Sorry, poor phrasing: I mean to say that taking the "peaceful route" is the only solution, and that taking routes of force will almost always lead to a "worse" outcome (which is not necessarily true).

Based on the fact that strangers wouldn't be able to tell if she was a waitress or a homemaker, yes.

You're trying to tell us that complete strangers in city you've ever been to have specifically told you that you were setting back the women's movement by wearing skirts and working as a waitress...

"run by power-mad Orthodox oligarchs"

000000Okay. Not sure what anecdotal evidence does when the fact remains that women are FAR FAR FAR FAR FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR more likely to be sexually harassed and raped than they are to lie about it.

Yeah it's fucking nonsense because it demands equal comparison between men and women when they don't play in things that are comparable because they don't directly compete. Take the soccer example. Landon Donovan is our top scorer in men's soccer where he's competing in a game dominated by Europeans and South…

When I contemplate capitalism as a great engine of human progress and ingenuity, I think above all of rent-seeking cartels, and the Napoleonic heroes who operate them.

I just took a course on the history of the Holocaust

I'm still not sure I'm fully grillin' what you're seasonin' here, and I swear on my life I'm not trying to give you a hard time, so forgive me if I'm being a little slow. Just trying not to assume. I know the focus of your reply is on the fact that 20-something NBA kids couldn't run their own league, but I think you…

Don't say that while Charles Oakley is around...

I don't think you should self righteously use the ghosts of slaves to tell people what they should and shouldn't say. Slavery, the holocaust, Hiroshima and every other historical catastrophe you can name should be alive and well in our discourse and we should always be relearning the lessons our ancestors died to…

I said that comment is CONSISTENT with a pattern of Jordan generally only saying what is convenient for his money.

This is such BS… all of these "insiders" (players, owners, NBA, sports press) knew who Sterling was… Why is it only now that they want something done?

I love how y'all side with Jordan and Magic on this issue even though they have a reputation for treating women as nothing more than sex objects.

The NBA is also partly at fault; David Stern knew about Mr. Sterling racist past. The housing discrimination lawsuit brought against him, former employee, Baron Davis. Mr. Stern rewarded Mr. Sterling by giving him Chris Paul. He condoned his behavior, he wasn't stupid he had to be aware of it. From this new extended…

And here I thought Jordan didn't believe in putting tags on flimsy white material

Is that called The Beeker?

This is where you need to realize that sense of entitlement is worth nothing. Does a COMPLETE STRANGER who DIDN'T EVEN GIVE YOU THEIR LAST NAME really OWE it to you to say no thanks? Also, she actually DID express her disinterest in him, pretty much EVERY time she addressed him.

No, but she did. You forget the person in question wore a FEDORA and TRENCHCOAT. .. . and goes to Hot Topic unironically.

I go to Hot Topic to talk loudly about the lack of pussy shaped cups and mugs and then yell, "OH THERE ARE THE PUSSY MUGS, GREAT, NOW I NEED A VAGiNA WALLET TO GO WITH MY VAGINA CUP."

Then I vomit…

If you spent $240k and voluntarily went to graduate school in order to accrue debt that will take you 15 years to repay, you should probably not weigh in with your opinion on financial matters.