I've been wanting a post like this for a while...

[raichu100]

...and no one has written it, so I'm taking the initiative.

In a recent post by the_rukh there was a heated ensuing discussion about whether it's appropriate to give advice to women to help them prevent being raped. One of the things that came up repeatedly in the discussion was that whether or not the advice was appropriate (and that is NOT the focus of

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[ddstory]

How many more posts about rape and abortion before everyone pukes collectively? Is there any sub-sub-sub-issue of the issue that we haven't discussed yet? Seems yes.

/pukes lavishly again/

(Don't worry, not your fault. Must be the pregnancy. Can't be otherwise).

I summon everybody who'd like to join my Alliance Against Rape/Abortion Posts, and post as many maximum-interesting non-abortion-non-rape posts as they can. There's candy!

[blue_mangos]

It comes from watching so much hockey I think.

[htpcl]

I hate it when the sports commentators flood the whole air time with stupid stats, like, Did You Know Berbatov Has Scored 9 of his 30 Goals For The Season With His Head? Har Har Har!

[blue_mangos]

I'm guessing you're talking about soccer here. If hockey players tried scoring goals with their heads they'd have even less teeth than they already do.

[htpcl]

I thought all of their teeth are fakes anyway.

[blue_mangos]

Nope, most of them just have flippers that they put in to fill in the gaps. And I have no idea why but this just reminded me of my favourite fight maneuveur The hockey shirt

[geezer_also]

They have stats in hockey?
Like what, how many punches thrown in the second period by a left handed defenseman?

[blue_mangos]

:p

total shots on goal, total passes, player career stats, things like that.

[raichu100]

"I think issues like rape and abortion are pretty important and worth discussing."

this.

[blue_mangos]

Alternatively if a subject does not interest someone they can just scroll right by it...

[ddstory]

Believe me, I'm aware of that. That's not my point, though.

[paft]

Do you want the moderators to start telling posters "no, you can't post about THAT political issue on the Talk_politics?"

[meus_ovatio]

This is sort of her thing. She whines about posts. That's what she does. Every community has one. Just accept it!

[ddstory]

Yes, but at least I don't snark onto people, subtly hinting about my intellectual/moral superiority. Believe me I (at least believe) I'm doing it for the better. You disagree? Fine. But don't snark on me. At least I'm not attacking any one person.

[meus_ovatio]

Oh no, of course you don't.

[ddstory]

Yes, go on and prove my point more.