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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6178638" data-attributes="member: 8835">My response here should cover a rebuttal to Cadence as well.I haven't read the comic.  I've read Gabes new apology.  I can reasonably guess that because the joke involved rape ( a word that I've been trying to avoid using in this thread), somebody who was raped or worse, somebody who thinks they need to stand up for people who were raped when they are quite capable of speaking for themselves in America) has taken offense at the comic despite the fact that the comic was not aimed at, nor making fun of them specifically.This would be the 4th option to Cadence's list.  The reader could assume that the tasteless joke has NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM and move on to something more pleasant.Just because I make a joke about getting "raped in Halo" does not mean I think it is OK to rape actual people, nor do I think its OK for police to ignore victims, nor do I think it is OK for society/families to shame the victim of actual rape.I am quite capable of differentiating the context of "raped in Halo" being completely unrelated to the actual crime and impact of a violent act.I may in fact be insensitive to others listening in, when I say "raped in Halo", but that does not diminish my right to say it in the context that people playing Halo or on a Halo forum are expected to know exactly what I am talking about.Furthermore, it is arrogant and wrong to presume that a person's situation as a victim of actual rape entitles you to special communication restrictions on my part when participating in a public forum that is not about that person's situation.Now EN World has a policy about not discussing the R word, and I apologize for crossing that line to make my point.As such, whether I apologize or not, EN World has the right to punish me per their rules.  Outside of violating that rule, say in the context of being in a Halo match or on a Halo forum that may not have an R word restriction, I have every right to use the phrase with the expectation that its common usage in the game is known what is meant and that a sensitive person does NOT have any right to expectation of special treatment due to their situation or verbal-restraint on my part.</blockquote>

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