She thinks that there’s an advancing wall of Middle Eastern terrorists trying to sublimate the Continent with their praying and their falafel and their burkas.

Also “Unseen Academicals” by Sir Terry Pratchett. 

I don’t know how to answer this.

Yes, and rightly so. The point is that we abhor sexual violence and not other kinds, like murder, when we shouldn’t be glorifying any of it in our entertainment. The original poster asked why we do that, and I think we view them differently because of the way our culture evolved. We shouldn’t!  Rape is violence, not…

The price is definitely a consideration. Rinds are far cheaper than a block of whole cheese. I find that you can grate a significant amount from close to the rind, plus use them for sauces and stocks.

Yes, I understand that. My (admittedly not very well-articulated) point is that our culture nurtures non-sexual violence because of these ideals. We are rightly abhorred by rape while glorifying other types of violence. The original poster asked why we are repulsed by rape but not other kinds of violence, and I think…

Stop yelling at me. I didn’t say “rape is good”. We shouldn’t be building entertainment out of excessive violence, either sexual or otherwise. The point is that we look down on sexual violence far more than we look down on other types of violence, when we should be working to get rid of BOTH.

My point is that both should be considered bad, rather than one be acceptable and the other not. I don’t think I got that across. We shouldn’t glorify either, but because of our cultural heritage we view them differently.

Like a lot of folks I buy Parmigiano rinds to drop into simmering pasta sauce, but by the end of the process they’re softened so much that you can scrape off a healthy amount of otherwise-inaccessible cheese.  You know, using your teeth.  The cook has to get a few bennies. 

If your fingers are coated with meat-residue and there’s a dog around, you just hold your hand down around floor level and you have A) cleaner fingers and B) a new best friend.

Because American culture is rooted in abusive Puritan ideals. Sex is forbidden and vile, while violence is the tool of the strong to assert dominance.  We’re all inculcated with that idea from birth. 

Exactly!  It’s very easy to say, “This so-called ‘game’ is reprehensible on its face and has no business even being talked about.  We won’t host it, and it should never have been a question.”

Or a suckermouth catfish.

There’s nothing to be gained either way. Keep Fox as a partner, and you just create fodder for their punditry. Ditch them, and you reinforce the martyr complex of their viewers.

Quick, someone ask his opinion on mandatory seat belt laws, texting while driving, and unlicensed plastic surgery!

What is the optimum office food?

Channeling the old X-29 with a forward-swept wing.

The final form: Ketchup/mustard/mayo/siracha/relish/barbecue/ranch. “Kemumasirebaranaise”.  Put it in an American flag bottle and label it “Freedom Sauce” and you can retire early with your millions of dollars and your solid gold house and your rocket car.

Colonoscopy?