Talk:Protection racket

"Some have argued that this is an accurate description of most governments, but used in this way the term would be seen as emotive." - This is a weasel sentence. Amend it, or delete it. Rintrah 07:40, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I removed it completely, as I can't even see what useful purpose the sentence would serve if it were amended. --BennyD 07:51, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The term has been expanded by feminists to refer to men who 'rescue' women by insisting on protecting them from dangerous strangers when it is actually the so-called protector who will turn on the woman who rejects his protection and deprives him of his excuse for violence. Ellen Goodman noted (4/14/06) that this analogy can be extended to the current U.S. executive, where preemptive violence provokes blowback that tends to affect women and children most.

This paragraph is not enlightening to someone trying to understand the concept of 'protection racket'. It seems to have been suspiciously added to serve the contributor's agenda. Rintrah 05:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, suggest moving the feminist reference as a disambiguation Fremantle74 14:53, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]