about the U.S. and you can’t spell. > > Wait. Are you a kid? That would explain a lot. Yes, I do acknowledge that you are a fucking retard and that you are unable to form a proper argument. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/129 "2009-10-31T22:13:58Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > That’s a pretty worthless statement. Ireland is a violent place. The US is a violent place. The Vatican is a violent place. The world is a violent place. So - no difference between living in Somalia vs. living in Chicago? I’ve got some real estate deals I’d like to discuss with you… ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/130 "2009-10-31T22:17:16Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > oh ok, I was thinking it was +1x. So we are one order of magnitude larger than Canada then. As long as we got SOME Orders of Magnitude somewhere, eh? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/131 "2009-10-31T22:21:33Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > Yes, I do acknowledge that you are a fucking retard and that you are unable to form a proper argument. Ok, kid. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/132 "2009-10-31T22:24:07Z")
Since the topic has already been hijacked to hell and gone… > [@Milossarian](#): > > Not to get off-topic, but was there some time I’m unaware of in America’s modern history when our society viewed rape and pillage as _de riguer en la guerre_? In some parts of the world rape as a legitimate military tactic still exists. Yet another topic the media doesn’t like to report on, not when they have to fill column inches _in an entirely different country_ about a single American rape. ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/133 "2009-11-01T03:15:34Z")
> [@chique](#): > > Since the topic has already been hijacked to hell and gone…In some parts of the world rape as a legitimate military tactic still exists. Yet another topic the media doesn’t like to report on, not when they have to fill column inches _in an entirely different country_ about a single American rape. Yes, Rape is sadly still being used as a military tactic in some African countries. The only difference is, that these countries are not “Western Countries” and do not claim to be the pinnace of modern society. A single rape case is hardly news worthy, unless a celebrity is involved in it, but as I said before, a 2 hours gang rape on school grounds hardly classifies as a “standard” rape case, especially since it happened in a country that is supposed to have higher standard of cultural behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/134 "2009-11-01T03:23:08Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > A single rape case is hardly news worthy, unless a celebrity is involved in it, but as I said before, a 2 hours gang rape on school grounds hardly classifies as a “standard” rape case, especially since it happened in a country that is supposed to have higher standard of cultural behaviour. As of 22:22 CDT tonight, it’s the lead story on [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) and has been all over the website for the past week. I don’t get a paper nor do I watch network news, so I can’t say about those venues. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/135 "2009-11-01T14:25:15Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > A single rape case is hardly news worthy, unless a celebrity is involved in it, but as I said before, a 2 hours gang rape on school grounds hardly classifies as a “standard” rape case, especially since it happened in a country that is supposed to have higher standard of cultural behaviour. I don’t see your point. The story is a big story here in the U.S. It definitely is getting national coverage. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/136 "2009-11-01T15:34:28Z")
Meh, if you want to watch a _boring_ two-hour rape, just rent _Casualties of War_. ---
**Author:** ![bri1600bv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@bri1600bv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bri1600bv)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/137 "2009-11-01T23:42:44Z")
The rape was committed in one of the seediest, crime ridden cities by a immigrants/gang bangers/illegal aliens who, using previous cultural norms, wouldn’t even be here. It’s a taste of things to come. It’s not “traditional America” where this occured, it’s the America that the liberals have given us. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/138 "2009-11-01T23:45:27Z")
I liked you better the first time, when your name was **Starving Artist**. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/139 "2009-11-02T00:26:26Z")
> [@bri1600bv](#): > > The rape was committed in one of the seediest, crime ridden cities by a immigrants/gang bangers/illegal aliens who, using previous cultural norms, wouldn’t even be here. > > It’s a taste of things to come. It’s not “traditional America” where this occured, it’s the America that the liberals have given us. Oh right. I forgot that if we just had God, Guns and Guts and a Republican president this would all go away. Idiot. ---
**Author:** ![bri1600bv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@bri1600bv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bri1600bv)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686/140 "2009-11-02T02:23:34Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Oh right. I forgot that if we just had God, Guns and Guts and a Republican president this would all go away. > > Idiot. No, you’re the idiot. We didn’t have mass animalistic crime before the “Great Society” of the 1960s destroyed the black family and the Ted Kennedy “multiculturalists” gave us with MS-13 gang members and 20 million illegals. Look at the crime ridden hellhole that is Mexico. That is our future thanks to the benevolent liberals like you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertaining-two-hour-rape/515686.md?page=8)