James and Mona Rocha argued that while "Veronica showed poor judgment in the episode, the blame for her rape should not be put on her—instead, Dick, Logan, Sean, Dick, and Cassidy (Beaver) should take the blame. Responsibility and blame aren't zero-sum reckonings, such that adding to one person's blame automatically subtracts it from someone else's." Regarding Logan, they stated that "she wouldn't have been raped, if not for Logan's buying the GHB." On Dick, they wrote that "Dick didn't intend to drug Veronica, but he did intend to drug someone." The pair argued that Veronica made some choices that were causally related to her rape, but they concluded that she did not deserve blame. "If someone like Veronica makes a bad prudential choice that causes her harm, then maybe she should blame herself, but we can't blame her for any moral wrong done to her as a result. She may have acted foolishly, but that was within her rights."