Hear hear!

Fuck Andrew Cuomo, and fuck the GOP even more for not being able to put up an even halfway reasonable alternative.

The NFL is indeed different than the NHL.

We don’t know exactly what the video showed - if she appeared to be an enthusiastic participant, that would very much undermine the allegations. Presumably she didn’t appear lucid and struggling, because then I would imagine charges would be brought.

Absolutely correct, but the presence of allegations also does not mean the presence of rape. Allegations must still be supported, even in a school disciplinary proceeding, though the “charges” and standards of evidence/proof would likely be very different.

It’s not a pathetic hill to die on if they firmly believe in the innocence of the players accused, particularly if they have good reason to do so. While a lack of criminal charges does not mean that a school cannot pursue its own discipline, the school still needs to have some evidence that its rules were broken - the…

Or maybe there was no gang rape. Just because most rape allegations are true doesn’t mean that all rape allegations are true. All allegations should be taken seriously and investigated thoroughly, and charges should be brought if they can be substantiated. If they cannot be substantiated, no charges should be brought.

I completely agree with you on people overreacting ridiculously to anything related to air travel - I’ve got my own hypotheses as to why that is, but I’ve always found it curious and irritating.

Are you telling me that NOT all internet commenters live in their mom’s basements? Because I’ve been holding my new living arrangements over people’s heads since getting upgraded to my childhood bedroom last month, and this is making me wonder if maybe my arrogance was ill-advised...

I misread your comment the first time - my apologies for knee-jerk creating an argument where none existed.

Your comment makes no sense - the first sentence essentially contradicts the second. If you found it so funny, why would you want him to have been guilty? Wouldn’t that have taken away your amusement and sense of moral superiority?

Sounds legit.

All of a sudden that smile looks a lot less “I’m gonna get away with this because I’m a Jayhawk” and a lot more “I’m just going to laugh, because what else can I do in such an absurd situation?”

“Flight mode” isn’t “off”. They no longer require electronic devices to be turned off during takeoff and landing like they used to.

Maybe you should do a study. Sounds like a dumb theory to me, but hey, maybe the data would prove me wrong!

Seems like the point was that she wouldn’t leave on her own and she was determined to make the cop’s job as difficult as possible. What would you suggest they do with someone of that size who is refusing to walk? He didn’t appear to me to be doing anything malicious, in fact he seemed admirably calm. I detest police…

This would mark the first time in the past year that I would totally support that chant.

I think if someone is refusing to leave and going boneless to force the cop to drag them off the plane, it’s a bit optimistic to think that some possible additional financial penalty would suddenly make them think rationally.

And with any luck you’d get sued and disciplined, since you sound like a sadist.

What’s with multiple commentors referencing the long dead “turn your electronics off” rule as if it were a current rule that will never go away? IT’S GONE!