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I think the whole point of the Stallman discussion as of lately is that people only decide to read what they want to read, ignoring context. > I don't think th
by archi42 7y ago
I think the whole point of the Stallman discussion as of lately is that people only decide to read what they want to read, ignoring context.
> I don't think that rape should be treated like stealing a kiss, so I reject the term "sexual assault" completely.
From my understanding, he disagrees with the term because it is imprecise, and the greater of two evils might be mixed up with the lesser - with the result that the greater evil might be perceived as less evil as it actually is.
(Edit: A sibling comment gets the above thought better, describing it as an "umbrella term".)
The way you quote him, you try (seem to) to imply that he thinks there is no such thing denoting "sexual assault". Or using the same logical reasoning: Are you, spats1990, implying that rape should be treated like "stealing a kiss"? I doubt you are, but I strongly doubt he does either.
- spats1990 7y agoI've replied upthread and edited my post to include the full quote. I wasn't trying to twist his words. As I wrote in my reply to the post you're referring to, I seem to think that the term sexual assault is necessarily imprecise--but in another sense, it isn't imprecise at all, as all the acts described by it share a single commonality, which is lack of consent.