:lol: We have to sleep sometimes...Thank Ollie. I guess I was expecting a continuous coverage on the forum, but that format kinda reveals how long I've been here, right?
I choose not to get involved in the "rape joke" non-debate.
I've known a rape-victim who laughed at things such as "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you... Said the rapist." She may have just been laughing along, but I don't think so.Nope, there's no leeway. Rape's not funny. Period.Earthie is right. I think there's some leeway, and if a woman (or man) can't bear to hear the lightest joke about rape they probably need to get some help (I'm not blaming them or anything; it's a traumatic experience and they got traumatized, that's all there is to it) but I do try to avoid them, especially after I found out a couple years ago that my best friend had been raped when she 12.
Likewise, the best 9/11 jokes are told by New Yorkers and the best Holocaust jokes are told by Jews.I've known a rape-victim who laughed at things such as "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you... Said the rapist." She may have just been laughing along, but I don't think so.Nope, there's no leeway. Rape's not funny. Period.Earthie is right. I think there's some leeway, and if a woman (or man) can't bear to hear the lightest joke about rape they probably need to get some help (I'm not blaming them or anything; it's a traumatic experience and they got traumatized, that's all there is to it) but I do try to avoid them, especially after I found out a couple years ago that my best friend had been raped when she 12.
And either way, plenty of people do find them funny. If you don't, that's great. But it doesn't mean that's universal.
*shrugs*
As I said, I avoid them.
I mean if a victim has come to terms with it, they'll probably be ok with such jokes. If they haven't, that's when it becomes an issue.Likewise, the best 9/11 jokes are told by New Yorkers and the best Holocaust jokes are told by Jews.I've known a rape-victim who laughed at things such as "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you... Said the rapist." She may have just been laughing along, but I don't think so.Nope, there's no leeway. Rape's not funny. Period.Earthie is right. I think there's some leeway, and if a woman (or man) can't bear to hear the lightest joke about rape they probably need to get some help (I'm not blaming them or anything; it's a traumatic experience and they got traumatized, that's all there is to it) but I do try to avoid them, especially after I found out a couple years ago that my best friend had been raped when she 12.
And either way, plenty of people do find them funny. If you don't, that's great. But it doesn't mean that's universal.
*shrugs*
As I said, I avoid them.
Goes to show you...
That's great, but you can't know if you're going to be talking to a person who thinks that's funny or a person who's been raped and reminded of a horrific experience in their life by the joke. The internet's a very public place; for all intents and purposes, in public places, with unknown audiences, rape isn't funny.I've known a rape-victim who laughed at things such as "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you... Said the rapist." She may have just been laughing along, but I don't think so.Nope, there's no leeway. Rape's not funny. Period.Earthie is right. I think there's some leeway, and if a woman (or man) can't bear to hear the lightest joke about rape they probably need to get some help (I'm not blaming them or anything; it's a traumatic experience and they got traumatized, that's all there is to it) but I do try to avoid them, especially after I found out a couple years ago that my best friend had been raped when she 12.
And either way, plenty of people do find them funny. If you don't, that's great. But it doesn't mean that's universal.
*shrugs*
As I said, I avoid them.
Aurora casted an absentee ballot in which she voted for the Sopo/HEM ticket, FYI.Sopo Slips Out Of First Ballot Win
[Live Update] With another vote for Swakistek, and the joke candidate Blumenwitz doing better than expected, Sopo holds, as of this posting, only 50% of the vote, where the simple majority requirement is 50% of the vote plus one vote.
*cough*Aurora casted an absentee ballot in which she voted for the Sopo/HEM ticket, FYI.Sopo Slips Out Of First Ballot Win
[Live Update] With another vote for Swakistek, and the joke candidate Blumenwitz doing better than expected, Sopo holds, as of this posting, only 50% of the vote, where the simple majority requirement is 50% of the vote plus one vote.
Ollie just got told.*cough*Aurora casted an absentee ballot in which she voted for the Sopo/HEM ticket, FYI.Sopo Slips Out Of First Ballot Win
[Live Update] With another vote for Swakistek, and the joke candidate Blumenwitz doing better than expected, Sopo holds, as of this posting, only 50% of the vote, where the simple majority requirement is 50% of the vote plus one vote.
The quoted poster is correct. :baghead:
Contrary to popular opinion, I am not infallible.Ollie just got told.*cough*Aurora casted an absentee ballot in which she voted for the Sopo/HEM ticket, FYI.Sopo Slips Out Of First Ballot Win
[Live Update] With another vote for Swakistek, and the joke candidate Blumenwitz doing better than expected, Sopo holds, as of this posting, only 50% of the vote, where the simple majority requirement is 50% of the vote plus one vote.
The quoted poster is correct. :baghead:
:lol:
What public opinion says that?Contrary to popular opinion, I am not infallible.Ollie just got told.*cough*Aurora casted an absentee ballot in which she voted for the Sopo/HEM ticket, FYI.Sopo Slips Out Of First Ballot Win
[Live Update] With another vote for Swakistek, and the joke candidate Blumenwitz doing better than expected, Sopo holds, as of this posting, only 50% of the vote, where the simple majority requirement is 50% of the vote plus one vote.
The quoted poster is correct. :baghead:
:lol:
Both PL and Jusduckria seemed shocked by the suggestion. But it was really just me with my tongue in my cheek.What public opinion says that?Contrary to popular opinion, I am not infallible.Ollie just got told.*cough*Aurora casted an absentee ballot in which she voted for the Sopo/HEM ticket, FYI.Sopo Slips Out Of First Ballot Win
[Live Update] With another vote for Swakistek, and the joke candidate Blumenwitz doing better than expected, Sopo holds, as of this posting, only 50% of the vote, where the simple majority requirement is 50% of the vote plus one vote.
The quoted poster is correct. :baghead:
:lol: