Yes, but the case law precedence this could set and the studies that the article discusses are further reaching than that. I'm aware that this lawsuit is specific to your state, but it has the possibility of being far wider reaching. More than that, if sex offender lists do not reduce recidivism (regardless of if…

Thank you for sharing your experiences. I cannot imagine the strength and courage your work takes, and you're certainly making a difference in the lives of children.

I appreciate your input, but to my understanding not all states have a board like Colorado does. Without some sort of oversight as to the people put on the list (like the board provides) all of these problems will immediately come to the forefront. And I had a friend in college threatened with an indecent exposure…

If your state doesn't have Romeo and Juliet laws, you can be put on the sex offender list for being 18 and dating someone who is 17. I don't think that's inappropriate, nor does it mean you're a child molester or pedophile.

Ooh, ooh! I like this one.

Loosey-goosey-sorta-kinda.

You are never alone.

Why, thank you.

Penelope, that strange and beautiful Ricci as a pig movie. It's actually really sweet and the cast is awesome.

Get thee out of the grays!

As I pointed out in a later comment, I'm aware of that. I know that extraordinary efforts were made, my point was that the casual observer generally knows that there are bison living in the wild due to the advertising efforts of several tourist destinations, and may not be aware of what their population size actually…

I actually linked to that article in a later comment. The OP has edited her first post a bit I think, but the original statement was explicitly about wiping out the bison, and Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump (like all bison jumps I've read about and seen) is in the Great Plains area in Alberta CA, north of Montana. I'm…

Right, but why? It was originally created by the French in the fifties, and basically ignores every single cultural/political/economic reason to divide up the map like that. The fact that "North" America and "South" America are completely arbitrary and so is Asia/Russia/Europe. Mexico has way more trade relations…

Ok, that is dumb, but I still maintain that continents and how we define them are effed up.

Honestly, my goal was to point out the difference between the two stories you told. I'm sorry if that made you regret telling the first one, it wasn't my intent.

I'm really not trying to nitpick here, so sorry if it comes off that way, but while you're right that the main way (if not the only way) to consume bison is to buy farmed bison, there are wild populations across North America. Particularly if you consume a lot of your information in the form of idyllic photographs of…

But...they didn't wipe out the buffalo? Destroyed large swaths of the population, yes, but the species still exist in pretty sizable numbers. And more than that, there are a lot of Native groups in the US and Canada that do still practice traditional methods of hunting (and gathering) and fishing. As someone who…

Do I watch Venture Brothers. PFFFFT.

Now we must be internet friends. What's the online equivalent of spitting in our palms and high fiving?