On the casual use of the word rape

[Zuka]

I'm afraid I don't see how it's bizarre or poorly pieced together, but if I need to elaborate somewhere please point it out, I'm not exactly good with human interaction over the internet.

[DaveSW]

My  2 cents:

Penny 1:  Zuka's post made perfect sense to me.  Essentially saying that the only power a word has is the power that an individual gives it.  Saying fuck does not shock me, because I don't let it, same with any other word.

Penny 2: My wife was raped, twice.  I still use rape casually.  Not because I am an insensitive bastard, but because no one should filter themselves because they are afraid of potentially offending someone.  Of course, my wife doesn't act like a self-absorbed perpetually victimized twit, so that helps too.  She still can't be around any males other then myself and our son without freaking out, but she doesn't make the fact that she was raped the basis of her personality.