How do people think the blues was invented? By black appropriation of white music. Get a grip people. It's called culture and it's a beautiful thing. Instead of stifling creativity, can we focus on justice? I just hate this line of argumentation because I think it just fosters more racist thinking. No one has…

serious question: do celebrities really mostly/only post pictures of themselves or are those just the ones you picked?

I love Lizzy Caplan so much!

I have two stalker stories that really reflect how law enforcement responds differently depending on class.

Sometimes it can shock them enough to stop stalking you. Not sure if it solves all of their problems, but it might solve the victim's (writing from experience).

Probably, but it's funnier to call a little, sweet girl a fraud.

Wow. Janiyah is a fraud. How can people believe them? She doesn't look the same and definitely does not dance the same as the girl in the video.

Underearner's Anonymous. It's amazing. It's a small program, so they mostly have phone meetings, which are actually really great. Check it out! http://www.underearnersanonymous.org/

BoSephus, if anyone in AA is telling you what to do and what to believe, you may just be talking to the wrong people. There are plenty of people in AA, and no one can speak for AA as a whole. The program is based on suggestion and interchange of experience. It is not based on advice. If you don't like that's fine…

Whoah! Thank you for responding. It didn't read right to me either. I am in Alanon, DA, and UA. There are plenty of ways that these programs help people with emotion driven compulsions. You can call other members, go to a meeting and talk about your feelings, and write about how you are feeling. In fact, all the…

Also: what's your background? what is your family origin? you can ask those of anyone.

"A jury can decide to acquit someone despite knowing that they broke the law, but they cannot decide to convict someone without knowing that they broke the law." I see! Thank you so much!

DIRTEE30 reporting from 1982. So cute.

Killing someone who poses no imminent threat to you is clearly against the law, even in Florida. But somehow this case got distorted to the extent that all Zimmerman had to do was prove that he, subjectively, was afraid. Those were the instructions that the jury was apparently given (as far as I understand), to…

In this case, yes. In general, not necessarily. In any case, I thought that they could...

But my understanding was that juries were developed so that the justice system would reflect evolving social standards. Things like jury nullification exist to give juries power even if they think a law is unjust. Couldn't they legally have made a different decision here?

"in the end we did what the law required us to do". can anyone comment on this? is this really true? Why do we have a jury system if you have to go by the exact letter of the law?

"in the end we did what the law required us to do". can anyone comment on this? is this really true? Why do we have a jury system if you have to go by the exact letter of the law?

Some next level Hunger Games shit. Though I am really happy for her, it just saddens me that the only way that kids have to really have a fair shot in life is to impress some rich person.

Actually a 20 year old girl being wild and sexy and happy is pretty gangster.