They won’t do this because they’re too stupid to admit they’re wrong, but even this explanation wouldn’t fly at this point - as many people have pointed out, if you think someone has a bomb, you don’t fuck around with it in the room while you waste time interrogating the kid, you evacuate the school immediately and…

Same. I’m also amazed that they haven’t even managed a “we were doing what we thought was best for the safety of our student body at the time, but we’re sorry for the humiliation and fright our caution has caused Ahmed” pseudo apology yet. Would it kill them to fake some compassion here? They put a kid through some…

I think he had an intent.

I don’t believe the school overreacted. I believe they under reacted. If the teacher had left the clock in the classroom and the administration had immediately evacuated the school and called for the bomb squad, I’d have no problem with this story. However, since they DIDN’T take these steps, I can only conclude that…

Started a conversation? Started? Yeah, Matt, you’re a real pioneer. Nobody was talking about diversity in the film industry until you mentioned it.

I’m so sorry.

When I was attacked and beaten by a parter, my college would not allow me the time-off from classes to put the fucker in jail. I then failed two courses and had to take sumer school ($$$) pay the legal fees that never paid off because I was threatened with failing (which they did anyways). AND has to pay all the…

And twenty-three states have allow rapists to sue for custody rights if their victim gets pregnant.

Oh gods, almost forgot that for a second! Sorry :( I’ll go back to letting these people rescue me from myself.

Hi! I’m not insane, brainwashed or low in self-esteem. And while I think you’d struggle to find a job where money ISN’T part of the appeal (the point of having a job is paying the bills, no?), I chose sex work because here in NZ it’s safe, regulated, and most importantly? I get to choose my own work schedule to fit…

OK, I got raped by two adults at age 5 and, for one, I don’t want society’s “sympathy,” especially since it comes with a lot of “well what could you have done differently?” bullshit. Uh, not be a naive, trusting 5-year-old? I’ll get right on that.

Secondly, I haven’t met all sexual assault survivors, obviously, but…

Prohibition doesnt work, never has and never will. While I think there needs to be both strong regulations and a strong safety net in society, I think that your assertions about sex work and the people who do it is a product of your own prejudice and ignorance.

Have you actually met or talked to a sex worker? Ever? I have. Fascinating people who get into it for all different reasons.

I haven’t seen much peer reviewed evidence that supports the idea that a great many sex workers are sex workers non-voluntarily.

As a former sex worker, no. That happened to me & I didn’t think of it as rape. If a guy had forced sex on me at gunpoint, that would indeed be rape.

Nope, try again.

Oh God, her writing on libraries (and her stuff on poverty and benefits) is extremely moving. I like her a lot as a writer and I do think she’s coming from a well-intentioned place. She’s very middle-class white feminist, I don’t view her as very much of an intersectional feminist. That’s not a hanging crime but it…

An example is if a woman is dating a guy who is a twin. One day the brother tricks her into thinking he is her boyfriend and they have sex. That would be rape by deception.

I think you just won the comments.

Unfortunately, the way this case is being handled makes it look like sex trafficking is a workers are legitimate business human beings.