Board Thread:Community Voting/@comment-5052737-20160202174112/@comment-5311834-20160202203336

I'm just like, not going to bother reading all of the previous commnets here because I really don't need to. Sorry if what I'm about to say is redudant, but I'll just state my reasonings for the record.

It's not like unblocking the word rape means people are suddenly going to start talking about it frequently. However, someone shouldn't have to feel like it's something they can't talk about. The fact that it's blocked just cements it as another dirty word people can't say or speak up about, and that's not the kind of environment I want this wiki to have. Victims should feel no shame and should always be able to talk about it safely. Get rid of the stigma. Now, as to whether or not we'd let it be used for slang; absolutely not. It just trivialises the word and is not something that has any business being said here(or anywhere, for that matter), and I would not hesitate to ban on the spot if someone was abusing usage of the word.

As for condom, I'm honestly not as concerned about it's blockage. I don't care much either way. However, there's really not a point to having it unblocked, as again if someone were using it inappropriately the mods would step in. In fact the conversation that brought the word up was a perfectly chat appropriate discussion about birth control. As some others have pointed out it's honestly a good thing to know what it is, ignorance is not bliss in this instance. It's better to have people educated on this stuff before they go off and do something they regret later. And same with rape; it being unblocked does not mean it will suddenly be talked about more. We unblocked the word prostitute a while back, and we never talked about that any more than we did when it was blocked.