You know, that was a point I really wanted to make but got disgusted and had to stop talking about this. *G* So thanks for bringing it up.
My issue isn't even with SPIKE, perse, or even Spuffy. It's the way the ship was handled by the people in charge. Rapists are not "complex people" as Joss seems to believe. In fact, they're pretty damned simple. They're sexual predators. They want power and control and they use sex to get it. They are the criminals most likely to repeat offend, least likely to respond to treatment of any kind, and therefore among most dangerous to let back into society. Studies have not even shown *castration* to be an effective punishment/deterrent, since it is well known that rape is a crime of violence, and not sex. A large number of rapists never even have actual intercourse with their victim, and many don't ejaculate.
But see, none of this matters to Joss. Because he souled Spike immediately after he tried to rape Buffy, and thereby gave him a free pass to forgiveness and Buffy's bed. In real life, rapists can't buy souls. And by making a comment like "we shouldn't demonize them" Joss shows how little he knows or cares to know about the topics he writes about to earn his fucking paycheck. If you won't demonize a sexual predator, Joss, exactly who WILL you demonize? I don't personally give a shit about the "message" he's sending with this crap, I long ago realized he has a half assed view of gender relations, and needed some serious psychological intervention. What worries me is that he actually *believes* this shit he spouts. Now that? Is way more scary than Spike.
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My issue isn't even with SPIKE, perse, or even Spuffy. It's the way the ship was handled by the people in charge. Rapists are not "complex people" as Joss seems to believe. In fact, they're pretty damned simple. They're sexual predators. They want power and control and they use sex to get it. They are the criminals most likely to repeat offend, least likely to respond to treatment of any kind, and therefore among most dangerous to let back into society. Studies have not even shown *castration* to be an effective punishment/deterrent, since it is well known that rape is a crime of violence, and not sex. A large number of rapists never even have actual intercourse with their victim, and many don't ejaculate.
But see, none of this matters to Joss. Because he souled Spike immediately after he tried to rape Buffy, and thereby gave him a free pass to forgiveness and Buffy's bed. In real life, rapists can't buy souls. And by making a comment like "we shouldn't demonize them" Joss shows how little he knows or cares to know about the topics he writes about to earn his fucking paycheck. If you won't demonize a sexual predator, Joss, exactly who WILL you demonize? I don't personally give a shit about the "message" he's sending with this crap, I long ago realized he has a half assed view of gender relations, and needed some serious psychological intervention. What worries me is that he actually *believes* this shit he spouts. Now that? Is way more scary than Spike.