[Shaun]

There's a real and vehement opposition to jokes about rape, I've noticed online. I find it a weird taboo, given there are many other equally heinous crimes.

I personally can take some relish in shock-humour but equally tire of comedians that rely upon it too much (see: Frankie Boyle).

And I do fear the death of freedom of speech. Well, it's already arguably died. People being imprisoned for distasteful tweets (I saw someone got community service and fined for an ill-timed joke about Lee Rigby, something like "if I saw someone wearing a [t-shirt brand he was wearing] i'd probably decapitate him too"... obviously in poor taste, but wholly undeserving of criminal action when so many worse death threats and intimidations go unnoticed on Twitter).