We see this in the third commandment, in the popularity of hell, damn, God, and Jesus Christ, and in many of the terms for taboo language itself: profanity (that which is not sacred), blasphemy (literally evil speech but in practice disrespect toward a deity), and swearing, cursing, and oaths, which were originally secured by the invocation of a deity or one of his symbols, like the tabernacle, chalice, and wafer incongruously found in Catholic maledicta.

We spoke in a private panlingual gibberish. We were not German or European or English or Canadian; we were flesh detached from time and place.

Outsiders (including the people in this thread, judges, juries, etc...) can at best follow the law and attempt to establish what did or did not actually happen, before making their judgement on whether or not a rape occurred. This does not necessarily correlate to what the accused or accuser feels. Unfortunately, there will always be at least two problems with this situation...victims who use what Mr. saunders refers to as 'regret rape' to get back at someone, and true rapists who skirt the letter of the law to avoid prosecution (remember, folks, the object of the game is not to determine the truth, the object of the game is to get your client off).

What, tell me, my Thirza, provokes thee to speak, / In high-sounding phrases, our Mordecai's name?