Let's see. What do we notice in this girl's choices?
This 37-year-old is an attractive, fit and toned woman. She is wearing a too-short, too-tight black spandex dress that is hiked up to almost crotch level, her large breast implants pushed up for maximum exposure.
Her hair is a bleached blonde, her freckled sun damaged skin is a combination of sun bathing and spray tanning achieving a very dark color. Her lips have been injected to make them much larger, to the level of Halloween wax lips you bought as a kid.
This black skin-tight dress is one you'd wear with heels to go to a nightclub with a date, not to be worn with a pair of white sneakers with multiple ankle bracelets for a walk in the park.
(If I was doing a sympathy article for the young woman, I would have picked a photo of her with something modest on, looking sweet.)
But if you read any article about her, you find photos from her social media that all show the same thing - images of her half-dressed, or admiring her newly boosted lips, or showing off her naval piercings in a half-top, her acrylic false nails painted with black tips, or her posing in a revealing black bikini with a black snake tattoo on her thigh. Here is one example of her many images:
Another photo in one article shows her lounging with her much younger boyfriend which is captioned: "Sheriff said that Morin's boyfriend Richard Tobin, 27, is innocentdespite being arrested 14 times since 2014."
I just have to ask: When she was murdered, was she in the wrong place at the wrong time or was she just a crime waiting for the right perpetrator?
While both you and I may not agree with her style or life choices, that has no bearing on the fact that an illegal murdered one of our citizens. Her look and lifestyle are irrelevant to the situation. Murder is murder and rape is rape. How a person looks does not change that.
If you flash a fat wad of hundred dollar bills in a ghetto and get mugged and killed, murder is murder and you wouldn't deserve it on a moral level. But it would be a logical consequence of your stupid behavior.
Life isn't fair, our environment is becoming more dangerous than it was.
Years ago, my older sister revealed to me that she had 'almost been raped/sexually assaulted numerous times', when she was younger. I enquired as to the circumstances.
Caveat: I am also female and was on my own and working late in the same city for much longer than she was and made a point to NEVER put myself in risky places or situations if I could help it. As she described the various times, she realized that all of these attempts happened when she made poor choices. Here are some of what she admitted to:
Went to businesses in known crime-ridden areas after dark when she could have gone during the daytime. She also stupidly parked her car (unlocked) in the dark, unlit back lot instead of the front by a street light.
Went back stage to a performer's dressing room (when invited by a crew member) by herself and didn't understand when he locked the door and put his hands on her that she was in trouble. He then told her he was going to rape her. (He was hugely muscular and she is a small woman).
Went to bars with her girlfriends and got drunk and couldn't remember how she got home.
Went out with random groups of new agers/hippie-type people to the forested areas and camped out for days with complete strangers, all of them getting high on various drugs.
Grocery shopped late at night and parked her car between 2 other cars in the dark part of the lot and was not looking around defensively as she walked out, her arms full of groceries.
Failed to keep her car mechanically serviced (she could afford it) and she broke down in a lonely, bad area by herself.
So I blame her for these situations? Yes. She knew better. She was educated. But she was reckless, impulsive and yes, stupid. She also made poor choices in her life in other ways. The truth will set you free.
Thanks for the comment. Yea, those are poor choices and I see your point of view here.
My original comment was directed less against actions/circumstances and more toward the idea that people will say things like "well she was dressed like a whore so she deserved it" which I call BS on.
I think I misunderstood the point you were making but I get it now. I stand by it though that the way a person is dressed, or if they make decisions like you stated above, doesn't warrant rape or murder. I know you are not saying that poor decisions make assault ok but rather if you go swimming with sharks don't be upset if ya lose an arm to a shark bite.
How do you know what she was wearing when she was murdered. You think if she was wearing a parka she would have been safe? Lmao blaming the lady is sad and pathetic.
Read through all my comments on this page and you'll get a better picture on why I say she contributed to her own demise by making choices and doing things that could potentially be risky.
Going for a late run at 7:30 pm (right as the sun is setting) in the natural forested area in early August meant that she probably wore shorts and a sports bra or T-shirt. But if anyone had been following or stalking her, running alone out in the middle of nowhere would have provided an easy opportunity to nab her without anyone hearing her scream or coming to her aid.
She was frequenting dating websites. I know some inside stuff about this because Rachel’s best friend was my sister’s old skating coach when we lived up there. That person was interviewed by local news but I’m not gonna post her name. The problem is- both had FB pages. Her friend has a really prominent public one and it’s shocking how many bikini pics and personal info she posts. You could glean all kinds of stuff including where she works and what she does for fun, including skating, the beach, burning man, all kinds of stuff. These are/were single moms living alone. People try to warn them..... but they won’t listen. There are a lot of stalkers online even if you never talk to them personally. They monitor your every move. It’s appalling and frightening as shit. Who knows how Rachel connected with this perp but it could have been FB. It could have been a dating site.
I’m glad they arrested him but at what point do people wake up and realize they are not safe, what they’re doing online is completely idiotic and pointless and they’re also putting their children at risk.
Nobody is blaming the victim, we're simply observing that some of the CHOICES she made carry additional risk. Just like I sometimes swim alone in the lake in the evening. It should be obvious my risk of accidental drowning increases when nobody is there with me to assist in case I slip and hit my head or something,.
That is one angle of discussion, but he clearly went hunting for 'unacceptable clothing choices.'
Now, if the discussion was about how she should have been appendix carrying, or had brass knuckles on her key ring, or bear spray, or a siren, or something. THAT is a different discussion and I would agree with having something close to hand to be able to defend from any scenario.
But she was out hiking / running. It would be guaranteed that she would be wearing those "unacceptable clothing choices," because that's what women wear to do those activities.
Let me give you a different but similar scenario to illustrate my point.
You live in a small, low-income town on the edge of poverty. You have a friend who unexpectedly inherits $$$ money and proceeds to spend it recklessly and loudly.
She buys herself the most ostentatious sportscar, huge diamond rings and all the cosmetic surgery she could desire. She begins wearing scanty clothes to show off the new figure. She drives the fancy car with the top down, her full cleavage on display, waving her diamond-ring-clad fingers at the townsfolk.
Your friend decides to wear these outrageously large diamonds everywhere, even to the swap meets and local shops where all the homeless are living.
Additionally, the town has been invaded recently by new groups of illegals from countries where rape is a common thing. Crimes have started to increase immensely. The illegals are setting up camps all over town.
Your friend seems unbothered by this and regularly takes photos of, and posts to social media, all of her latest jewelry buys, her new big screen TV and her fancy car, accidentally allowing her home address to be seen in her public photos. She also posts photos of her going on her daily run in the forest by herself, showing exactly what trail she runs on.
Is it any wonder that she is now more likely to become the victim of a crime by ne'er-do-wells? Is she really not a contributing factor in this, particular case?
Okay, so your new theoretical scenario is just another play on "she was asking for it."
People are allowed to buy what they want. People are allowed to wear what they want. People are allowed to 'flaunt' whatever they want.
The argument should be focused on self-protection: gun, brass knuckles on keychain, bear spray, siren, etc. It should be focused on: situational awareness and not dropping your guard when you're out alone.
To your point, she would only be a contributing factor in that she didn't have the self-protection or situational awareness. Two elements that are vastly more productive forms of discussion to help people moving forward.
Someone will attack anyone for any reason regardless of what they're wearing or not.
Actions = Response. This is a fact of life. Is the criminal wrong to harm her? Absolutely. Was she a contributing factor? Maybe.
If you are rude and yell at someone, chances are, they'll yell back. Why wouldn't they?
If you kick your sweet puppy in public, should you not expect strangers to react and stop you?
If you drive without insurance and don't wear a seatbelt and tend to speed a lot, don't be surprised that when you inevitably get in an accident causing injury to yourself and others that you will be found at fault or at least partial culpability and no one will pay your bills for you.
If you leave the doors to your home unlocked and leave the curtains open and run around naked while the homeless weirdos walk by everyday, might you be enticing bad people to enter? Yes.
Be smart. Be aware. Secure your surroundings. Don't put yourself in unsafe situations. Prevention is worth your life sometimes.
