Dave__Notts wrote:
Sometimes it is appropriate to use the word when describing some actions, other than the sexual content. It is a word that has a message to say and that is how you use it. The famous use of the word, and it sits just right IMO, is the Rape of Nanking. No other word could describe the horror in that city.
Dave_Notts
Kaznkev wrote:
i think their may have been an objection here to the fact that using a term with specific meaning,that describes a horrific and personal attack,that is a trigger for many and should not be diminished,to describe a political party and its actions is wrong and inappropiate.
If thats not what u meant away,sorry,its what i think and it annoys the hell out of me.
Lizaleanrob wrote:
allow me then
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=britians+national+debt
awayman wrote:
YOu're entitled t believe what you like, but I think you're wrong, and in the absence of any evidence on your part I'm not persuaded by your repeated use of the word rape.
Lizaleanrob wrote:
i do believe the reason`s we need such cuts is due to financial rape of the country`s finances by gordon brown and new labour
deancannock wrote:
nice to know you will be able to.....64 million saved this year says Mr cameron....how many jobs is that then !! If average wage is lets say £25,000.....there will be alot of people out of work and ready to riot !!!!
Bluefish2009 wrote:
I shall be too busy earning a living to riot
I shall be too busy earning a living to riot
nice to know you will be able to.....64 million saved this year says Mr cameron....how many jobs is that then !! If average wage is lets say £25,000.....there will be alot of people out of work and ready to riot !!!!
i do believe the reason`s we need such cuts is due to financial rape of the country`s finances by gordon brown and new labour
YOu're entitled t believe what you like, but I think you're wrong, and in the absence of any evidence on your part I'm not persuaded by your repeated use of the word rape.
allow me then
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=britians+national+debt
i think their may have been an objection here to the fact that using a term with specific meaning,that describes a horrific and personal attack,that is a trigger for many and should not be diminished,to describe a political party and its actions is wrong and inappropiate.
If thats not what u meant away,sorry,its what i think and it annoys the hell out of me.
Sometimes it is appropriate to use the word when describing some actions, other than the sexual content. It is a word that has a message to say and that is how you use it. The famous use of the word, and it sits just right IMO, is the Rape of Nanking. No other word could describe the horror in that city.
Dave_Notts
the Rape of Nanking involved mass rape as a weapon of war,and is therefore i think a perfectly valid description.(i am not saying the event was so called because of this)
i understand that the word is used to describe a variety of things,and it is a very strong word,but i personally feel it should be used with care.
Words are powerful things,this was brought home to me reading this morning where someone had suggested Obama was going to be lynched for something.They were using a commen term without thinking of the power behind the word when using it towards a black American.
The word rape is such a powerful word that i feel quite strongly that it should only be used to describe the act of violation of a person and not as a metaphor.However i do understand that we all use language differently.Indeed we could get onto meta languages here and i could bore u all day
Rob, i understand there was no intent behind your use of the word.
