Is It Socially Acceptable to Rape Sally Webster?

Yesterday, I tweeted that '...I hope Frank Foster rapes Sally Webster' and then followed up with something along the lines of 'Is it ok to rape a fictional character...?'.    Then some feminist got all up in my face and told me it's wrong to rape fictional characters.


(Those links bring you to the tweets)

I've paraphrased a bit there.  But anyway, it pissed me off.  Not just because she had the nerve to unfollow me but because her mindset is clearly so fucking self-righteous and narrow minded it is sickening.  So I'm going to rant about people like her for a bit then explain why it's totally ok for Frank Foster to rape Sally Webster.

First off, people who identify themselves as feminists are clearly sexist.  People are people and rights are rights and everyone should be free to be free.  It's simple.  Gays or blacks don't go around saying they are black-ist or gay-ist- they just say 'treat us with some fucking respect fuckers'.

Don't be a dick- identify yourself as a human rights activist.  So that's that with regards her identifying as a sexist.

Anyway, on to why it is ok for Sally Webster to be raped by Frank Foster.  The most important aspect of this scenario is that neither of these people actually exist.  They are characters in a British soap called 'Cornation Street'.  It is a soap that tries to mirror the lives of decent working to middle class people in Manchester, which is in England which is a member of the European Union.  Basically I'm only endorsing a violent act against people that don't exist.  (Except in our hearts).

Anyone watching any television program or film is a passive audience member; the only choice they make is to watch or not to watch.  They are at the mercy of the show's writers and directors. So by continuing to watch, they are unwittingly consenting to anything that happens within the story.

That doesn't mean they have to like it...but if they tune in for the next episode.... It means they are engaged and want to know more... and sadistic pricks.

All stories are about over coming shit, good v's evil and all that.  Stories are as important to our understanding of the world as they are to our evolution.  They impart knowledge and allow us to grow in empathy towards our fellow brothers and sisters.

So fuck you Niamh Murray- my newest arch nemesis, I'm now shifting my argument from it's ok for Frank Foster to rape Sally Webster to it's socially irresponsible for Sally Webster not to get raped by Frank Foster.

Soaps by their very nature are episodes of perverse torrents of emotional, physical and social abuse, each character must suffer and suffer, each week, in and out.  Moments of joy serve as preludes to shit hitting fans.

When the writers are sitting around, wondering what they'll do to fuck up each characters life, they have to approach the touchy subjects (like rape) far more carefully than, say, a tram crashing and blowing the bejayzus out of everyone. (Notice how no one suffered post traumatic stress till exactly one year after the tram incident?).  Why?  Because people will react more viscerally to emotional torture played out over 3-4 months than an explosion killing loads of people.

Frank Foster has made attacks on two main characters and now has another victim in his sights- Sally Webster.  Sally is no ordinary character as she has been on the show for over 500 years.  Which intensifies the seriousness.  I didn't see Carla getting raped, but as she is a main character and that character firmly believes she did- I am convinced he did rape her.  The bastard.

So the writers of Cornation Street have to tie up their story-lines and nobody wants to see Frank Foster get away with raping everyone and they cant let him get away with it either.  So how do they fix a 'his word against her word' scenario?  There is Maria but nothing actually happened between him and Maria, at least nothing that would hold up in court, so she cant come to the rescue.  He needs to rape again or he will get away with it.

Enter Sally.

So that's how that's gonna work out, Sally gets raped, which will serve to validate Carla's story to the other characters in Cornation Street and she can be emotionally released and move on.  They can then either have him locked up or get Kevin Webster to punch the shit out of him, letting Sally and Kevin get back together.  Anyway, that's neither here nor there, the point is Sally will probably get raped.

Rape isn't nice and it's hard to make good rape jokes and get away with them (but not impossible).

Stories of rape need to be told otherwise they won't be heard.  Simple logic really.  This story line is particularly important because the violence is very tame when you consider the violent images that are more readily associated with the thoughts of rape.  So it serves a purpose.  This type of attack is probably the most over looked and dismissible of sexual crimes.

There must be millions of women that have been in situations where they felt similarly threatened.  A story like this can be therapeutic.  From the other perspective- this may make men think twice or be more willing to hear the word 'no'.


So back to my tweet- 'I don't endorse rape but it's ok with fictional characters and in porn....right?'



This lady took what I said seriously and said 'no its never ok'- so I looked at what I said and took it seriously too and she's still fucking wrong.  


For a 'feminist' to tell me 'it's never ok' for fictional characters to get raped,  it's not just an incredibly stupid, narrow minded thing to say but it also makes me sick and get indignant and write lengthy blogs about how fucking stupid and narrow minded that was to say.  Consider the amount of raping that goes on and then consider the numbers that are reported and then consider that number to those that make it to court and then consider that to the number of convictions. I did the maths for you and the number I got was 6.  


So maybe- just maybe-  more fictional characters should be getting raped.  A story like the story line running through Cornation Street can help those suffering feel less alone- call me old fashioned but I believe that makes it important, at least to them.  




BUT ultimately it was a joke and if 'Mrs Browns Boys' has thought me anything it's this; We dont all have to have the same sense of humour.  It is perfectly acceptable for people to like varying forms of music or films but when it comes to comedy people are offended by what others find funny.  Fine, it was perceivably insensitive, especially the porn bit- but I dont care, it was a joke. 


So in closing- Fuck you Niamh Murray and anyone else stupid enough to say you cant talk/write/joke/wank/sing/draw/sculpt/knit about rape.  


Or anything else for that matter.


There, I said it. 


Dave.