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The word 'rape'

3,834 187 May 29, 2011 at 07:26 AM in Question
Some of you have already read this because I posted this on my fb status but I feel like its worth repeating. We bought (financed) a mattress today and the guy who was selling it to us told us to make sure to pay it off before the interest free period ends because "They will rape you, they will absolutely rape you, they won't even take you to dinner first."
Was that okay for him to say? I thought it was unprofessional and I personally would never use the word rape in every day context like that. It takes away from the severity of the meaning.
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PaintTheSkyGrey
05-29-2011 at 06:04 PM.
05-29-2011 at 06:04 PM.
Quote from jenni. :
I both agree and disagree with this. Some words really ARE offensive..the "n" word comes to mind....but in some instances, it's become a little much. You can't say anything without offending SOMEONE and it's really time to stop looking for something to be offended by in everything.
I can see why some words are more offensive than others. I still believe it's all about how much you let it bother you, rather than some innate mechanism that the word possesses.

Quote from jenni. :
Honest to God, I read this as "the most laid black person ever" and I thought...HEY that's not only offensive, it's intrusive!! Stick Out Tongue
LMAO

I'm neither of the above!
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Scubastevie
05-29-2011 at 06:06 PM.
05-29-2011 at 06:06 PM.
I was here to get raped, but nobody would do it. Leaving the thread now.
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burninator
05-29-2011 at 06:07 PM.
05-29-2011 at 06:07 PM.
This thread has, predictably, turned hilarious.
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JSinger
05-29-2011 at 06:25 PM.
05-29-2011 at 06:25 PM.
I still agree with Shit for Brains.
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UTR
05-29-2011 at 06:25 PM.
05-29-2011 at 06:25 PM.
Quote from calistyle :
LMAO


  1. Not surprised.
  2. I wouldn't expect you to.
  3. I'm content with that. Cool
  4. Brownie points for proper grammar on the bolded. Smilie
Do you mean when people say I COULD care less? That never made sense to me and makes the person sound like an idiot because inferring that they could care less is saying that they care at least a little bit.
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jenni.
05-29-2011 at 06:30 PM.
05-29-2011 at 06:30 PM.
Quote from PaintTheSkyGrey :
I can see why some words are more offensive than others. I still believe it's all about how much you let it bother you, rather than some innate mechanism that the word possesses.


LMAO

I'm neither of the above!
I think it's more offensive when it's MEANT to be offensive, not when someone's just talking, if that makes sense. Like if you attack someone's ethnicity, religion, character, etc...that is more offensive than if you're just having a conversation about some random things.

And while you may never be black, here's hoping you get laid...at some point.
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calistyle
05-29-2011 at 07:00 PM.
05-29-2011 at 07:00 PM.
Quote from UTR :
Do you mean when people say I COULD care less? That never made sense to me and makes the person sound like an idiot because inferring that they could care less is saying that they care at least a little bit.
bulb I meant exactly what I wrote. Girly
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Pig
05-29-2011 at 09:14 PM.
05-29-2011 at 09:14 PM.
Quote from UTR :
Do you mean when people say I COULD care less? That never made sense to me and makes the person sound like an idiot because inferring that they could care less is saying that they care at least a little bit.
I could care less that you think I'm an idiot Mad
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kilacam19
05-29-2011 at 09:16 PM.
05-29-2011 at 09:16 PM.
i say rape all the time on xbox. I also call my retard cousin a tard, am I going to hell?
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SlickChik
05-29-2011 at 09:20 PM.
05-29-2011 at 09:20 PM.
Quote from kilacam19 :
i say rape all the time on xbox. I also call my retard cousin a tard, am I going to hell?
I'm sure those aren't the only things securing your place in hell. laugh out loud
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homycraz2
05-29-2011 at 09:22 PM.
05-29-2011 at 09:22 PM.
UTR.... What does your theRAPIST think about this?
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The Llama
05-29-2011 at 09:30 PM.
05-29-2011 at 09:30 PM.
Quote from homycraz2 :
UTR.... What does your theRAPIST think about this?
I'll take anal bum cover for $200 Alex...
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LC2
05-29-2011 at 09:42 PM.
05-29-2011 at 09:42 PM.
Inappropriate and unprofessional. And if he speaks that way to a customer it makes you wonder what else he finds acceptable in the workplace.

Ahhh Paint with his "words are just words." Rolleyes Perhaps, but it's best to watch them in the workplace and in dealing with customers lest someone sue.
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The Llama
05-29-2011 at 09:55 PM.
05-29-2011 at 09:55 PM.
Quote from LinuxChick :
Inappropriate and unprofessional. And if he speaks that way to a customer it makes you wonder what else he finds acceptable in the workplace.

Ahhh Paint with his "words are just words." Rolleyes Perhaps, but it's best to watch them in the workplace and in dealing with customers lest someone sue.
To your first point, it could have just been an expression that he doesn't think is bad.

To the second, don't completely invalidate the fact that there are two approaches to this. The philosophical, in which Paint is dead right... the only value a word has is that which we give it. And the realistic, in which (unfortunately or not) people can be sensitive to certain words or phrases and we would be wise to be aware of that.
So we can all argue til we're blue in the face over the "right" or "wrong" of the philosophy, but I'm not quite ready to run through Harlem yelling the N word.
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05-29-2011 at 10:13 PM.
05-29-2011 at 10:13 PM.
Quote from The Llama :
To your first point, it could have just been an expression that he doesn't think is bad.

To the second, don't completely invalidate the fact that there are two approaches to this. The philosophical, in which Paint is dead right... the only value a word has is that which we give it. And the realistic, in which (unfortunately or not) people can be sensitive to certain words or phrases and we would be wise to be aware of that.
So we can all argue til we're blue in the face over the "right" or "wrong" of the philosophy, but I'm not quite ready to run through Harlem yelling the N word.
I was just saying that in this litigious society I have seen people sue on the basis of far less. If a pattern of behavior could be proven or corroborated there is a greedy plaintiff just waiting.

Who was that comedian who joked that he loved seeing white people try to sing rap songs that got stuck in their head because they never knew what to do when the N word came up? laugh out loud So true.
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