Quote Originally Posted by ShadeHonestus
George W. Bush is to blame somehow, someway...just waiting for the reason to be pointed out by Hillary.
I always thought gays, liberals and Democrats were to blame for this sort of thing, even if it happened in far-away Austria.

Seriously, there is no system that will prevent this sort of abuse, nor is there any system that we can justifiably blame for it. It has always been with us in all sorts of forms and guises. An authoritarian approach would not end it, but merely institutionalise the abuse in a new guise. There are indications that education and improved social conditions will eradicate the most blatant forms of abuse in a society, but that is as far as it goes. Whenever people have power over other people, this sort of thing is bound to happen now and again.