Another Sighting of the Possibility of a Maddux Rumor . . .

and I still think it is just a stupid example of oversensitivity. Nobody would complain if someone said "The Cubs got killed" if they knew a murder victim. To be sure, rape is brutal, but if its ok to  use verbs like "kill", "slaughter", or "murder" in the sports vernacular I see no reason why "rape" is any different. Especially since, when you look up the term "rape" in the dictionary, it is clearly applicable for other uses besides the sexual crime. For example the "Rape of Nanking (Nanjing)" not only refers to the specific sexual war crimes perpetrated by the Japanese, but also the overall domination, violation, and pillaging of the people and land of Manchuria. You don't need to make your posts sound so afterschool special-tastic to sound sensitive.

tr.v. raped, rap·ing, rapes

   1. To force (another person) to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse; commit rape on.
   2. To seize and carry off by force.
   3. To plunder or pillage.
   4. Abusive or improper treatment; violation: a rape of justice.

And yes, I, like the majority of people, do know a rape victim.

In that context, I would see "rape" as meaning theft, but then I study Classics, so the phrase "the rape of Helen of Troy," meaning her kidnapping, is second nature to me. And yes, I do know a rape victim.

..person who has been raped.  It is a horrible thing...but it has been clearly shown above that there are more meanings in the definition of the word.  Does that mean that the media can't use that word in another sense?  I am sensitive to certain things myself and try to always take into consideration how other people may feel about certain words or phrases.  I didn't see that comment being at all related to a violent crime.

in the interest of not offending people here, but for the record I do think it is overly sensitive and incorrect to force the censorship of that word, and unless you ban all figurative usage of violent verbs like "murdered" "slaughtered" or "killed" your rules are subjectively based on emotionalism rather than principle. This rings even more true, because saying "the Cubs got slaughtered" is complete hyperbole assuming they weren't ravaged by a group of hungry bears in the woods, while the term "rape" has definite, documented alternate definitions aside from the specific legal term that references said violent crime. In the interest of community, that is the last I will say on the matter.