Just curious what peoples thoughts are on this subject. I for one am not offended, but definitely believe that the person who thought of the name for a drink like this was not thinking too far ahead into the future, or obviously didn’t gauge the reactions of people very well. Date rape is very serious, and even though the drink is called “Date Grape”, we all know what it refers to.

For those of you who may not be  familiar with date rape, it is often from a friend or acquaintance the victim may know and is usually but not always accompanied with the use of “Flunitrazepam — also known as Narcozep, Rohypnol, Rohipnol, Roipnol, or in the vernacular, simply roofies — is an intermediate acting benzodiazepine used as an hypnotic,sedative, anticonvulsant, anxiolytic and skeletal muscle relaxant drug.”

Thank you Wiki (although wiki is not an appropriate website to site from for educational papers, occasionally you will see me use it on here).

This is a very prominent problem in our culture, with the ease of access to such medicines that anybody could become a victim. But back to topic, there is no reason such a serious situation like this should be made light of, no victim should every feel that they aren’t comfortable enough to confide in people because they may brush such a serious situation off. Our culture could definitely use a hell of a lot more compassion! As mentioned in one of my lectures on sexual abuse the other day, in Spokane about 90% of rape kits obtained at the hospital just get stored in an evidence room and don’t even get a second glance. This is not a shot at our task force in Spokane, there is simply not enough funds to run them all….does that tell you how prominent rape is in our culture?

With this being said, all of the people I hear saying, “I don’t know why you are making such a big deal, it’s just a drink.” My question is, do you condone this behavior? What makes it acceptable to joke about such things like this? What if the victim was you?

So on that note, I am proud to say I will be boycotting the Daiquiri Factory until they decide to change the drinks name, as requested, and apologize.