OK, you're right, if you play the game as who is closest to Bacon, Bacon himself is 0 and everyone else is 1 or higher. But some actors have more well-connected networks than Bacon himself has, because they've worked with more people/a wider variety of people.

He's not the center, actually. There are other actors with higher Kevin Bacon scores. Some computer science department (Rutgers, maybe?) worked it all out. I forget the name of the guy who is #1, but he is someone who appeared in a lot of different types of movies over a number of years, so he worked with a lot of…

What do you people say about people who buy new cars? I've always heard that if you buy new and drive the car throughout the life of the vehicle, then it's cheaper than buying used.

That depends. Who is paying for the woman and her child? The gov'mint, a private charity, or an old rich guy wearing a monocle?

How is adoption or foster care socialism? Some of these people might object to the state's role in the foster care system (I don't know because I've never asked them) but I don't think any of them are opposed to the concept of adoption or foster care. They're pro-family so they should love adoption, particularly if…

Or maybe my experiences are different from yours. Do you think these people lie in bed in the morning thinking, "How can we oppress women today?" I'm sure some pro-lifers intend to oppress women but not all.

I agree with you, I don't think it's really a consistent position, but they are probably either thinking that rape is so awful it's an overriding factor and are willing to bite the bullet on the inconsistency, or they don't really realize it's inconsistent, or they're making a political compromise.

Lack of empathy for women.

Because these people believe that's "socialism" and that "socialism" is bad.

If men got pregnant this wouldn't even be a debate.

Trust me, the crazy "abortion abolitionists" I know don't support any exceptions. (Well, maybe for fetuses with anencephaly, I haven't asked them.)

No, these people actually care about fetuses. They think fetuses are children.

Sorry, how are the death penalty and war "anti-woman"? That sounds more "anti-men" or just "anti-people."

I'm not sure if you're sarcastic or serious but that's not what "pro-life" means.

Regardless of whether these white southerners are racist or not or how racist they are, there is no way Holmes' statement is accurate.

I know a lot of people who LOVE the musical. I went to see it and loved it. Went out and bought the book and read it. It's not as overtly entertaining as the musical but has more substance and more interesting character development. I like the way Elphaba becomes sort of evil in the book but you understand it and…

Did Skeletor also play basketball?

This might be a really dumb question, but "12 Years a Slave" is literally about a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery and then escaped after 12 years.

I don't have to explain what rad-scum means to anyone.

You can tell your Canadian friends that with all due respect, I find their attitude annoying. If we're talking about national origin, "American" is the only name for me. They don't have to call themselves Americans because they can call themselves Canadians. Yeah, if you look in the dictionary technically "American"…