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Oh dear. I certainly wasn't picking on Celebrian when I first posted on here. In fact, I was mostly picking on those who had posted before her.

Well, "picking on" is the wrong expression, really.

What I meant was, whether or not Celebrian was, in fact, raped, is just as legitimate of a topic as any. We should be able to discuss it without being accused of trying to forcefully dig up a sexual context in these works. Because, and this is the part that truly saddened me, immediately equating rape with sex and nothing more is insulting.

I see Celebrian's rape as another war-crime. I see it that way not because I'm a sex-crazed product of modern times, but because rape has always been used as a weapon in war and it does exist in myth. Think of Homer.

[edit] I hope I haven't hurt anyone's feelings. [/edit]