When he was governor of MA, Weld was routinely (and quite reasonably) described by the national press as the “future of the Republican party.”

Not enough stars in the sky.

I sure don’t.

To be completely fair...the social “sciences” have *COUGH* always suffered from this particular problem. Even in better times.

Well, kinda sorta. Sometimes. You’re both right, is what I’m trying to say!

The West Wing? *COUGH*

OK, wow—the more I see, the more I’m thinking Hoyo...

ooh, you think?

Look, hey: sometimes one’s superpower involves strength, or the ability to fly.

Heavy sigh. Sorry, L...you irretrievably lost me when you (whilst verbally hotdogging) displayed your inability to spell the name of a common $#@!ing fruit...i.e., the subject of this whole $#@!ing thing.

Been reading your posts for a while up here, just wanted to say: sorry you’ve had this come up, and I’m glad that (1) she came clean about it right away, and (2) you’re getting decent advice here in this thread re: possible ways forward. Violence is so scary because—tell ourselves what we will—we’re all capable of it…

I weep for all of you poor non-washcloth-using, bodywash-soaping unfortunates.

(1) He’s right;

I read casting breakdowns, constantly. And yes—at least in Hollywood—“whip smart” is used almost exclusively (and incessantly, BTW) to describe women characters.

There are around 3.52 billion women on earth. This survey talked to 3,316 of them.

FROM SINFUL CHOICES, duh.

Oh, you’re absolutely right. I was simply conceding re: the OP that I was sympathetic to the emotional reasoning behind it. :-) When it comes to kids and potential risks, let’s face it, rational risk assessment becomes largely moot.

If you read my question, you’ll recall that I conceded the pools point right off the bat. :-) And I only asked about fatality since that’s what the OP seemed to be (understandably) concerned with.

That is called the argument from ignorance, and it’s a classic logical fallacy. Burden of proof is always on the one who asserts something as fact. I have asserted nothing.