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

I completely agree with you! – vivelafat, on October 22, 2008 21:58

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

Oh noessss! MecuryPDX is getting annoyed! We totally better stop because I don't want to annoy anyone with my complaining! – vivelafat, on October 22, 2008 21:56

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

We are at an impasse. I will not discuss why lynching is offensive when used casually with you on this board. I am however happy that you did some research on it and came to an answer yourself. It does not surprise me that you didn't know why the word was offensive, your privilege is showing sir or madam.
Also as someone who has lived in several different countries and speaks several different languages I would request that you kindly not lecture me on how big the world is. – vivelafat, on October 22, 2008 20:38

vivelafat marked one of Gawker Media Tech Support's replies in Gawker Media Tech as useful. Gawker Media Tech Support replied to the idea "Stop the B.S. comment system".

A comment on the idea "Consumerist ship is sinking without enough editors!" in Gawker Media Tech:

Wait didn't you just tell me to not read the site if I found a single word in a single post offensive? – vivelafat, on October 22, 2008 20:06

vivelafat marked one of bria's replies in Gawker Media Tech as useful. bria replied to the idea "Consumerist ship is sinking without enough editors!".

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

Hanzo, in the spectrum of the Consumerist, which I have been reading since it's inception, 20 or more people complaining about the insensitive usage of a word (notice I didn't say incorrect merely insensitive) is rather large. Also the idea that because we are in the minority we may not be correct is entirely against everything the Consumerist stands for. In fact the consumerist sticks up for the little people while big companies (and you apparently) try to get them to quite down because they are too small to really matter.
And you right, I will not explain to you why the word "lynching" is not to be used lightly.
Again certain words, while used well within their defined usuage are not entirely proper for professional discourse. – vivelafat, on October 22, 2008 20:04

vivelafat replied on October 22, 2008 19:48 to the question "Rape is something to be taken lightly?" in Gawker Media Tech:

Ok so I think we need to divorce the issue of the word rape being used in the post, and the insensitive comments from the mod when complaints were made, because I REALLY want to find out what is being done about her comments. Can you please answer that question Official Rep?

A comment on the problem ""Rape" not an appropriate descriptor for high credit card rates." in Gawker Media Tech:

That's not a very good way to bolster up a website that already had to let 2 employees go because it wasn't generating enough revenue. – vivelafat, on October 22, 2008 19:46

A comment on the problem ""Rape" not an appropriate descriptor for high credit card rates." in Gawker Media Tech:

Are you officially telling me to stop reading your site rather then complain? Because I can't believe Gawker would tell it bread and butter to get lost. – vivelafat, on October 22, 2008 19:42

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

Except it wasn't acceptable because here and on the website itself at least 20 people or more have explained that it wasn't acceptable. It is not as though we comb through every post trying to find something to be offended at.
Also, if you really need me to tell you who the word lynching is offensive to, then I am totally done replying to your comments. – vivelafat, on October 22, 2008 19:39

vivelafat replied on October 22, 2008 19:18 to the question "Rape is something to be taken lightly?" in Gawker Media Tech:

Can we please appeal this question to another representative or someone higher on the food chain?

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

But comparing the word to words like lynch and holocaust is not ridiculous. Society may use the word, but professional websites should not. – vivelafat, on October 22, 2008 19:16

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

Technically so does the word lynch and holocaust, but we really don't use those when discussing something as tawdry as credit card debt. Their are certain words that are very emotionally charged and a website struggling for readers is probably not the best place to use said words. – vivelafat, on October 22, 2008 19:02

vivelafat replied on October 22, 2008 18:41 to the question "Rape is something to be taken lightly?" in Gawker Media Tech:

"Simmer down" is extremely insulting. Also a simile is defined as "a technique that uses words such as "like" or "as" to compare two ideas" Are you honestly trying to tell me that being forcible penetrated is similar to paying high credit card rates?

vivelafat replied on October 22, 2008 18:39 to the question "Rape is something to be taken lightly?" in Gawker Media Tech:

So, the official reply is," take it easy?" What about the "rape jokes not being against Consumerist rules" issue that was in the post linked to this one?

vivelafat replied on October 22, 2008 18:25 to the question "Rape jokes are okay?" in Gawker Media Tech:

The problem is, official Rep, that the post you sent us to doesn't have an answer to the question on it, are you all ignoring it?

vivelafat replied on October 22, 2008 18:24 to the question "Rape is something to be taken lightly?" in Gawker Media Tech:

Why is there STILL no valid response from Gawker or Consumerist about this? They are not even giving us the courtesy of a "taking it seriously"

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