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Why did you you use the term 'R-word' for the word 'rape but not 'T-word' for 'torture' or 'M-word' for 'murder'?

The glib response is that if you're trying to avoid triggering someone, I'd wager more people reading it have been raped than have been murdered.

> I'd wager more people reading it have been raped than have been murdered.

Source?

Ummm, murdered (dead) people probably can't read anymore, thus wouldn't be triggered?

And a murder-victim-to-be still probably wouldn't be triggered, since s/he hasn't "experienced" it yet.

That's how I interpreted the comment anyway :)

Are you suggesting these people are reading from beyond the grave?

> if you're trying to avoid triggering someone...

...then you probably won't succeed anyway, as triggers tend to be random associations.