I'd hate to be seen as defending a worthless bitch but uh, Islam isn't a race. So, strictly speaking you're not a racist if you yell at a Muslim in a condescending fashion.

It looks like a copita, so yes, it's actually a whiskey glass (champagne glasses do double-duty as well). And (white) wine glasses are good for whiskey. The narrow mouth and slightly wider, but tall-ish body is perfect for nosing.

I would say that at this exact moment in time the NFL makes the PGA and golfers seem like a paragon of humbleness.

I think that the risk of pedophiles assaulting a victim is much, much higher than that of a heterosexual/homosexual person who is attracted to people of an appropriate age group though. The reason that I believe that is because for most people, it is relatively easy to come by consensual sex. Most people do not have…

Difference being that in an all-male college you'd be having consensual sex, while for a pedophile the only way to have sex is raping. You could be having sex without hurting anyone, but a pedophile cannot have sex with their preference without hurting them.

"Obviously if he hasn't hurt any of those kids that is a good thing"

Yeah, a paedophile who genuinely doesn't want to offend would never, in a million years, work with children. This guy wants to offend, but he's looking for a way to make himself feel better aftewards, something so he can say "Well, I tried to get help..."

There is a clinical definition of paedophilia, and a more common definition that most of us use when talking about people who abuse kids. The clinical term requires certain behaviours and urges to be present - and not everyone who abuses children has those.

A few months ago in Germany, a couple male friends of mine went to the restroom in a restaurant we were at, and when they came back they showed us a picture of a poster they had seen there. Translated, it basically said, "Do you love children more than you're comfortable with?" and it provided a hotline for people…

Yeah, I'm all for preventative treatment, but this dude is being really fucking irresponsible. A self-described pedophile working with young children is, for all intents and purposes, like a drug addict being in charge of a narcotics evidence locker. He might never slip up, but who wants to take that chance?

"The latter figure includes situational offenders, men who abuse children if the opportunity arises but who otherwise have no pre-existing attraction to kids."

Because that ultimately requires some level of understanding, which is dangerously close to compassion.

I was pretty much on board with the article ('yes, treatment sounds good, these studies sound good, good that this kid doesn't condone sex with children in any way') until i got to the part about the guy who's a pre-school teacher. I don't care what he claims about the age range of his proclivities or how much his…

Yes, as was explained in the article. The reprogramming nonsense has fallen out of favor. The goal is to prevent the assault of children by providing a safe space for counseling, group support, and optional chemical castration.

Good, I say. I've felt for a long time that we, as a society, are too quick to condemn and distance ourselves from people with pedophile inclinations. They can't help the sexual wiring of their brains any more than the rest of us. How horrifying must it be to realize you have this aspect of yourself that is…

Callie: Brooch. Plural: Brooches.

THANKYOU. Yes, it's 'brooch', a noun, referring to a piece of jewellery (which also has a different spelling in US English), as opposed to 'broach', a verb, meaning to open something (anything from an object to a conversation e.g. 'I broached the subject'). I'm a professional proofreader. I wish you guys would employ…

Isn't it brooch? Or is it different spelled differently in American?

I'm confused by the Selter thing. She has a nice butt, and black women have nice butts, so she's "stealing" a "black thing"? But it's also super racist and dehumanizing to say anything close to "black women have nice butts." So by saying that she is stealing a black thing by having a nice butt, aren't you in fact…

We got onboard with Eminem because he seemed genuine and was cognizant of, and sensitive to, the fact that he was entering from a largely black space.