((OOC :
Tonight I saw something that sickened me to my core as a gamer, and in general. I won't name the parties envolved, as to preserve their anonimity, though they really don't deserve any consession from me, in my oppinion.
I am part of an Org, which over the course of time has made several in-character enemies, that is to be expected due to what 'we do'.. And therein, I am not unused to being the target of misinformed hostility, or being painted with a very wide brush with the sins of my org-mates
I am a big boy, I can handle myself.. And usually just a "eh, sling yer hook " will do as far as getting rid of the vocal few who have given me hassle in character.. But tonight.... It went too far, and it was disgusting.
The event that bothered me was as follows:
Someone who has had words with Dkaarn in the past (Person A)was walking around in a crowded place, Dkaarn isnt exactly what you might call a 'diplomat' so he made an offhand comment about the person, I fully expected a return comment, all in good fun of being 'enemies' but what instead happened was a disgusting slandering of a former org-mate (Person-B)who happens to now hang around with people who left Person A's guild to join them..
Part of the slandering , in /vacinity chat was that Person B was a rapist... This is where I drew the line and was taken aback by the disgusting display.
My better half is in real life a counselor for sexual abuse victims, I hear horror stories all the time.. she happend to be in the room with me as this slandering of person B took place, she was sickened also..
I'm not asking for the RP community to blacklist the person, or to even acknowledge who it is.. But for that person, and future participants in stories envolving such dire "story-lines" to OPT OUT, refuse to be part of things which have such harsh REAL LIFE implications, think of REAL victims and ask yourself is it right to mock them by pretending their plight is yours in a game? It is shameful in my oppinion and SEVERAL people were added to my permanent ignore list tonight.
If you are going to be mature enough to rp certain "private" moments, please I ask that you do so privately, and furthermore be mature enough to NOT behave as person A did tonight.
Thankyou,
/OOC ))
EDIT: I had to change the actual wordind from the R word to "sexual abuse"