As a people, we don't blame victims of theft, but we still tell people to lock their doors and hide their valuables.

...these incidents are almost always preceded by consumption, often heavy consumption, of alcohol, often by everyone involved in them.

But wait, I thought men were the problem in this case? So we aren't allowed to talk about changing men's behavior (because it's not about the men) and we aren't allowed to talk about changing women's behavior (because it's victim blaming).

So we shouldn't talk about changing anyone's behavior and things are a-ok the…

I am trying to be genuine here, but I struggle with the takeaway you are going for. Is it wrong to have a standard where people try to help others, stop bad behavior, and try to help a potential victim? It is wrong to shame the people that participate in, or by inaction, enable sexual assaults?

A genuine question,…

The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!

I think you may be confusing the feudal term "noble" with the character trait of being honorable. You are a noble, in that you are a lord. Hopefully, that doesn't mean you have to end up like Eddard Stark.

Right on with all counts: you are an idiot, you said racist things, and those kind of comments are gross and need to be stopped.

Nope. The Economist is the only respectable magazine. All others are merely clickbait without a computer. And in TIME's case, they manage to do that, too!

Mario Teaches Typing also taught me to use two spaces. As I am only 30 years old, I seriously hope hiring managers are not THAT lazy to get a feel for the age based on number of spaces vs. years of work experience. If you need to count the number of spaces rather than number of years of experience to tell if your…

My mistake - it was a legislative vote that failed when it didn't get the support of the Catholic dioceses since the way it was worded, a failed pregnancy could have been criminalized.

I don't know if there is a strong sentiment about oil money, but just that litigation in general is viewed very poorly. To have the…

A "life begins at conception" amendment was rejected by a similar margin by ND voters a few years ago. As socially conservative as the state is, there is a significant libertarian sentiment that runs deep, which was only compounded by the concern about the unintended consequences of the vague wording.

One issue we have in getting a second cable company to come in is a federal law limiting expansion. The gist is that once they start offering service in the city, they have to offer it to every household within 3 years. The purpose is to keep companies from only servicing wealthier neighborhoods, and instead have to…

How many times in those 7 years have you thought, "I am so much better off now that I said that on Twitter." ?

Don't you think evolutionary psychology has something to do with this in regard to fertility? Men do not really lose fertility at any age, wheras women do. It isn't an insult, just a reality that women's fertility peaks in their early 20s (age 22 anyone?) then goes downhill until menopause removes it entirely.

Ah yes, now THAT takes me back. The first time I ever got motion sickness from a first-person perspective game.

For America, add in the metric system, Celsius/Kelvin, hectares, 220 Volts, and a whole host of others.

I don't think it is so much that women should be ashamed for having these feelings. In private conversation, I think MANY mothers would agree with the sentiments and support each other through the emotional difficulties. But unless you have outlived your children, a public voice is not the best way to talk about…

I have to agree with you on this. I don't know why in our current social consciousness that we equate talking about something with "publicly" talking about it. That is why we have therapists, counselors, advisers, and close friends. Just because an issue isn't discussed publicly does not mean we "can't talk about…

I think this is really a cultural divide based on ignorance, like you say. But I don't think it is specifically targeted as an assault on blacks. My first knowledge of the word "ghetto" came from these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Gh…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_…

I see what you are saying, given that these can be thought of as each independent trials. But that, also, is misleading. When you are concerned about the likelihood of an event occurring out of multiple independent events, you have to consider them all together.