GOOD NEWS!

Rape Up, While Murders Down in 2004

By MARK SHERMAN
The Associated Press
Monday, October 17, 2005; 10:18 AM

WASHINGTON -- Murders across the United States fell for the first time in five years, while rapes increased slightly last year, the FBI reported Monday.
Overall, the number of violent crimes, which also include aggravated assaults and robberies, fell by 1.2 percent last year. There were 16,137 murders in the United States in 2004. That was about 350 fewer than in 2003, according to the FBI data. The decrease is the first since 1999. Chicago was largely responsible for the drop, recording 150 fewer murders in 2004 than in 2003.

The number of rapes, however, has increased in three of the past four years, according to the FBI data. In all, rapes increased by .8 percent to 94,635 rapes, or about 750 more than in 2003.
Rapes are up nearly 5 percent since 2000, FBI data show.

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I personally blame DC Comics for this. During the last year they have continually glorified rape in their stories and illustrations. You cannot blame this one on the Flipster. It's DC Comics. Here's the proof: Identity Crisis - the entire premise revolved around a character, named Dr. Light, raping the wife of a super hero. Sure kids everywhere think that's entertainment, but what about the ones who can't differentiate between comic book fantasy and real life? Rape is not fun, people. Just ask anyone who was raped by a 27 year old, wearing a Dr. Light costume.

So no wonder this sad statistic is up in America. You can't blame this on me. But you can blame comics.

-The Flipster