[Discuss] Could you remove the rape option?

[Eric Kenseth]

On 8/31/06, Eric Pigeon <eric at safe.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:18:20 -0500, Gloria Santos wrote
> > Every time the rape option is used, it sparkles some ugly debate among the
> > people involved.
> > Those who use the option are called rapists by the other realm.
> > And the realm doing the raping calls the enemy's women "whores" and say
> > "they were asking for it".
> > I find the previous argument disgusting; and playing it only makes the idea
> > that "it's ok to rape women and blame them for it" acceptable.
> >
> > I understand that it's realistic, and that rape was a strategy used in the
> > Middle Ages.  But we could make BM a little less realistic and a bit more of
> > a fantasy game, in that aspect.
> >
> > We've already had a lot of arguments and even one lightning bolted person
> > because of this.
>
> Warning: Smart ass nearly inflamatory mail.
>
> Maybe we should disable the kill option in this game too? Afterall killing people IS
> bad. Yet all of us (or nearly) recruit a bunch of man that get kill within a week or 2.
> Isn't it highly immoral, worse; no one seems to be appealed by that killing!!! Worse,
> the few peace activiest I'v ever saw in game got killed or got their mouth shut...
>
> To cut my own *** out: bottom line, why are we offenced by raping, but not by killing?
>
> Bottom line of the Bottom line: It's a game... we kill, rape, assasin, lie, cheat,
> destroy and wreak havoc... It's a game...
>

Dont forget torture. Theres a game issue that noone takes as seriously
as they should. Well not noone, but most don't. But hey, its all in
fun and games. I liked playing out my characters switch of mind into a
slow decent of insanity after he got tortured. He eventually became
suicidal and died in a duel that he had pretty much no chance of
winning. That was fun.


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