I had the joy of meeting Mr. Simmons in 2012. He was doing something at the offices I worked at and he stopped at each person’s desk and asked for a hug. He was intermittently laughing and crying. I don’t think anyone got any work done after he visited because we were all riding high off of it.

Sorry to see him back in the news like this again. I wish him all the best and hope that he’s living in an environment that allows him what he wants and needs.

This is one of those stories I don't think needs to be gossiped about. He needs peace and quiet and he should have it.

The homogenization of young girls’ ambitions by consumerism.

The Washington Post repeatedly used “forced himself upon” which, unless I was dramatically misreading every piece of Vic lit I came across, is their way of saying “rape” when the charges are “sex trafficking” and “sex tourism”. When a grown man is having any kind of intercourse with a 14- year old girl, but most…

What does the Catholic Church have to do with the webcam abuse? Not trying to be snippy. Just confused on it.

That’s not quite true. It’s really a matter of how one wants to interpret their religion.

I make sense, you just don’t want to understand what I’m trying to tell you but by all means- tell me more about the place that half my family is from. You saw a documentary so of course, you’re an expert!

I don’t really want to pile on you, since a lot of people have already addressed why the phrasing here is upsetting. I just want to suggest that, in future, if this sort of situation comes up, there are ways to split the difference. If you are concerned about using the word “rape” because that isn’t the exact wording…

Do you always wait to do research after you post the article?

Many news outlets also refused to use “torture” to describe US torture of prisoners. The US refused to call the Egyptian coup a “coup” because by law if it were a coup we couldn’t keep selling arms to them. Obama promised to call the Armenian Genocide a “Genocide” but has refused for the past 8 years to do so so as to…

1. The Catholic Church (and most other christian churches) ban on contraception and abortion is well known, It still has very little to do with the fact that people are evil and will abuse children with or without their consent. Unless the child pedophilia ring in Cebu is actually a church sponsored event, then they…

Totally. That excuse is just that, an excuse. How hard would it be on an alleged feminist blog to say, “Whoops, you know you’re right, let me fix that.” Two seconds and done. OP is full of something.

So because the DOJ and the Post are gutless turds, that gives you a pass?

Can’t you just say “allegedly raping”? I know that generally takes care of liability for slander.

As the parent of a child who NEVER wears pajama on “pajama day” but DID wear a dinosaur costume to the Christmas party - yeah, the other parents TOTALLY talked shit about the parents whose kid went as a hotdog.

My mom was born in Cebu. Yes, there is a major problem with poverty, corruption an child sex abuse but you can’t blame the church for all of it. All their issues stem from greed. I’m not a big fan of the Catholic church or organised religion in general but it’s just irrational for anybody to blame the church for all…

Sex trafficking and months of rape ARE NOT SEX. This headline is a disaster.

You don’t get to use the phrase “forced himself upon” and describe extortion, and then say “he had sex with her.” He extorted and raped an arguably prostituted girl.

Agreed. The snark didn’t bother me a bit because I dug being a puppy. She dug being a hot dog so any snark won’t matter to her.