Reply To: [TW: rape] Helping Sea Monkeys with triggers (at karaoke and otherwise), was: JCCC4 Post-Mortem
It isn’t that I don’t think people should try, but I don’t want people getting crucified for their song choice as thoughtless assholes who have no empathy and care nothing for the pain of others, when there is no reasonable yardstick to know whether a song falls under a triggering category. It has been inferred that if you are a thoughtful, kind person, you won’t make the mistake on something that others might see as obvious.
And i do enjoy listening to music that is ‘offensive’, and the line between offensive and triggering could be faint to non-existent. JoCo, P&S and others have many songs that could be considered triggering to different events, but as much as I am sorry and feel terribly for others’ pain, it isn’t inherently bad and by requesting that we are constantly second-guessing if someone somewhere could feel pain from a song, it would dramatically change the type of entertainment that is provided on the cruise. S
“rape me” by nirvana is easy to tell, it has the offending word in the title, but Sweet Caroline, in the mind of someone who has experienced a traumatic event, does not explicitly convey consent, so it could be triggering. Or Sugar Sugar. I’m on Fire by Springsteen. Many songs about love or sex could be interpreted poorly.