lol what? In Europe almost nobody owns a gun. Professional hunters do, some part of the police, the military and that’s it. I’m from Belgium, I don’t know a single person who owns a gun. Bcause of terrorist attacks in big cities there are now military guys walking around with their machine guns next to train stations,…

I love the Buccaneers as a novel and watched the whole series on youtube. Perhaps it’s still available there?

Boycotting one country while looking the other way or dismissing the actions of other countries that are way worse makes you a hypocrit. At least own it.

Boycotts aren’t started by a bunch of well-intentioned Westerners sitting around a room asking “who’s the worst human rights offender in the world? Let’s boycott them.” LOL sure Jan.

No. (I do try to buy as less Chinese products as possible but it’s hard since most of electronics in made there as well as clothes, shoes, etc.) But I don’t boycott Israel either. See the difference? I also never see any comments about Chinese human rights records whenever there’s an article on China. Wonder why.

No they’re not. Why? Because China is not a democracy and they’re risking a lot by speaking out. Israel on the other hand IS a democracy which is why Palestinians get to voice their opposition. As for Bangladesh, like I said somewhere else, people love cheap clothes too much whereas boycotting Sodastream is way…

At least some honesty. I guess SJW love their iPhone too much.

yep it’s selective outrage, thank you for at least acknowledging it.

Do you also refuse to buy electronics/clothes/shoes made in China or clothes made in Bangladesh? My guess is you don’t of course. Better to focus on a flawed democracy like Israel than on an actual dictatorship like China that supports North Korea or a country that employs kids for clothing companies like Bangladesh.…

Why are so many people like you on this thread trying to make us feel sorry for pedophiles?? This is gross. It sounds like you’re basically saying this was his “sexual orientation”. Stop this shit. If pedophiles really wanted not to harm children, they would all agree to chemical castration. How many do?

WTF? That’s not true at all. Stop trying to minimize what pedophiles do.

Thanks for the explanation!

Right. I understand that the procedure means that you have to go through a referendum. Still problematic though.

I find it highly problematic that the rights of a minority are being decided by the majority. It’s gross imo. Gay people should get married not because straight people (the majority of the population) are ok with it but because it’s the right thing to do period. It’s about equality. Same with abortion. Abortion is…

It’s pretty gross that Ireland keeps resorting to referendums to decide on human rights matters. Like they did with the referendum about gay marriage basically asking straight people: “so do you think gay people are not totally disgusting? do you think they should get married?”. It’s the same here: they’re asking men…

you have no clue.

Ah yes the “sweet gig” of having to undergo a pregnancy for 9 months, have your body radically change during that time, puke every day, experience child birth and have the baby you’ve bonded with for 9 months taken away from you. What a sweet sweet gig indeed.

Oh great. Let’s shame women for having plastic surgery. What a good idea.

So you’ve only watched one movie of his, per your own admission, but somehow you’ve decided that he has been telling the same sory over and over? HOW would you know? (Off the top of my head: Radio Days, Interiors, Hannah and her sisters, Love and Death.) Are you simply repeating the same stuff that you’ve read on…

Question: Do Americans get a nuanced and informed view of France or any other European country that is not the UK or Ireland? Based on the xenophobic comments on this thread they don’t. So pot meet kettle. Obviously the question was dumb and offensive but I’ve seen dumb and offensive comments on Jezebel about Europe…