Naw, we’ve been turning a blind eye to the Saudis and their abuses for years.

Well, I know a few people from very rural parts of the country who actually have to hunt to eat (I’m sure this lifestyle is dying out, but its not dead yet). But why on earth does anyone need assault weapons and handguns?

I look at it more as “See, this is what should actually have a waiting period” rather than drawing a direct parallel. Because a lot of the restrictions on abortions would actually be totally reasonable and helpful when applied to gun purchasing.

Eh, women were a big part of the New Right under Reagan (maybe not the under-35s, though). Now the GOP is hemorrhaging female support.

Yeah...I stopped reading the Batbooks during Zero Year and every time I hear about a new storyline it just sounds fucking ridiculous. Especially how every single plotline is a giant conspiracy with the Owls.

Or maybe men who commit crimes while psychotic should be treated instead of executed?

I don’t think you know what criminally insane means. It means both that she had no concept of right or wrong at the time and she was literally incapable of controlling her actions. It’s a fantastically difficult defense to prove, and the fact that it was successful in this case shows how truly, incredibly sick she…

Not only that, but he pressed her to stop taking her medication.

Ooh, I’d read that!

Well, there’s always going to be those few kids who are drawn to extremism. In high school I knew a girl who went off to join a Christian doomsday cult that later got raided by the Feds for planning to assassinate the president. She dropped out before graduation and married a man 10 years our senior. It was nuts. But…

Gee, its like politics are morally complicated and we can support some actions while criticizing others!

Access for disabled fans should be built into con costs. Cons pay for lots of things that serve only a small number of participants—they often pay for the con GOHs to bring along a friend or partner, they provide vegetarian food options, they run airport shuttles, etc, etc. Not to mention optional costs like…

Well, the Bosnians have suffered a lot of violence and displacement in the past few decades, and a lot of families never landed on their feet. It’s not hard to see how a terror cult like ISIS can exploit angry teenagers who feel like they don’t fit in where they are.

“Islam” is a very large category. You can’t say all of Islam oppresses women any more than you can say all of Christianity oppresses women. Yes, there are religious doctrines in lots of world religions that place women in positions of less power, and often those doctrines are exploited to oppress women. But there are…

I don’t think the money is really the point, she just wants a court order to force the government’s hand and get the footage released.

To be fair, I’ve seen a couple of Indian people writing about how western-style yoga practice violates the spiritual point of yoga and how they’d like it to stop, but they seem to be a minority. In any case, I think most people would agree that doing concrete good for disabled students is more of a priority than…

I think the problem is that a lot of yoga teachers try to take from Hinduism and other amalgamated eastern religion-type stuff, which can be offensive. There are also a few traditional yoga practitioners from India who object to it being used as a western exercise fad because it goes against some of the beliefs of the…

I think so. The line for me is making sure you’re really commenting on something the person has put effort into, and not really their body or attractiveness. “Is that a new shirt, Janice? Looks great!” almost never plays as creepy, but “You look great in that new shirt, Janice!” sure can.

This isn’t hitting on women, this is sexual harrassment! There’s a big difference. For one, bosses need to act respectfully around their employees and not try to date them, because employees have very little power over their bosses.

In what world is the responsibility on a 16-year-old have to tell a 28-year-old to leave her alone?