You know? I agree with you. I know many awesome men who do not need anyone to sit down with them to explain why being bad is bad. And I have met any number of women who were small-minded and cruel. In this particular instance, it sounds as though the bullies were mostly male, but that doesn't really change much. I…

On the other hand: if you are talking about, say, Atlantic bluefin tuna or Atlantic cod (endangered apex predators) vs. a regular old corgie, the latter may be cuter, but the former's death has a far larger negative impact on the natural ecosystem. And actually, the whole "fish are gross" mentality is probably why…

I was once part of a class discussion on international whaling practices, and someone brought up the fact that some proponents of the Japanese whaling industry refer to whales as the "cattle of the sea". Instead of bringing up what were to me the more obvious problems with this comparison (cattle are bred and raised…

I think the great dane might accidentally snort it.

I'm curious about that, too. Can an individual really sign a contract clearing a company of responsibility for colluding in/enabling an illegal act? Because then why is assisted suicide so thorny? Couldn't hospitals simply have patients sign some document saying terminally ill patients may be placed in proximity to…

Who is Kellan Lutz? He is very entertaining. To paraphrase: "I'm going to win an Oscar, but until then I have my inventions."

I love your last statement.

Do you know any teenage girls? Because it is not that simple.

Oh, absolutely. But saying "Judaism isn't a race" kind of supports the notion that race is a concrete, defined concept. Which it never has been.

Judaism can be a race if "black" is a race, since it's a made-up, nonsense concept.

Nope, don't see it. I mean, I think she lost some baby fat in her face, as most women do in their twenties, but her underlying facial structure looks the same.

Sadly, that is so much better than the actual plot thus far.

Mmmm...didn't love her in that. But Rachel Getting Married... her willingness to be repellent in that role in order to be true to the character won me over.

I just went and looked at a bunch of pictures of her, and all I can see is that she had some collagen lip enhancement and a little rhinoplasty to narrow the bridge. By Hollywood standards, that's nothing. I don't really get what you are on about.

God, that Megan Fox...what a bitch.

So what you are saying is, it's an emotional tour-de-force.

Ugh, this is too much ugliness for me right now (Jean Grae excepted).

Wow, a middle-aged academic at a top-rated university who thinks he is the center of the universe? I am so, so shocked.

I read this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/analysis-as-mitt-romney-moves-to-the-middle-anti-abortion-activists-try-to-cover-his-right-flank/2012/10/17/68e18036-18a3-11e2-a346-f24efc680b8d_story.html and my feeling was the same as in those horror sci-fi flicks where the protagonist suddenly realizes…

Yes, the term is meaningless. And so 2009.