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		lmm on Aug 16, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ecuador grants Julian Assange asylum The traditional definition of rape is "by force and without consent". Not to say this isn't immoral or indeed criminal, but it isn't rape and to call it such is unfair both to him and to rape victims.

tdoggette on Aug 16, 2012 [–]

That's the traditional definition, but it's neither a good nor a modern one.

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