Can you please point out what in the article suggests that the woman "couldn't handle" what the system asked of her? I think what is really bothering me about your article is that you are assuming that woman made no choices that led to the situation. I am not trying to victim blame nor am I referring to the actual…

Sometimes it IS a contest and as a prosecutor you are between a rock and a hard place. It is a job I did for 8 years, and I had to get material witness warrants on a few occasions. It was an absolute last resort. It is highly likely that a lot was done to procure this witness's presence, because a judge will not…

A view/rant from the prosecutor's side - material witness warrants are a necessity. This guy was accused of extremely serious crimes that he needs to be held accountable for. There is a massive amount of public interest in prosecuting these offences. If the crime or offender is serious enough and a key witness (victim…

The problem is not that the burden of beyond a reasonable doubt is too high. The problem is that juries hold prosecutors to a higher standard beyond that. Particularly because of television shows where every case is supported by DNA, fingerprints, and a confession. In real life, that sort of thing doesn't happen. …

her statement to the police is useless unless she makes an appearance at the trial.

Olivia Benson has arrested more than one rape victim for various things.

Olivia Benson is a work of fiction. This is the real justice system. BTW, no one does the forensic lab work like they do in CSI either.

God isn't real. Take your child to a fucking doctor.

Unfortunate that I'm impressed? I didn't even really complain. It's more like watching someone contort until they can lick their own asshole. It's impressive.

All municipal (city) laws are ordinances. Speed limits, liquor licenses, smoking regs, etc. All ordinances. It's just a term.

maybe people are just sick of lindy and other writers at jezebel who think obesity is nothing more than a 'bogeyman', equate any comments on obesity being unhealthy as either 'concern trolling' or 'fat shaming', and refuse to budge from their narrow-minded, dogmatic view of this issue?

Let's just assume for the sake of argument that Lindy is shoehorning this into her "pet topic:" why is she disallowed to discuss discrimination against her when it is included in a topic?

Hey super angry person, you've put a lot of words in my mouth that I never said. Nobody can take you seriously when you're overly defensive. Pick a fight somewhere else.

The other articles didn't discuss fat shaming.

Those other articles reference obesity, a known health risk, as a point of comparison. They use obesity as a benchmark for how unhealthy loneliness really can be (for people over the age of 50, the demographic that was studied). And they don't suggest that since loneliness is more unhealthy than obesity, there is…

Allow me to answer your question with another question:

The article also mentioned extreme poverty , but you failed to mention that. The article used obesity as a basis of comparison, not as a central point of the article. And all those other articles you posted do also use obesity and smoking and other harmful things as a way to compare the results of the study. You are…

So sharing the results of research suggesting that loneliness is generally bad for health isn't "loneliness-shaming". But sharing the results of research showing that obesity is generally bad for health is "fat-shaming".

Really impressed how a sort of interesting article about loneliness managed to inspire yet another rant about fatphobia.

First of all, to tie what appears to be a completely unrelated issue to obesity strikes me as total clickbait. Second, I don't think you want to draw this parallel do you? Most people would apparently view loneliness as an undesirable state, pity lonely people and would recommend that people cure it by taking steps to…