early days before JPL

I'm on a mailing list from NASA and JPL. This rather wonderful piece arrived in my email today. It really makes you realise how much things have changed. Nowadays a 5 pound rocket motor skillfully maneuvers with split-second accuracy to a trajectory millions kilometers away in space. Back in the early days they were still learning how to use a 5 pound rocket.
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"scantily dressed women invite rape"

There is a big uproar again about the moslem cleric who suggested this some time back. I don't know why it is taking such a long time to react to his stupidity. A moron like this has a position of authority and influence in the community??

It amazes me, you know. I've heard christian guys say the same kind of things too. The half-wits must have a very low opinion of themselves to admit that they're so lacking in self-control that women need to fear for their safety around them.

And they blame the women!

This is like blaming pedestrians for being hit by cars when bad drivers lose control and run off the road onto the footpath. Stupid pedestrians! They persist in walking along footpaths. They're just asking to be run over.

Additional:
It occurs to me that I terribly understated the culpability of rapists. They are not like bad drivers who accidentally lose control of their vehicles running onto the footpaths to hit pedestrians. They are horrid creatures who cruise the streets looking for lone pedestrians so that they can deliberately swerve up onto the footpath and run them down.
Rapists deserve not one iota of our sympathy.