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I appreciate the Tribune`s position on printing a rape victim`s name
(Douglas Kneeland`s ”Re-examining our policy on rape”). It is one thing to examine rape as a societal problem, but quite another to deal with it as an individual.
I`m told that one of the strongest feelings of a rape victim is the loss of control over their own personhood. Printing a victim`s name without their permission would perpetuate that feeling and only add to their misery.
How on earth can it be the ”public`s right to know” the name of the victim of such a personal crime? It`s none of my business.
There is something to be said for our innate Midwest conservatism.
