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Sometimes I read too quickly, but I missed it. It said,
"To Ostrich's dismay, the vagina followed, giggling as it said, 'I love it when a man in uniform takes control.'"
I'm confused. Who/what was raped, exactly?
I'm not saying that this wasn't a terribly unfunny attempt at humor (which is a much more serious sin than being "offensive"), but how is it rape?
And I agree with the poster who said that rape jokes can be funny. Any kind of joke can be funny. It doesn't naturally follow that laughing at a rape joke makes one less sympathetic towards rape victims. Just like laughing at "Blazing Saddles" doesn't make one less sensitive to racism. Comedy and human nature are too complex to suggest that specific behavior naturally follows from specific language.
