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Re:The Rapier Physics Engine by nkozyra on Friday August 28, 2020 @05:34AM (#24303013)
1) the corresponding oil - which (unlike the seed) is actually commonly used/referenced thing in English - was

2) it played a role [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-12-890122...]

3) the sword is still called rapier

4) because it doesn't serve as a logical foil for aforementioned reasons. If anything it just shows a nice analogous response.

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Re:The Rapier Physics Engine by meheleventyone on Friday August 28, 2020 @07:09AM (#24303511)
Oh give over that article says nothing about it being named Canola because of the word rapeseed containing the word rape. The earlier assumption about the naming of Canola oil is just incorrect.
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Re:The Rapier Physics Engine by nkozyra on Friday August 28, 2020 @08:50AM (#24304221)
Well logically it makes sense, branding things with "rape," which is not a commonly known name is not . And there are other articles that support it:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/22/canada-tisdale....

There obviously could have been myriad reasons. Also, Aldi ran into a similar issue with rape:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/25/aldi-forced-to-c...

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