# Should "They Were Asking For It"-style rape denial be a moddable offence?

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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-they-were-asking-for-it-style-rape-denial-be-a-moddable-offence/946068/103 "2021-07-11T21:58:08Z")

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> [@I Pit Split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-split-p-j/941620/288):
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> We’re also obliged to say that (a) it isn’t against our rules as currently stated, but (b) it should be.

Frankly I think **Ed\_Zotti** is wrong about the existing rules.

> [@Terms of Service and FAQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-service-and-faq/823562/1):
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> > [@Terms of Service and FAQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-service-and-faq/823562/1):
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> > **Do not** post threats or **state or imply that any individual or group is deserving of harm**.
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> Rape is a form of harm, therefore members are not allowed to state or imply that any individual or group is deserving of rape.

The same existing rule would apply to saying people deserve cancer, that relatives deserve to die, &etc.

~Max

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