[Discuss] Status ?

[Gloria Santos]

On 7/3/06, James Spadaccini <TheKobald at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Vinnie wrote:
> >
> >
> > 2006/7/3, James Spadaccini <TheKobald at tampabay.rr.com
> > <mailto:TheKobald at tampabay.rr.com>>:
> >
> >     Peter Weisberg wrote:
> >     > On 7/1/06, ALL-IM <eniemans at xs4all.nl
> >     <mailto:eniemans at xs4all.nl>> wrote:
> >     >> Like I said before.
> >     >> Roleplaying rape is totaly NOT DONE.
> >     >> In that case Lightning is a too light a punishment.
> >     >>
> >     >> We also had some player RolePlaying a serial killer.
> >     >> And he was bitching about us not accepting him as a good RP-ing
> >     player.
> >     >>
> >     >> I say: No mercy and no warning what so ever. Just kick him and
> ban
> >     >> his IP
> >     >> and all.
> >     >> If he doesn't understand that, then triple what I said before,
> >     if it
> >     >> were
> >     >> possible.
> >     >
> >     > I could possibly disagree with this post more.  The opposite of
> >     every
> >     > sentence is true.
> >     >
> >     > Roleplaying rape is acceptable if it's not too graphic and doesn't
> >     > cause someone else's character to do something he otherwise
> >     wouldn't.
> >     > In that case Lightening is too harsh a punishment.
> >     >
> >     > I once heard about a player who was RPing a serial killer, and for
> >     > that reason his character's realmates wouldn't accept him, even
> >     though
> >     > they probably didn't know of the killings IC.  We might have lost
> a
> >     > good RPer because of that.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     If you had ever been through something like this or someone you
> loved
> >     had been you would see what an ass you are.  It is completely and
> >     utterly wrong.  My girlfriend has been raped recently.  If she saw
> >     any
> >     form of it she'd probably cry uncontrollably for at least a
> >     day.  It is
> >     not something that adds to the game and it's more likely that
> someone
> >     will leave because it was RPed then not being allow to RP it (if
> >     someone
> >     leaves because of not being able to RP it then chances are they're
> >     sick
> >     and I don't want them in the game, for whatever that means
> >     anyway).  If
> >     someone can tell me one thing that it adds to the game then I'll
> >     change
> >     my mind, until then it should be completely and utterly disallowed
> and
> >     like he said, a bolt is too light of a punishment for someone
> >     doing it.
> >
> >
> > I'm sorry for her.
> >
> > But there have been people murdered. My character has murdered all the
> > time. Any of your characters ever looted? There are people that have
> > been violently robbed. You didn't ever pick the rape option for your
> > troops, for looting? And what about seriously wounding by an
> > assassination?
> >
> > I understand the problem. I understand she can't live with it, but she
> > should be getting help for that. Disallowing everyone to roleplay as
> > they desire because of what might have happened to some people is a
> > little far off.
> Victims of murder aren't around to be scared of that.  She is going to
> therapy for it, however, it's a very long process to recover from.  Rape
> is highly considered as the worst thing you can do to someone
> (emotionally speaking), murder would probably be worse, but as I said
> the victims aren't around afterwards.  Looting is considered very
> different then a robbery and I doubt that it's as traumatic as a rape.
> All of that fails in comparison to what we're talking about Vinnie.  And
> no, I have never picked the rape option for looting.  You still haven't
> answered my question as to what it adds to the game either.
>
>
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There are more than two victims of rape  playing the game.   It is a
touchier subject than murder and looting because, in my opinion, it is
harder to distance yourself from it.  I agree with the viewpoint expressed
here: http://www.gamegrene.com/node/447

You have to be extremely careful when roleplaying rape, and it's best not to
do so.
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