their actual press release says 'we have two black friends'

The problem is that they're using protection of children as the premise for the request that the VMA's change the content of their program. It's not MTV's job to decide what content is appropriate for children and limit themselves accordingly; it's parents' job to make that decision, and to either limit their…

This just makes it even more beautiful.

purse and pussy may have the same etymology; from the Old English, pusi, or bag.

Vagina: nature's clutch.

Totally. My statement wasn't an indictment of monogamy. I'm not pro-monogamy or anti-monogamy (different things work for different people), just anti-betrayal. Ashley Madison are hypocrites for acting like monogamy is the problem when the problem is people breaking promises. I'd guess most Ashley Madison users are…

Monogamy is a perfectly acceptable lifestyle if both partners agree to it. Reneging on an agreement like that without telling your partner should be considered shameful.

Especially because that's exactly the sort of situation that can be prevented by a responsible guardian to yell "Hey, what are you doing? Get off of there."

Yeah, I don't think she should have gotten more than a warning, but the fact that the most responsible child managed to get herself caught in a toddler seat is probably a sign that it wasn't a great situation. She shouldn't have to be in that situation, but it probably wasn't safe. Remember, the 8 year old was the…

I have to agree. I love how everyone has such a clear, unmarked history of their totally safe yet totally free childhood! My mom did require we go back home on the hour to check in. She didn't let us just go wherever. She did have rules and watched us if we wanted to go play for hours at 7 years old. 8 isn't old…

I'm sorry, but I have a hard time believing that. Or at least believing it is the norm at food banks, or that they'd turn her away if a single woman showed up with four children and said, "I know your policy is two family members at a time, but I have no one to watch my kids." I imagine that most food banks are set up…

I agree. And her kids weren't really fine, since they needed the fire department to be called in to remove one of the kids from the playground equipment they were stuck in. At the point where something like that happens, I think it's perfectly reasonable to ask where the hell she was. And yes, she said she was at a…

The article also goes on to say how the kids started playing near a road, in the water at the edge of a lake at the park, and climbing on a big concrete sign. Any of these kids could've been injured or even drowned. And the mother wasn't even somewhere where she couldn't have kids with her! She could've take them to…

Funny thing is, even today, when we know one of the most dangerous things kids do is ride in a car, we don't arrest parents for unrestrained children. Because we don't arrest people for making *less than optimal parenting decisions*. We fine them, we might make them take a class, but we don't arrest them or yank…

Yeah...I'm kinda not getting the outrage here. I'm all for letting kids be kids, but these were four kids, the oldest age 8, left unsupervised for 2 and a half hours, where apparently one of them got into a precarious situation to the point where the fire department was called. I hope the family gets the help it…

I would've been on the mother's side had one of the kids not get caught in a swing meant for toddlers.
Then I'm reminded that kids of that age are really incredibly stupid and do stupid things and require constant supervision.

Nope. If I left my kids alone in our Upper East Side playground, I'd face the same fate.

Well, this isn't going to win me any friends...but if this story were changed and the Mom was off giving drug-fiend-induced blowjobs in an alley for 2.5 hours while her kids were in the park, you'd all be singing a different tune. Fact is, you have no idea what she was doing for that time - and it isn't our business,…

Right. A few magic words turn sex from the Devil's greatest evil into God's greatest gift.

Yeah. "Normal" weddings are those types that (1) aren't televised and (2) don't make a big deal about the brides' virginity, purity and modesty.