[Discuss] Could you remove the rape option?

[Timothy Collett]

On Aug 31, 2006, at 8:58 AM, James wrote:
> I honestly and truly hope that no one you love ever has to go  
> through this experience.

Someone I care about has.  And yet, I am able to look at it objectively.

> The option only brings about the worst in people.  Bringing up the  
> issue of "they deserved it" or "they're a whore" only reinforces  
> the false myth that is rape is "ok" and the woman's fault.

That's about as true, I think, as the fact that using the infiltrator  
option to assassinate reinforces the belief that it's OK to stab  
people in their sleep.

And if people are being jerks about it in-game, you have 2 options:
1) call them out in-game and in-character, making a big deal out of  
how evil they are, and if they're in your realm, get them banned
2) if they're really that objectionable, ask them politely, OOC, to  
stop.  If they won't, report them to the Titans, as it would, at that  
point, be harassment.

There's no call to remove options from the game just because bad  
things have happened to people.  Maybe some people's fathers were  
killed in wars; should we remove hero death to spare them pain?  Or  
better yet, just make it so no one dies, peasants or nobles!

This is a game of medieval war.  If you can't handle the attendant  
atrocities maturely--which means both not being a jerk about them,  
and not getting upset by the mere fact that they're there--then  
perhaps you should consider leaving the game and coming back when  
you're older and wiser.

> Your attitude is appalling and why this problem exists.  People  
> like you are why woman are scared to go to the police after being  
> raped.  People like you are part of the reason why woman blame  
> themselves after being raped.

...And that would be enough, were I the owner of this list, to get  
you banned for at least a week.  All Jonathon was saying is that  
people these days are way too thin-skinned and unable to deal with  
serious issues without the discussion degrading into cries of, "That  
offends me!  Remove it from the world!"

You just proved him right.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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