Oh, I'm not a big one for pedantry at all, LOL! But I was more afraid that it could be thought that somehow he was doing something illegal or quasi-legal.

I'm going with Mick Jones.

Unless she's a government entity or abortion suddenly became illegal without any of us noticing it, it's not a bribe.

agreed.

It's both, really. There's three sides to every story, but if he never asked her what she wanted to do, then it's definitely the request, too. It's just smarmy to offer to pay off a woman to have an abortion, as oppose to discussing it. I definitely feel some ick about women having children men very much do not want,…

That's the only reason I think it's icky. I mean, he has just as much right to ask her to get one as she has to say no. Neither gender is obligated to want a kid.

The bribery, I think. Just asking her to get an abortion might be a tad insensitive unless you knew she was on the fence about it, but it's really wrong, per se.

Yeah... I'm having trouble being even mildly upset about this.

That is what i am trying to figure out. Why is him requesting she have an abortion a bad thing? He didn't want to have a kid with her no, but why is it wrong?

article says "he's fighting another woman in court for custody of his toddler daughter"

yeah, I'm not sure why that's so bad.

obsessed/angry/against/obsessed with.

"Actually, when I was being a weird internet dick, I felt cool as a cucumber"

The Onion does this type of comedy better, Jezebel.

setzer she has a point, it wasn't an essay. let's find an alternative?

LOL...well, it's not impossible, of course, but it's unlikely that most people could teach me anything about Transformers I don't already know.

It's not my breath I was holding...

I'm right there with you. Greek yogurt was my downfall. And cheese. And the dairy industry is linked to the beef industry and very much to veal production, so there's no telling myself it's not as bad. Also a lot of cheese is non-vegetarian. I need to shack up with a vegan chef.

Wow. Never put that much thought into a birthday, let alone one where I'm trying to steal the place for a party without a deposit. Eesh. The article is cool, and interviewing the friend was amusing! Nice touch.

I was a veggie for many years, and I always felt like this about it: