Absolutely. Empathy is not a scarce resource.

Fair enough. We will have to agree to disagree, but I do understand why people would like more involvement from her. It is just that it feels wrong to me to demand it as an obligation, I would leave it as " it would be desirable".

UGH!!! That was so creepy. I am glad you slapped his hand away - I hope it was hard!

That would be a great thing - indeed a very courageous thing to do. I am assuming that she feels for LGBT teens as well, but she has no obligation to share these details with the rest of the world if she doesn't want to.

No, I got your point just fine - indeed the title is very stupid - and I did mention that people are being way too sentimental about something we already knew.

No, they are not the same, no straight people do not share their sex life when they are out in public - but that is not the issue here.

But who is saying that what she did was heroic? It was not the first time that she acknowledged her sexual orientation. Some people found it very moving, some others didn't - but she is no hero and definitely not a spokesperson for LGBT rights.

Indeed, I see your point and I agree with you, but I read her speech a bit differently. I don't think she was lashing out against celebrities that come out of the closet. I think it was more of an attempt to criticise celebrity culture and this rather recent trend of anouncing every single private detail with a…

That was a poor choice of words, I admit. I meant her family life, which obviously includes her ex-partner and children.

Nope, it isn't. But her marriage/relationships and family life is still of no concern to you either.

But this has nothing to do with asking the church to perform gay marriages. However, it has everything to do with their shitty behavior towards gay people, like sending gay kids to "correction" seminars where they treat them as sick animals. You should read what they do in those seminars, sometimes it is close to…

Re. Mel Gibson. Total dipshit, we know that. But she mentioned that he "saved her" a few times. I have no idea what she is talking about, but say, if I am drowning in a frozen lake and someone takes the risk of trying to pull me out and saves my life, I assume I would be very grateful to that person, regardless of…

And you care about Jodie's life because...?

"Jody Foster"?

And who is saying that she shouldn't have beliefs of her own? Look, I am an atheist, and I was pretty positive that God didn't exist when I was 8-9 years-old, so I wasn't all that different from her. But I learned about other religions from an early age, and although they didn't change my mind, they did expand my own…

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Absolutely. It is not sensitive at all... it is just creepy. I almost feel bad for the girl he is dating now (if there is such girlfriend). I do still care a lot about my exes, and I think of them in certain situations... but every single day?! Dude, you need to get that checked.

HA! Self-important much? Anyway… have a nice Friday night!

I think you are seeing things mostly from a Judeo-Christian perspective. In that sense, you are right, Abrahamic religions are extremely dogmatic and they do not encourage much independent thought. Plus, it is horribly depressing. I was thinking more of introducing kids to other religious views: read the Ramayana, the…

Way harsh, Tai!