The wikipedia page said that serial killers were often sexually motivated -- this may account for much of the discrepancy in targets.
Or something. I have no lungs left, so I'm coughing out my brain.
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 10:11:49 am PST #3378 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 10:13:10 am PST #3379 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I was reading up on serial killers earlier this year. A lot of them focus on prostitutes, because when a prostitute drops out of sight, nobody (or nobody the police will pay attention to) notices or cares.
Very, very depressing.
Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 10:14:00 am PST #3380 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I have a migraine. Maybe my brain is off drinking martinis with your brain? Except that I don't like martinis. Stooopid brain. Drink rum punch instead.
Strega - Dec 03, 2004 10:44:34 am PST #3381 of 10001
Heh. I think I like Goad because I enjoy unrepentant assholes as long as I don't have to deal with them personally. I still think that Shit-Magnet would have been an Oprah book if he was a woman.
Tamara - Dec 03, 2004 11:03:55 am PST #3382 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
>[link]Adam's post about seeing the movie last night with the whole cast. No spoilers.
And thanks for the news about the Inside, Kristen and Allyson. I can't wait!
JenP - Dec 03, 2004 12:30:35 pm PST #3383 of 10001
Adam Baldwin. Rock. That is fanfreakingtabulous. Also, glad the serial killer conversation--certain parts of it--happened after Nilly's friends were checking out our suitability for hosting her. IJS. Good day in the Minearverse.
Jesse - Dec 03, 2004 1:25:43 pm PST #3384 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Can we go to test screenings? Please?!? Of course, by "we" I mean "I."
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 03, 2004 2:01:28 pm PST #3385 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
D'oh! I hit post before I meant to: for "pretty high" substitute "100-150K." Because "pretty high" conveys nothing at all.
An article I read in GQ last year gave an estimate as high as 200,000 annually, though I don't think they had reliable statistics to back it up. My assumption is that's number of incidents rather than number of victims, which would be somewhat lower.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 2:03:44 pm PST #3386 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder -- when they update the rape numbers to include prison rape, what female numbers will come up.
DCJensen - Dec 03, 2004 4:25:32 pm PST #3387 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I always wonder what the rape numbers would be for the past if they could somehow adjust for the reluctance/horror of women to report.
Not that there isn't reluctance now, it's just that in the last 35-40 years, rape has (slowly at times, it varies) become talked about and recognized for the crime that it is, and not swept under the rug with the whispers and innuendo about the victim.
ETA: Still a looong way to go.