[Discuss] Could you remove the rape option?

[Gloria Santos]

On 8/31/06, LilWolf <bmdiscuss at lilwolf.biz> wrote:
>
> Gloria Santos wrote:
> > Every time the rape option is used, it sparkles some ugly debate among
> > the people involved.
>
> I've never witnessed any arguments over it though I've seen the option
> used a few times.



I've witnessed more than one rape argument in Perdan...




> Those who use the option are called rapists by the other realm.
>
> It's an accurate term for them, isn't it?



Of course.  And I am not against using the word "rapist" to describe someone
who is, without doubt, a rapist.


>
> > 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.
>
> How does a fictional character saying something about fictional
> women(that aren't even player characters) enforce any sort of image in
> real life?



You think about it.  The part of your brain that has those words stored is
activated.  Your neural network makes new links.  The part of your brain you
use to read your mail is the same part of your brain you use when your
character reads his messages.



The whole rape thing in BM seems to be turning into a Jack
> Thompson like crusade against something that shouldn't even be a big
> issue. It's fiction. It doesn't(shouldn't) harm anybody.



Don't compare me to Jack Thompson.  :'(
I know it's fiction.

And just using the rape option and admit that your character is a rapist
shouldn't be a problem.

The problem are the roleplayed "justifications" for it.





>
> > 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.
>
> So what's next on the ban list after rape? :)



Please...
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