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Do you suppose that people who live in war zones are forbidden from making jokes about bombs?

I get what you’re going for and have already stated elsewhere that I think rape jokes are tasteless. But your criteria doesn’t make much sense. Good for you for wanting to be sensitive to others. But if you’re going to be sensitive to others, maybe ask why your care doesn’t extend to victims in general and somehow only applies to this one word.



Nobody is talking about forbidding. The topic is being a decent human who takes others into account.


> who takes others into account

Odd then that you seem so dismissive of the other concerns called out.


Those "concerns" are pretty damn minuscule in comparison.




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