Dear Mods...

[*pepe]

What is the theory behind the word r a p e being reduced to **bleep** like its a smutty unacceptable word that must not be spoken here on Community Spirit?

R a p e is a serious and all too common occurence in our society and already is kept hidden by too many victims who feel the stigma of shame that society in general has attached to it.

It should be, NEEDS to be, freely discussed without any connotations of it being a dirty word.

By bleeping it out you are contributing to the stigma.

If you have a social conscience at all you will fix this immediately.

[lurker17260]

That may be jo, but making bad taste and offensive jokes in a serious thread about over zealous moderation is not going to help the mods understand we are all adults here.

[polksaladallie]

I have been known to silence a conversation in a room by objecting to a joke about domestic violence,  I once had an Aspley chemist's advertisment removed from the radio because it included a joke about domestic violence. 

Violence should never be joked about.  It then trivialises it and makes it acceptable.  Stats say that one in three marriages/relationships include some form of domestic violence.  Anything that we can do to lessen that figure we should do.

[fiestas*girl]

great thread Pepe AnD an sppropriate response from mods....bravo!

pity about joz tho -

[lionrose.7]

Joe I am sure your mother and sister would find that joke offensive 😞

[izabsmiling]

has a mod responded to the questions in the OP ? 

has a demo been given by a poster which could explain part of the reasoning ? 

and also If we can post raped but not the word without the 'd' which would make it  past tense does that maybe prevent threats to do it ?

Could that be part of the reasoning ?

[lurker17260]

Yes, but as it was in a message I'm not going to disclose or discuss it here.  Suffice to say I am somewhat satisified and look forward to the future.

[izabsmiling]

I'm glad that you are satified Lurker ....but shouldn't the mods satisfy all the board ON  this board rather than just sending a message to one poster ?

[*pepe]

the mods have forwarded my complaint on to the powers that be, we just have to wait and see where it goes from there.

[purple_haize]

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@*pepe wrote:

the mods have forwarded my complaint on to the powers that be, we just have to wait and see where it goes from there.

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That is great Pepe, at least they are going to do something.

[ca04]

It is also the name of a plant & is also used in matters outside of the sexual use of the word.