Thank you for this post. I just watched the 10th Anniversary Firefly Reunion on the Science channel and that was the first time I heard about the gang rape plot. Horrified and extremely dismayed do not even begin to cover how I felt at hearing all of that garbage. As much as I loved Firefly, I'm with you and downright grateful that the series was canceled before this plot could come to fruition. Joss Whedon has gone so far off the deep end that he's some miles below Challenger Deep at this point.

ETA: to ask if you mind if I post a link to this on my Facebook Page. You say here what I want to say but can't articulate or type without resorting to invective at the moment.