Do you run into flaming furniture stores on a regular basis?

No, why do you think it was dangerous?

Yes clearly those are the only two options. Do nothing or the cluster fuck that is currently going on. I had a problem this morning when i had to take a crap. I could either shit myself of take a dump on the bathroom floor. Every problem only ever has two options.

OK, well I'd rather have neither, but given that terrible choice, I will take England in 2011 every time.

That is the storyline that the police themselves have put out. Several eye witnesses, including the man that was walking with Brown, have contradicted this.

The problem is that the police are just as successful at starting riots as ending them.

But we are both Americans. That ought to be enough to guarantee we are treated equally.

And, sir, that is the difference. But we are both americans that like cabelas. That should be enough to keep us from being targeted.

I never said they were not militarized. I said that the direct purpose of the National Guard IS TO behave like a military. Unlike the cops, who while they act like it, at least have use of force training. And although they clearly aren't making the fullest use of that training, combating a military-like force with an…

Cabelas! I have this hat as well. And NOBODY is charging at me with a full frontal assault when I wear it walking down my street.

This clearly justifies everything the police has done in ferguson, including murdering an unarmed man. Totes.

anyone else get the feeling this is the administration trying to punish students for speaking up, and disguise it as giving them what they want? cuz that's what it reeks of to me.

Good old government leave! My mum learnt her lesson with me - for my sister, she took a two year secondment to the Civil Service just as she started trying to get pregnant and made use of it herself. (whilst still on her crazy bank salary). Talk about playing the system.

Being fair is a hassle. Following laws is a hassle. It would be much easier to be a complete jerk and act like a caveman. Society however has deemed it necessary to put some limits on the person's natural jerkiness.

YES. We need to have a serious discussion about the militarization of the police force in this country. They drive tanks and carry weapons used on the battle fields of Iraq. They wear all black and hide behind mirror aviators. They have urban military tactical suppression and demolition training. This is about…

I never thought about what it would be like for you, the staff, to deal with this ..... I am very, very proud of you for writing this and bring a team. It's not easy to go up against an employer. If there's anything the ready of us can do to persuade Gawker Media to take this seriously, let us know.

Seconded. I'm a little chilled and chastened that I've been watching this unfold without a thought for the women who run the site. It's a lesson for me.

It sounds like this work environment is unsafe and hostile due to sexual imagery about which you have informed your bosses multiple times. Maybe a letter or something more forceful from an attorney is in order here. That, or —like, hire comment mods that are paid and willing to do this work.

I feel terrible that in the time I felt bad for myself as a commenter here I didn't even think of the impact on all of you. I can just step away from the mainpage. All of you have to sit there and look for those terrible images in order to dismiss and ban the burner.

Seems like more of a Stoner thing than a Dad thing. Although admittedly there is often a very fine line between them.