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This sort of thing did not used to happen in Iraq. For all their flaws, the Baathists did not tolerate religious nutcases imposing their will on the populace.

Wait, how does not fathoming atheism lead to distrust? Do you have to understand someone's motivations in order to trust them? I don't understand lots of people, but that does not mean I distrust them.

I suspect she is naive. She allowed herself to be used. She was almost the perfect test case: respectable, clean, lots of extracirricular activities, decent grades and SAT's from a good school... Now her name will be forever associated with this fiasco. The only way it will ever do her "good" is if she uses this to…

"human turkey neck Mitch McConnell"

I searched this a few years ago. I never saw any research on age and understanding consent in this context. For medical research, there is some research on informed consent, but that is different. In a research context, you have people who are experienced at explaining medical research and its risks to others trying…

"If I'm to understand your point, once a person has their plumbing enabled, they should be free to have sex, as nature intended. Is that correct?"

I knew someone who was telling her grandmother all about her wonderful new boyfriend. When she mentioned his name and where he lived, the grandmother informed her that they were cousins. Grandma showed her pcitures from the previous Thankgiving or Christmas or something. They "broke up" afterwards (discontinued the…

That piques my curiosity. While I don't doubt that 18 year olds understand biology better on average (2 more years of school and life), the "understanding consent" intrigues me. Can you provide a reference or two so I can follow the citation index?

My first reaction when I see a story like this is to wonder if the sensational description is what really happened. While I do not know that your portrayal is correct, I find it entirely plausible.

For those who are curious, here is one of Whiteman's actual papers: PMID 24948319

What if they gave 6 names but it turned out only 5 of them were involved? The one who had nothing to do with it forever has a name associated with raping passed out girls... That happens, you know. We can wait a short while law enforcement makes sure they have the right people.

Let law enforcement investigate and decide what names to release. It would not be the first time that some names got dragged through the mud over something they had nothing to do with.

It is news access and the internet. Most of the kidnapping, rape, baby death, etc. stories would not have gotten national play 20 years ago. If it is any consolation, the rates of all major crimes seem to be dropping over time so the sickness is lessening.

A friend of mine had bad luck in a string once:

I only remember liberals saying that Bristol Palin should teach conservatives to be more understanding of people like Jamie Lynn Spears. Maybe I missed the being mean to Bristol part.

Another free market maxim is "you get what you pay for." The state bought crap from a firm with a horrible reputation and notoriously bad employees. They got what they paid for: health code violations, less food than they were paid to provide and employee abuse of prisoners.

At the last institution where I worked, forcible sex offenses were, as the name implies, either involved a sexual act (rape, groping, etc.) forced on someone, or done while they had diminished capacity (e.g., they were asleep or passed out). There was another category for all other offenses of sexual nature…

You can read the bill (SB 2580). The person has a 6 month probationary period for treatment where they get benefits. However, the bill does not provide funding for treatment and it is unclear if they expect the recipient to pay for it.

This bill will be unlikely to catch those people. All they have to do to avoid accountability is lie and they will not have to take the tests. There is a requirement for treatment and a probationary period in the bill, but no funding is specified. It is unclear if they will have to pay for treatment with TANF.