Yeah, I never understood the love fans had for Drogo. He was the Ultimate Caveman, but he threw in "my sun and stars" every once in a while to throw her a bone.

That's true. In the books, Tywin was never nice - nor had any interactions, I don't think - with Arya.

Yeah, but Robert Barratheon had black hair, but when the black mixed with the yellow, voila! Yellow.

Aegon.

Me too! God, Robb was my favorite. He was smart enough to get great advisors, wise enough to realize he didn't know everything, stupid enough not to listen to his mother (hee) and he got married to Jeyne, and savvy enough to have natural military aptitude. He would have made a fantastic king.

Oh, I hate Robert all right. Still, I think Daeny's character is really there for doing all the work, and then Aegon is going to swoop in and take over as she dies.

Can you honestly see straight laced Ned, Mr Do Gooder, doing something like this?

Again, disagree. You're right, Martin had him surrounded by horrible people, but he always did save the underdog. To me, that's irreproachable.

I think that's the only thing the Targaryens' did RIGHT. Look what happens what you have a billion kings. Egos abound.

Because they gloated about their rape on social media. They had no misgivings about what they did, bragging and whatnot, until they were given the sentencing by the judge.

This made me laugh, unfortunately.

SO true. I could tell you stories. What have you seen personally? Do you have any tips on how to make CPS take you seriously when you allege abuse in a white family?

EXACTLY. Dealing with a situation where the family is not-poor, has food on the table, no bruises, and the children are messed up as hell. Suicide attempts and everything, lots of causes but I don't want to give too much away. Suffice it to say, the kids need to get the hell away from the parents.

How does your SO manage it? Does s/he see a therapist?

The crimes happened in North India.

Who said they're barbarians? I never said it. The fact that people are falling all over themselves to label them with epithets that it SOUNDS like I COULD HAVE said, says more than I ever said.

Did I say that Indian people are savages? No. But are we not allowed to say that India is freaking dangerous for tourists, or that brutal gang rape assault is becoming more common there? We criticize the American culture for glorifying the athlete and excusing date rape without anyone devolving into "Americans are…

This sounds awful. I'm so sorry you went through with that. And in your case, the fact that it's a teacher made it awful because he/she was supposed to be a mentor, a guiding adult, and instead s/he betrayed your trust. I wonder if that's what differentiates that between what the OP experienced.

Veggieburger77 wrote, over the weekend because apparently news coverage over the weekend on Jezebel is ignored and reiterated on Monday:

Although it's probably true that there isn't an increase in rapes, but possibly in reports and/or the fact that we're just hearing about them more.