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I also came here to complain about this use of the word "rape". If you titled this article "The Tragic Rape of Charles Bukowski's Poetry", then it would be use
by smoyer 5y ago
I also came here to complain about this use of the word "rape". If you titled this article "The Tragic Rape of Charles Bukowski's Poetry", then it would be used solely as the original meaning. The current title is specifically designed to invoke the idea of a sexual assault - what if the title used the word "Corpse" instead of "Ghost"?
- kayodelycaon 5y agoIt definitely could. Depends on the meaning of “ghost”. In context of the article, I took ghost to mean “legacy”, rather than the person. English is frustratingly imprecise.
- adhesive_wombat 5y agoThe imprecision is a very human and cultural aspect of language where much poetry sneaks in, though. If we all spoke Lojban, I'm sure the poetry would be very precise, but I wonder if it could convey the same things.
- adolph 5y agoI think the word would be "Corpus" not "Corpse." Also, is sexual contact with a corpse rape? As of 2015 it was not in Massachusetts and many other US states: When you die, you lose your status as a person, Troyer explains, although you are still human, your body or your remains are quasi property. “You’re not really a subject, but you’re not fully an object,” he says. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/04/necrophilia-laws-massachusetts-loophole-aaron-vega https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/04/necroph...
- itisit 5y agoI think the vulgarity is very much in line with the subject matter.