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A comment on the question "Rape is something to be taken lightly?" in Gawker Media Tech:

Hanzo, what you continue not to grasp is that this was not just a random commenter using an emotionally-charged word. I don't care what "society" uses the word rape for, and I don't care if dumb high-schoolers use it on their blogs to refer to other things. My problem is that it was used by Ben Popken, and I expect more out of someone employed as an editor of a professional website. – Bitter, on October 22, 2008 19:21

A comment on the question "Rape is something to be taken lightly?" in Gawker Media Tech:

I also like how people who are upset by rape jokes are supposed to "simmer down", while people who are upset by people being upset by rape jokes are apparently within their rights to go on any sort of tirade that they feel like. – Bitter, on October 22, 2008 19:08

A comment on the question "Rape is something to be taken lightly?" in Gawker Media Tech:

This is not an issue of who's using a technically correct definition of a word. It's an issue of class and professionalism. – Bitter, on October 22, 2008 19:02

A comment on the question "Rape is something to be taken lightly?" in Gawker Media Tech:

So you don't think that comparing rape to a high APR by way of a metaphor "mak[es] light of real rape"? Because it does. – Bitter, on October 22, 2008 18:38

Bitter started following the question "Rape jokes are okay?" in Gawker Media Tech.

Bitter started following the problem ""Rape" not an appropriate descriptor for high credit card rates." in Gawker Media Tech.

Bitter asked a question in Gawker Media Tech on October 22, 2008 17:34:

Rape is something to be taken lightly?

When did the use of the word "Rape" to describe anything other than forced sexual assault become acceptable from a professional website?