It would certainly be more meaningful if actions backed up the words, but that doesn't invalidate the words. The words could still be true, even if the speaker ignores them.

I think an opinion should be considered on its own merits, regardless of whether the holder of the opinion takes action on the opinion.

ABC's One Saturday Morning had Genie telling me that great minds think for themselves. Does that count?

Refusing to read anything by a Republican is a strange place to draw the line. Reading things won't brainwash you or cause you to vote for them in the future.

I'm pretty sure the fourth one grossed a billion dollars. Or do you mean dropped off since then?

This would work better without the "an".

If they got people to do it, it's not low.

You must not watch sports. That's where I see the vast majority of commercials I see.

But all of his articles will have to be anonymous.

And she's not very good at the first part.

Wait, what does PETA have against Van De Graaff generators? Do flies die when they land on them or something?

Dads love WWI tales? I mean, maybe they do, but there are a lot more WWII tales out there for dads to love.

I'd imagine "reasonable" is purposely vague. There could be instances where someone clearly consents, but later claims she (or he) didn't really mean it. You shouldn't fault the accused in that case. (Granted, such cases are rare, I'm sure.)

Yeah, I agree with you. I missed that you were making a distinction between the legal definition (which, according D.D. Driver, leaves too much wiggle room) and more of a common sense definition.

To be fair, there are a lot of shares in that company. They can't be worth very much.

I don't think he "assumed she had consented" and "reasonable but mistaken belief that there is consent" are necessarily mutually exclusive. If he had mistakenly assumed she had consented, might that not be rape? NB: I know next to nothing about law.

I think following the constitutional procedure for election (i.e. the electoral college) would be the "technical" route. I didn't vote for the guy either, but saying he doesn't deserve the presidency because he didn't win the popular vote is ridiculous.

The only one I've read is Anthem, which wasn't long at all. I didn't hate it, but a thousand more pages would have been too many.

That's how Harper Lee should have gone out as well.

I think declaring her life is much worse than before is a bit speculative. She's the gender she wants to be, is regarded by many to be a hero, and probably has an upcoming book deal. I mean, she might be worse off than before, but that seems to be more her decision than yours.