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

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**Created:** [July 9, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-they-were-asking-for-it-style-rape-denial-be-a-moddable-offence/946068 "2021-07-09T07:09:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-they-were-asking-for-it-style-rape-denial-be-a-moddable-offence/946068/91 "2021-07-11T04:30:13Z")

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> [@How reprehensible do YOU want to be in the Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reprehensible-do-you-want-to-be-in-the-pit/844084/1):
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> **Making personal attacks against posters**  
> This is both the area where I intend the most immediate change, but also the most subjective. I want to make attacking someone over deep personal trauma out-of-bounds, but that’s going to necessarily be a lot of subjective decisions on my part.

It occurs me that telling people that they were responsible for their own rapes to be “attacking someone over deep personal trauma”. But maybe that’s just me. Even in the Pit the behavior at question seems to be a violation already without having to change any rules.

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