Reading Powell talk about how the whole thing got blown out of proportion, without even acknowledging that he had the power the whole time to tell all the pearl clutchers to GTFO, is making me unreasonably irritated.

Too damn little and too damn late Mr. Powell. This was highly unfair to Janet Jackson. She ain't doing badly in life at all but I hated this and I still side eye the hell out of Justin for distancing himself from her so much and basically letting her get blasted all alone. I wonder if he feels at all awkward about…

The contrast between their outfits is so strange.

I remember when this happened and being so shocked and appalled the next day when I realized during the water cooler conversation that all the outrage and uproar was about the mere exposure of the breast. Prior to that, I honestly believed that people were reacting to the stylized depiction of what might be…

This is the point where I completely lost respect for Justin Timberlake. He threw Janet under the bus once he saw how the publicity for the stunt backfired. She was unjustly ridiculed while Justin was applauded and actually pitied. She was banned from the Grammy's, while this dick head went on to attend the Grammy's…

Meh, a nipple. But all the violence on TV is totally ok?

And let's not cover up her disappointment in him, from the caption of one of the image sets in the original article:

I think America is, you know, unfairly harsh on ethnic people.

For me it's not as much about the fetus as much as a complete violation of her bodily autonomy that endangered her life. This was a violent assault that could have resulted in her death. If he'd beaten the shit out of her resulting in similar amounts of bleeding, a similar hospital stay, and the loss of her very much…

Here's why that isn't a fair comparison, as i posted elsewhere. Pay attention to the last part:

What's interesting is that most likely, 14 years isn't just for the abortion, it includes practicing medicine without a license (he's a med student), and a most likely a felony for forging his father's signature to obtain the prescription.

Cytotec, to the best of my knowledge, is used to treat stomac ulcers. It is also commonly used as an illegal abortificient. It's also very dangerous and may cause haemorraging and death.

Bingo. If you ignore the additional baggage of the forced miscarriage (and that's a pretty big if right there), you've still got a man who poisoned someone.

I'm sort of surprised myself.

That's a very important point. However, I believe his sentence was first-degree murder, which sets a terrible precedent for abortion rights because its saying the 6 week embryo that died was a person. Either way, what he did was wrong and I'm sure this woman having decided to keep the child was devastated, among all…

Poisoning a person is illegal, even if it didn't work.

He also could have killed her. That shit isn't safe to take without the supervision of a medical professional. It's not Plan B y'know? She could have bled to death if there were complications.

To those who think the sentence was excessive:

Guys. Do NOT read the comments on the link, unless you're in the mood for a rage filled afternoon.

I mean, I'm not going to argue against abortion rights, but to this woman, this fetus was a child that she wanted. He killed her baby.