Do you think castration, which you mention as something that is desirable in so far as it would prevent the offender from repeating his offense, is “cruel and unusual punishment”? For that matter, do you think the rule against cruel and unusual punishment is a good thing?

Separate Response: What does “Within Reason” mean? A lot of commenters here, who I would assume are reasonable people, seem to think that life imprisonment, castration, torture, or death are appropriate punishments for this crime. Others (not so much here but definitely elsewhere) think that “boys will be boys” and he…

I’m sorry, I should have been more clear. I’m not talking about criminal justice as it’s currently practiced in the US. I mean what is the ultimate goal of criminal justice, as an institution of the State and Society? What should we, as a society, be striving towards? Reading the comments, I find myself unable to get…

Is the purpose of criminal justice to rehabilitate or punish? If the former, how do we decide if “true” rehabilitation has occurred? If the latter, who decides (and who should decide) the appropriate punishment?

A bit of gossip for you: Andy Cohen is a top, Anderson Cooper is a bottom. I mean, Cooper is basically the platonic ideal of a bottom. He is what twinks should aspire to in their old age.

The statement could only be admitted if something happened to the witness before he could testify, and even then it’s shaky.

Fair enough.

That seems to be a common reaction to your articles, Jia. Someone says “this isn’t really that offensive or worth getting angry over” and you say “I wasn’t saying ‘this is what you need to be angry about today’, sometimes I just point out stupid things without getting that mad.”

You proposed the thought experiment question and I answered it. I don’t give moral and legal superiority to wrongdoers. I claim that their immorality does not change my obligation to be moral, which includes “no violence against a human being unless I’m under threat of imminent harm.”

You know what’s a great way to change a marginalized group you’re not a part of? Tell them, from the outside, all the things they’re doing wrong and exactly what they need to do to “fix” themselves in your eyes.

I’m not going to deny that some drag queens are misogynistic. But drag as an art form isn’t really about women. It’s about making fun of society’s expectations about queer men. Holding up a twisted mirror “This how how you see us, this is what you want us to be.”

As in try to break out of the prison or assault guards, staff, or fellow inmates? No. I know that’s not popular, but no. I said imminent harm, and I meant it. I mean, practically, it just doesn’t work. If whatever reason they had wasn’t just, they definitely have a reason to imprison you now.

You know what would probably solve racism in this country? If everybody hated Iggy Azelea a little more.

Violence is unacceptable. It’s unacceptable towards the oppressed, and it’s unacceptable towards the oppressors. If I had been alive in 1776 I would have told the Minute Men the same thing. If your (or someone in your presence) physical safety is under explicit threat of imminent harm, as in someone has a gun to your…

Cost of living

I am paid my normal wage to attend training. If a domestic workers are paid their normal hourly (or more likely 1.5-2x hourly for Sunday work), do you see that as a problem?

Why is that relevant?

What exactly is the problem with Wilpon’s comments? First of all, her quotes in the article on page six are clearly a hack job. I’m not denying they were a little tone deaf, but the article’s writer used quote splicing and their own added comments to make her look like a monster.

I would think twice before making jokes at the expense of other women just because they choose to spend their money in a way you don’t approve of (in this case, domestic workers and their training).

For example, people hired to raise others’ children who hardly see their own children.