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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KRT" data-source="post: 2662473" data-attributes="member: 37355">Hold on people! We're here to talk about bad gamer behaviour, not to exhibit bad posting behaviour. Email and posting are very dangerous because context is rarely present in enough detail to allow us to know exactly what the other person means. So when someone makes what we think to be an outrageous comment, proceed tactfully. I know we're not therapists here (well maybe a couple are) but we need to tread a little lighter. Rape is not only a mature theme, but a loaded one as well. Someone who makes light of it or does not realize the seriousness is not going to be convinced of another point of view through insults and threats, especially if they have been misread. I admit, I found the original post funny too. However I do not find rape funny at all. So why would my mind find any situation that had rape in it funny? Because the situation was funny. Fictional situation, helpless friend, in trouble through own idiocy, another friend arrives, instead of rescuing does something even more stupid. Everything is funny up until we consider what that stupid thing was. Although it seems harmless because of the fictional setting it is anything but. It puts rape in a light that is not serious, and that is serious. By making light of something we are opening the possibilities that rape may not be bad in all situations. But it is, and through this story it slipped under our guard.However only by exploring the scenario with a clear mind unfettered by emotions such as outrage or defensiveness do we stand a chance of understanding the insidiousness of it.Hope my words have both provoked thought and quelled the negativity</blockquote>

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