Let's see. What do we notice in this girl's choices?
This 37-year-old is an attractive, fit and toned woman. She is wearing a too-short, too-tight black spandex dress that is hiked up to almost crotch level, her large breast implants pushed up for maximum exposure.
Her hair is a bleached blonde, her freckled sun damaged skin is a combination of sun bathing and spray tanning achieving a very dark color. Her lips have been injected to make them much larger, to the level of Halloween wax lips you bought as a kid.
This black skin-tight dress is one you'd wear with heels to go to a nightclub with a date, not to be worn with a pair of white sneakers with multiple ankle bracelets for a walk in the park.
(If I was doing a sympathy article for the young woman, I would have picked a photo of her with something modest on, looking sweet.)
But if you read any article about her, you find photos from her social media that all show the same thing - images of her half-dressed, or admiring her newly boosted lips, or showing off her naval piercings in a half-top, her acrylic false nails painted with black tips, or her posing in a revealing black bikini with a black snake tattoo on her thigh. Here is one example of her many images:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/06/19/75135871-0-image-a-3_1694025328328.jpg
Another photo in one article shows her lounging with her much younger boyfriend which is captioned: "Sheriff said that Morin's boyfriend Richard Tobin, 27, is innocent despite being arrested 14 times since 2014."
I just have to ask: When she was murdered, was she in the wrong place at the wrong time or was she just a crime waiting for the right perpetrator?
While both you and I may not agree with her style or life choices, that has no bearing on the fact that an illegal murdered one of our citizens. Her look and lifestyle are irrelevant to the situation. Murder is murder and rape is rape. How a person looks does not change that.
They aren't really irrelevant though.
If you flash a fat wad of hundred dollar bills in a ghetto and get mugged and killed, murder is murder and you wouldn't deserve it on a moral level. But it would be a logical consequence of your stupid behavior.
Life isn't fair, our environment is becoming more dangerous than it was.
I see your point
Years ago, my older sister revealed to me that she had 'almost been raped/sexually assaulted numerous times', when she was younger. I enquired as to the circumstances.
Caveat: I am also female and was on my own and working late in the same city for much longer than she was and made a point to NEVER put myself in risky places or situations if I could help it. As she described the various times, she realized that all of these attempts happened when she made poor choices. Here are some of what she admitted to:
So I blame her for these situations? Yes. She knew better. She was educated. But she was reckless, impulsive and yes, stupid. She also made poor choices in her life in other ways. The truth will set you free.
Thanks for the comment. Yea, those are poor choices and I see your point of view here.
My original comment was directed less against actions/circumstances and more toward the idea that people will say things like "well she was dressed like a whore so she deserved it" which I call BS on.
I think I misunderstood the point you were making but I get it now. I stand by it though that the way a person is dressed, or if they make decisions like you stated above, doesn't warrant rape or murder. I know you are not saying that poor decisions make assault ok but rather if you go swimming with sharks don't be upset if ya lose an arm to a shark bite.
So since you highlight a bunch of 💩 what's your defence for kids abused by grandpa, uncle, family members friend? I mean stop excusing sick 💩
That is a completely different scenario. Good Lord! And how do you suggest I am excusing sick behavior? I'm not.
I don't blame the victim although right now, it looks like she might be asking for it. Here is something that I would say.
Still, nobody deserves to be murdered whether she dressed like a slut and is a slut.
I agree. 5 kids, 3 baby daddies, poor choice in new boyfriend, etc. But that does not warrant murder by anyone whether illegal or not.
Exactly what I was saying. No one deserved to be raped or murdered whether by invaders or locals.
How do you know what she was wearing when she was murdered. You think if she was wearing a parka she would have been safe? Lmao blaming the lady is sad and pathetic.
Read through all my comments on this page and you'll get a better picture on why I say she contributed to her own demise by making choices and doing things that could potentially be risky.
Going for a late run at 7:30 pm (right as the sun is setting) in the natural forested area in early August meant that she probably wore shorts and a sports bra or T-shirt. But if anyone had been following or stalking her, running alone out in the middle of nowhere would have provided an easy opportunity to nab her without anyone hearing her scream or coming to her aid.
