Smokey The Bear Got Out of Hand

So, the idea behind this series of "educational" posters is that if we tell people something is wrong, they won't do it?

So why don't we have posters explaining property rights to burglars?  I mean, the cigarette warnings work so well, and obviously this poster will stop rapists from raping, right?  Wouldn't breaking and entering statistics benefit from the same sort of campaign?  Or, just possibly, is this yet another way all men are made out to be culpable for every single sexual assault ever?

"Male privledge," indeed.

Imagine a poster in your local subway, or bus terminal that said "Women can stop Herpes. Keep your knees together." Similarly it would presume that each woman, even those without herpes, even virgins, are responsible for the actions of other women.

Where was the poster for this guy? What would it have said?

What happens when rape is redefined to include cases where there is no sexual contact?  Have I just raped? Am I being raped now?  Where the hell is my/our poster?  Surely it would have stopped me/you/us from raping and being raped.

This is bullshit, and I'd wager the folks who came up with it know that.