Who has said anything about 'none of these lads'? 90% of them may well be angels. 2 or 3 of them may benefit in some small way, from giving up a couple of hours of their playstation time, to listen to the views of the former detective running the course. I struggle to see any downside to this...
If that were even remotely true, then why do such a small percentage of rape reports lead to prosecution, and only 20-30% of those that do, end in conviction? Your 'facts' don't stack up.
I find your viewpoint rather depressing. I'd like to think a little higher of these young people, and afford them the credit, that educating them about respect and decency is just as likely to bear fruit, as teaching them about the jail terms they are liable for if they get caught.
That's probably a good point. To be fair, I'd imagine that the course DID cover respect as well, I was just suggesting that the reporting made it look like it was only about avoiding legal strife.
Well done indeed.
However- I know I'm being unfair extrapolating on a two minute clip of what the players got from the program, but I sincerely hope that it covered respect to women, and WHY some things are not okay, rather than just 'not getting into trouble' - that's a bit how it came across.