#notallpolice

You haven't woken up at 3 am to a swat team pointing guns at your toddler - only to be resolved when the police realize they have the wrong address.

Whew. The police found no evidence of police misconduct. I feel much better about it now that such a trustworthy source has looked into it.

"that the power dynamics between police and people are similar to those between prison guards and prisoners."

Sure thing officer.

Any resistance to the police is a crime - regardless of context. It's why the police are such a problem.

I wouldn't know. Did someone say it was?

btw - men and women get shit on equally in my neighborhood. That's why these arguments that further the gender divide drive me so crazy.

I was just speaking there as a dude.

You know, I was just going to edit that comment out, because rape and divorce are not comparable things, and I don't want to suggest they are.

In your view, would I be 'asking for it?'

At least that's how it's supposed to work...

This sounds like blaming. Rather than focus on the system treating everyone fairly, it seems like you're putting the burden on men to make sure they choose the right partners. 'It's your fault if you don't get to see your kids. You should have chosen a better wife.'

"It's what you wanted to do before the divorce, so you can continue to do it after."

Sorry, but that is b.s. Personally, I DON'T want to be the financial provider. I'd much rather be the one staying at home with the kid. But I'm the one able to make money, and the wife can't find employment.

You take a guy who works 50 hours a week to support the household and sees his kids every day while married - then tell him he's only going to get to see them a couple weekends a month after the divorce because he wasn't the one staying home with the kids, and he should have been doing his 'fair share'... that can be…

Their point is irrelevant. Any point they make is irrelevant. They are SO fucking wrong, that if they were to agree with me, it would make me wrong too.

It would be funny if it wasn't so believable. For those of us who grew up under the iron fist of Tipper Gore and 'family values' ... Man, we had to deal with people like that for real.

"In a yet another ruling that indicates that we'd enjoy better legal protection if we just incorporated our reproductive organs and sent them to murder civilians in Iraq,"

Gotta disagree. Seeing it "all" is so easy there's just no magic anymore. One naked hot chick is much the same as another. The black bar leaves a bit of mystery, and highlights the sexiness of everything else.