That’s a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing. I’m definitely a meticulous planner when it comes to safety. It really sucks that it’s something we even have to think about when we’re just trying to be open and have a good time.

Meeting at a Pride event would be a great story! As for trying to act as matchmaker, I did not think of that. I suppose I would have to be clear upfront that I am definitely straight!

Thanks for the insight!

That’s a good idea. Perhaps I’ll give that a try.

It is a great feeling! I’m also a rather isolated person, with not many opportunities for meeting new people. I will admit that I’m curious, and he was very cute.

So I went to my first pride fest today. I missed the parade because on my day off, I just cannot get out of bed. I only stayed a couple hours, listening to the performances and people-watching.

Beric gave his life to save Cat, and he is instead alive and well, so I don’t think we’re getting LSH. Since it has been years since the Red Wedding, there is nothing left of Cat to resurrect at this point.

Me throughout that entire scene.

I was more upset about Shaggy Dog. I knew when the Umber dude left the room to get “proof” of Rickon’s identity that he wouldn’t come back with a live direwolf. I am hanging on to a very tiny shred of hope that it wasn’t really Shaggy, and that the Umbers are planning to take down psycho Ramsey. But that still means…

Me too!

I just checked the book. When she glamoured Mance to look like Rattleshirt, he had a ruby on his wrist that she had given him that said he could feel burning against his skin, and he specifically mentioned the glamour.

I just commented to someone else, but she must have been glamoured this entire time, and the jewel at her throat is somehow maintaining it. In the books she has the power to put a glamour on others.

It totally makes sense to me now. The jewel at her throat must be a glamour to make herself look younger. In the books she has the ability to put a glamour on others, and I think there was a jewel involved. *runs off to check book*

I am sorry that you are going through this. It seems to me that he does feel guilty for having been instrumental in your abortion. But he doesn’t want to take responsibility for it. He’s had to compartmentalize his values as a conservative and his own choice to urge you to have an abortion in order to be in a…

I agree. I loved that stuff when I was a kid. But I can see how if you’re stuck in a tin can in space and are dying for a hot fudge sundae, astronaut ice cream just won’t cut it.

I was afraid something like this would happen. The stigma attached to victims runs so deep. When I lived in Nepal, many children who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery were never welcomed back home once they were rescued. It is a shame, and so heartbreaking.

I stand corrected. If TV says it, then it must be true!

The insanity defense also includes a lack of ability to understand the criminal nature of one’s act as a result of their mental illness, not just the inability to tell right from wrong. So someone who thought he was acting in self defense because he was delusional could qualify.

You’re right. I read the linked article which is clearer that his attorneys were appealing his sentence, not his conviction (as they had already appealed the conviction and failed). In that case, he still would not have been let off the hook, but would have been sentenced to life in prison.

A person who pleads the insanity defense is not let off the hook. They are sent to an institution where they undergo mandatory treatment. This defense is rarely used and even more rarely successful.