Wow, talk about misunderstanding the whole concept of free speech.

Bingo!

oh I know it and have been guilty of responding with snark rather than thoughtfulness in the past. You were right, I was overly broad in my statement.

Reminded me of being in Amsterdam last summer and the only ones looking slutty were American tourists who thought that was what Amsterdam was about. I don’t know how…

I guess it is true it is more common in southern europe, some France, Spain, even Italy. But other areas are much more reserved. So it is a fair point.

I think it stems from Europeans in general being seen as more sexually mature than their repressed American cousins.

nobody should grab any boobs without consent.
Why does it qualify it with “she was just 21"

babies burning to death also bad?

The article is missing the connection between the “measurable” (whatever that means? ppb?) and “causes x health effects”

I suppose given enough time the novelty would wear off and you would have something similar to European countries. I think it would take a long time though given the long history of religious sexual repression in the U.S.

I guess maybe we could put blinders on everyone, but I don’t think that accomplishes anything.

Addendum: was just reading NYTimes article where both Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie acknowledged being harassed by Harvey. It notes that Brad Pitt confronted Harvey after he propositioned Paltrow, and of course he was married to Jolie...so he had to know a lot of what was going on first hand. Would he have told…

“What are things we don’t need in this world?”
Now that I have the board, I’ll take Potent Potables for $1000.

Those are good points and good suggestions. I think it depends on how much knowledge you actually feel you have. Certainly we hear rumors every day with probably a wide range in reliability. I hear rumors all the time at cocktail parties full of wealthy donors to various arts institutions and I don’t know I can…

so the definition for having actionable knowledge is reading gossip columns? I mean what level of “knowledge” are we putting on people?

sure, but what exactly are people supposed to do in response to hearing a rumor?

but why do you think Matt Damon would go around telling people? Seems like his whole point was to help cover it up...

I’d want more information. Were the women paid off by the company or privately? If the former and they didn’t know, then the board members were all asleep at the wheel and should resign. If they did know and did nothing than they should resign. If they were paid privately, I think we need more information. Many board…

this is unfortunate because his book was spot on with respect to tech.

because P!nk has a vastly greater catalog, sales, and awards. It is A-list vs. B-list. That doesn’t mean Kesha is bad, but they are not at the same level.

P!nk is also one of the best concert performers out there. 

Well it is from Rich, being messy is a feature not a bug.

This was 2011. Now days you are likely to have the opposite problem. Because of a push to reduce c-sections, doctors are hesitant to give them even when they are justified.

I’m sorry, this is nonsense.