It’s looking away out of embarrassment.

I’m not going to say a 14 year old and an 18 year old is ok, because it’s not, but context matters. If they were continually treated like peers (maybe one a year ahead in school and one a year behind) by adults who knew they were in some kind of dating relationship that everyone was ok with until they had sex, it was…

I don’t like sex offenders any more than the next person, but I think it’s pretty dangerous to make their lives so damned unlivable that the ones who want to be rehabilitated lose any motivation to stay on the right path.

Technically they’ve got “froot” right there in the name.

I get what you are saying, but I usually counter when people make that argument, “Not wanting to have a kid is not good birth control. Birth control is good birth control.” I know what you meant, but personal pet peeve.

Crazy, isn’t it? Almost like teaching kids how to drive makes more sense than a parent saying saying “I know you really want to go somewhere, but I’d prefer you ignore those keys on the table and the car sitting in the driveway and wait until you’re married before we talk about safe driving.”

I wouldn’t be surprised if the kid(s) said something but the relevant adults just didn’t listen.

You’re right, it is a fantastic teaching mechanism.

Yep. In 2nd grade I was punished with humiliation for having a messy desk and having messy handwriting. Not only was my messy desk dumped out in front of the whole class on a few occasions, so everyone could gawk at my lack of organization, but on one occasion my desk was also put in the corner and I wasn’t allowed to…

And it also provides an unobstructed pathway to clear your farts. Big plus...not so much for those seated around you, though.

And it also provides an unobstructed pathway to clear your farts. Big plus...not so much for those seated around…

It’s 116 EUR over here -_-.

It’s 116 EUR over here -_-.

my first thought...wow, lucky they got caught in Australia where there is no death penalty rather than Indonesia where they would be promptly sentenced to death row.

Well, that and don’t get caught.

Most of the comments on this post really shock me. Colorado is very gun-friendly state. Cinemark is a theater company, not a security company. It’s not their fault that the US has ridiculous gun laws and it’s not their fault that it’s easy for nutjobs and sociopaths to easily acquire assault rifles. To suggest that…

What retail chains have metal detectors? I’ve never in my life had to walk through one at a retail chain. Maybe there’s a few somewhere that use them, but they sire as hell aren’t common

The optics of this are bad but I don’t think people realize this is just a piece of paper that says they owe them money. The court isn’t going to try to collect from them or force them to pay. And Cinemark will likely let this go. When you are awarded a judgment it is literally a piece of paper that says you won. The…

Call me a heartless bastard, but I’m OK with this. No matter how sympathetic these people are, they were trying to get Cinemark - who did nothing wrong - to give them money.

But the movie theater did not do anything wrong, so why should they be liable to compensate these victims of James Holmes? I’m as plaintiff friendly as they come, but this case was just ridiculous.

“On a conference call, the federal judge overseeing the case told the plaintiffs’ attorneys that he was prepared to rule in the theater chain’s favor. He urged the plaintiffs to settle with Cinemark, owner of the Century Aurora 16 multiplex where the July 20, 2012, shooting occurred. They had 24 hours.” So in other…

I’m trying to understand why people are mad at Cinemark—it looks like not only did they offer to settle (which they 100% shouldn’t have had to do), but they also let the plaintiffs drop out—only 4 of the original 40 plaintiffs are responsible. Those 4 were unreasonable. They were wrong. And I am sympathetic—their…