You probably expect me to be overjoyed that Chaim Ramon's career has been destroyed after he was judged guilty of forcibly kissing the young soldier.
I'm certainly against anyone using their power and authority for anything sexual. For religious reasons and more, I'm against people touching others without "invitation," regardless of sex.
...as I watched the drama of "H vs Chaim Ramon" on TV and read about in the papers and on the internet, one thing kept going through my mind:
I'm certainly against anyone using their power and authority for anything sexual. For religious reasons and more, I'm against people touching others without "invitation," regardless of sex.
...as I watched the drama of "H vs Chaim Ramon" on TV and read about in the papers and on the internet, one thing kept going through my mind:
If an ordinary woman was raped by an ordinary man, would she find it as easy to get him judged guilty by the the courts and media?
Before this whole scandal was exposed, I didn't like Chaim Ramon for his policies relating to my right to live in our Biblical Homeland. He even advocated giving up parts of Jerusalem. The same media which once promoted and endorsed him so enthusiastically turned on him with the professed aim of destroying his career. There had to be another agenda.
I feel sorry for Mr. Ramon. What he did wasn't right, but his punishment didn't fit the crime.
This whole business will only make me feel better if there is an increase in convictions against rapists and those forcing sexual acts, who aren't politicians poised to reach the pinnacle of political power.
