“Mild paedophilia is bad. Violent paedophilia is worse. If you think that's an endorsement of mild paedophilia, go away and learn how to think. Date rape is bad. Stranger rape at knifepoint is worse. If you think that's an endorsement of date rape, go away and learn how to think.”

— Richard Dawkins

https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/494012589828218881 (), quoted in Lizzie Dearden, " Richard Dawkins tweets: 'Date rape is bad, stranger rape is worse' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/richard-dawkins-says-date-rape-is-bad-stranger-rape-is-worse-on-twitter-9634572.html", The Independent ()
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