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As much as i don't think it's funny, i don't think it encourages raping per se. The picture is just one of those "trying to provoke people" pictures. I've recently been at a comedian show where everyone laughed at very, very offensive and racist sentences. But after all that was the comedians intension. Hard to explain... How is this different?

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It says "Tape her and rape her". If this isn't encouraging rape, I don't know what would be then.

Just because people are laughing doesn't mean it isn't encouraging horrible behavior by making certain actions seem less disgusting.

Genuine question: Do you think Sickipedia should be banned? ( http://www.sickipedia.org/ )

First of all: I don't feel encouraged to rape a woman at all after seeing the picture. Do you?!

Second: Do you honestly believe that somewhere a woman is going to be raped solely because of this picture?

Third: If you believe that this sentence leads to rapes, you also need to ban every comedy on earth that makes fun of blacks or jews because that would encourage racism. So no Seinfeld (jokes on jews!). No Simpsons (blacks AND jews and about everything). And current comedies like Family Guy, Southpatk or American Dad.. ouch.. that's some offensive stuff in there! Maybe not funny at all for you, but funny for many many people.

In the same amount the violent video games are responsible for school shootings ...

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