Some else said that a fourth CS is also risky. Is there anyone who can weigh in on the relative risk of a VBAC after 3 CS, vs a fourth CS?

To be fair bad tears to the perineum are still a risk in any birthing position. They reduce, not eliminate, the damage.

I didn't think the risk of that type of tearing is any higher for VBAC - it's just one of the standard risks for any vaginal birth. The additional risk from VBAC is that the caesarean scar could tear.

I just don't understand this. Yes, there are atheists who try to convert people and mock religious beliefs, but there are also religious people who try to convert people and threaten non-believers with hell. Arseholes will be arseholes, but I'm not sure why it has been particularly associated with atheists.

If I remember correctly, it's implied that all of her family/friends were killed because she wouldn't participate.

Well, given she expected him to punch rather than shoot her, she was possibly crouching down to protect her face from his fist.

Is that a specifically American version of Christianity? I don't recall ever hearing people talk about it except on US TV and websites (I'm in Australia). I'm an atheist, so maybe I just don't know enough about it. The first I heard about it was some US documentary about a bunch of Christians visiting Jerusalem. They…

Maybe your tear ducts just have a different threshold to set them off.

Most snakes and spiders want to be left alone too, although I'll concede they do like to hang about in houses from time to time :).

I often wonder why people joke about Australia being dangerous, when mostly all you have to worry about is spiders and snakes. I would be much more scared of living somewhere with bears, wolves or mountain lions.

There's a push going on in Australia at the moment to make us more like the USA including a shift towards private health care and education.

If you daughter expects that type of reaction, then if something did happen to her, she might not tell you for fear of how you would react. It would be better to promise to support her in whatever way she needs or wants, rather than making her feel responsible for making you angry or violent by telling you.

A lot of people would have just frozen and done nothing. Acting sensibly after your family has been executed, and you have been shot in the head, is actually quite impressive.

Yeah, it looks like it's getting complicated. At this point I think I'll just sit back and see what further information comes out about it.

Did you notice that I agree he should be charged for harassing her, just not for child pornography? I'm thinking that it is a bad practice to charge minors with child photography for filming themselves, even when the minor in question is also doing something else wrong, because it sets a bad precedent. I'm pretty sure…

Then they should absolutely charge him for sending her those videos. But the requirement of a photography of his erect penis appears to be for child pornography charges, which shouldn't be applied for pics/videos of oneself.

Yeah, in that case it shouldn't be necessary to prove that the pictures were of himself, only that he was the one that sent them to her. If she didn't want the pics/videos then the charge should be related to sexual harassment, not child pornography for filming himself.

Here is a few things I can think of. Better screening combined with higher pay to increase the number of applicants to choose from. Better training, using evidence based methods. More leave, and good counseling services to support cops and reduce burn out. Better investigation of misconduct, preferably with some…

The point is that the poor don't have to be 'noble' to deserve being treated like human beings.

Then definitely don't read about those two, save it until you feel like doing some hate reading.