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Originally Posted by Akama13
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Originally Posted by Aconite
The easiest way to dilute any reaction to a real horror is to label everything a horror. When everyone who gets even a bit cross is called Hitler, the real one just becomes a silly man with a goofy moustache. Likewise, when we call everything unpleasant "rape", we needn't, as a society, be outraged by the actual occurrence.
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It is slightly disturbing to call an act that causes tremendous trauma, namely abusing a woman in a helpless position ( since you take offense to the word rape) "inconvenience".
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By the way, this is a straw man, or rather, the bastard child of a straw man and a misquote. "Inconvenience" was not used in the quote referenced. If you are disturbed, it is self-inflicted.
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