Why is it a bad idea to created a topic to address the serious issue of rape?
I don't think it's a bad idea, but not a necessary idea either. It's probably more useful overall to talk about it in random normal threads where it gets all up in people's faces than it is to talk about it in some other thread that nobody is really going to read. It'd also shut down useful discussion elsewhere because people would start being all "RAPE THREAD >>>>>>>>>>>>" whenever it crops up.
I don't think it's a bad idea, but not a necessary idea either. It's probably more useful overall to talk about it in random normal threads where it gets all up in people's faces than it is to talk about it in some other thread that nobody is really going to read. It'd also shut down useful discussion elsewhere because people would start being all "RAPE THREAD >>>>>>>>>>>>" whenever it crops up.