[Discuss] Could you remove the rape option?

[Timothy Collett]

On Aug 31, 2006, at 9:25 AM, Gloria Santos wrote:
> I'm not upset every time I hear the word "rape".
> I'm upset by the idea that raping women is ok and its their fault.

That is, indeed, an upsetting idea.  However, it's best to deal with  
IC if brought up IC.  If someone takes it too far, *then* you can ask  
them OOC to stop, and if they don't, then report it to the Titans.

Again, it's the people that are the problem, not the code.

> People who have been murdered can't play this game.  People who  
> have been raped can, and do.  Clowning around with a concept that  
> should be serious just isn't right.

But people whose family or friends have been murdered certainly can.   
Torture victims and people who know them can.

That doesn't mean we should remove those options.  And the fact that  
rape victims and their loved ones can play the game doesn't mean the  
option should be removed--however abhorrent we might find the option,  
and even more so the people who try to justify using it.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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