She was frequenting dating websites. I know some inside stuff about this because Rachel’s best friend was my sister’s old skating coach when we lived up there. That person was interviewed by local news but I’m not gonna post her name. The problem is- both had FB pages. Her friend has a really prominent public one and it’s shocking how many bikini pics and personal info she posts. You could glean all kinds of stuff including where she works and what she does for fun, including skating, the beach, burning man, all kinds of stuff. These are/were single moms living alone. People try to warn them..... but they won’t listen. There are a lot of stalkers online even if you never talk to them personally. They monitor your every move. It’s appalling and frightening as shit. Who knows how Rachel connected with this perp but it could have been FB. It could have been a dating site.
I’m glad they arrested him but at what point do people wake up and realize they are not safe, what they’re doing online is completely idiotic and pointless and they’re also putting their children at risk.
Well said.
Thanks!
Are you blaming the victim...!?
"She was wearing ___, so she was asking for it."
You're ridiculous and disgusting.
Nobody is blaming the victim, we're simply observing that some of the CHOICES she made carry additional risk. Just like I sometimes swim alone in the lake in the evening. It should be obvious my risk of accidental drowning increases when nobody is there with me to assist in case I slip and hit my head or something,.
That is one angle of discussion, but he clearly went hunting for 'unacceptable clothing choices.'
Now, if the discussion was about how she should have been appendix carrying, or had brass knuckles on her key ring, or bear spray, or a siren, or something. THAT is a different discussion and I would agree with having something close to hand to be able to defend from any scenario.
But she was out hiking / running. It would be guaranteed that she would be wearing those "unacceptable clothing choices," because that's what women wear to do those activities.
Let me give you a different but similar scenario to illustrate my point.
You live in a small, low-income town on the edge of poverty. You have a friend who unexpectedly inherits $$$ money and proceeds to spend it recklessly and loudly.
She buys herself the most ostentatious sportscar, huge diamond rings and all the cosmetic surgery she could desire. She begins wearing scanty clothes to show off the new figure. She drives the fancy car with the top down, her full cleavage on display, waving her diamond-ring-clad fingers at the townsfolk.
Your friend decides to wear these outrageously large diamonds everywhere, even to the swap meets and local shops where all the homeless are living.
Additionally, the town has been invaded recently by new groups of illegals from countries where rape is a common thing. Crimes have started to increase immensely. The illegals are setting up camps all over town.
Your friend seems unbothered by this and regularly takes photos of, and posts to social media, all of her latest jewelry buys, her new big screen TV and her fancy car, accidentally allowing her home address to be seen in her public photos. She also posts photos of her going on her daily run in the forest by herself, showing exactly what trail she runs on.
Is it any wonder that she is now more likely to become the victim of a crime by ne'er-do-wells? Is she really not a contributing factor in this, particular case?
Okay, so your new theoretical scenario is just another play on "she was asking for it."
People are allowed to buy what they want. People are allowed to wear what they want. People are allowed to 'flaunt' whatever they want.
The argument should be focused on self-protection: gun, brass knuckles on keychain, bear spray, siren, etc. It should be focused on: situational awareness and not dropping your guard when you're out alone.
To your point, she would only be a contributing factor in that she didn't have the self-protection or situational awareness. Two elements that are vastly more productive forms of discussion to help people moving forward.
Someone will attack anyone for any reason regardless of what they're wearing or not.
Actions = Response. This is a fact of life. Is the criminal wrong to harm her? Absolutely. Was she a contributing factor? Maybe.
If you are rude and yell at someone, chances are, they'll yell back. Why wouldn't they?
If you kick your sweet puppy in public, should you not expect strangers to react and stop you?
If you drive without insurance and don't wear a seatbelt and tend to speed a lot, don't be surprised that when you inevitably get in an accident causing injury to yourself and others that you will be found at fault or at least partial culpability and no one will pay your bills for you.
If you leave the doors to your home unlocked and leave the curtains open and run around naked while the homeless weirdos walk by everyday, might you be enticing bad people to enter? Yes.
Be smart. Be aware. Secure your surroundings. Don't put yourself in unsafe situations. Prevention is worth your life sometimes.