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The Bitter Cold wrote: Noothgrush: I understand the difference between shock value and fetihizing rape. This is why I refuse to read A Game of Thrones. Jokes aside, rape is not something to be trivialized, and I am aware of this. However, the word "rape" has various applications that aren't archaic. For instance, "rape of the earth" is used to refer to the deleption of the earth's resources for human consumption and polluting it while doing so. This doesn't trivialize rape by any means. In fact, the phrase acknowledges how horrible rape is, and uses it to draw attention to a serious issue. This is the kind of application I do not have a problem with. I understand I wasn't so clear on that.

In terms of "rape of the natural world" it doesn't trivialize rape, you're right. I'm more referring to people trivializing it in other terms on a day to day basis. There's definitely a difference between using rape in the above terms and using rape in the terms I'm speaking of.