The message was sent.......

[wood_artist]

The message has been sent, and I received it loud and clear. I, like every other man, am a rapist. Guilty! The court of female public opinion has spoken, the verdict rendered, and the sentence pronounced. It's off to the gallows. I think rather than request a last meal, I'll just ask for March to the Scaffold to be played. Seems appropriate

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[air_n_darkness]

Craig, when you have calmed down enough to have an actual discussion with me- or any of us- on this topic, we will have it. Right now is not the time, for me at least, because you are currently engaging in the same behavior of which you are accusing all women. You have, for better or worse, accidentally or deliberately, triggered in me the exact types of anxiety and flashbacks from which you yourself seem to be suffering. You are railing at me, at LotM, at Ravyn, at anyone why is supporting the dialogue that has been started because you disagree with an analogy, because you don't want to be considered the same as the "poisoned" sample. There are ways to address your concerns, and this is not it. Claiming to be a "rapist" because you are angry because of the implication that all men are viewed as a potential rapist is so disrespectful to those who have suffered such assault on such a level that I can't even articulate it.

You are, my dear friend, reacting to what you think you hear, and not listening to what is being said. I'm

[wood_artist]

I'm not claiming to be a rapist. I'm simply acknowledging that accepting that guilt is the only proper, or acceptable response. The slightest hint that I am not one only draws more claims that I'm not listening. It's easier to get past that first point by simply agreeing. But...apparently that's not enough