No, I was not arguing that legal = moral. Try reading what I was responding to instead of jumping into the middle of the conversation.

Good to know, thanks for the data.

Age of consent in Japan is 13, which is why it is legal for highschoolers can work as "dates" for salarymen and foreigners. I know this because I did read her thesis where she defends this practice as part of their cultural heritage. Your comment that "...legally it is impossible for a minor to consent into…

Don’t you think 13 is a bit young to be working as an escort? She points out that since Japan has historically accepted young girls and boys as sexual creatures, and the age of consent is 13, it’s not uncommon nor illegal for high school teenagers to have part-time jobs as “dates” for salarymen and foreigners. And the…

I’m honestly curious; did you read her thesis at all? It’s not as subtle or nuanced as you might believe.

You are. Read her thesis.

Great. Let me know if Wakefield is still lying about the patent he secured for his own vaccine before trying to convince the world that there was a connection between his competitor’s vaccination and autism.

So “we” weren’t going to see it anyways, were “we”?

Wakefield wrote a paper that was published in the Lancet in 1998, which attempted to link vaccination to autism based on 12 cases that were handpicked to support an upcoming lawsuit against vaccination. He had filed a patent the year before to push his own alternative to vaccination.

Gawdammit.

And if they’re not wrong... who’s gonna remember anyways? There should be another shooting by the end of the week to distract everyone from this one.

Just another Monday in America.

It wasn’t mentioned here, but Wakefield filed for a patent for a new MMR and measles vaccine in ‘97. His report linking vaccines to autism was published in the Lancet in ‘98.

I’m sorry... did you have tickets to the event?

So...

“Eventually” is the key word. If I’m kept waiting an hour and a half for a movie to get to the good stuff, it fails even as a “shut your brain off and enjoy” flick.

I come from an IT background; I don’t care what people have on their phones, I just want everyone on the planet to lock the damned things before they have a problem.

I agree telling someone what they already know is a bullshit move, but A) I see too many people saying they shouldn’t need to lock their phones for moral…

Do you lock your car at night?
Do you lock your house when you leave in the morning?
If so, is that because you think you’re partially to blame if either gets broken into, or do you do it because you know people are untrustworthy assholes?

She should still have her job. He should have fire ants introduced to his pee…

Can children buy porn in California? Are there really no limitations on the first amendment?

Not Hutt Couture?