“77.4% of murder victims are men, so there’s that.”

“It seems irrational to constantly be in fear of your significant other murdering you. Significantly more people in the United States die every year from choking, and I’m not afraid of eating food.”

“No ones addressing “people” - just one person using a platform that I use to (amongst other things) avoid other people’s predilection for overthinking fiction. Maybe that’s where you’re getting confused.”

“Eh? No one forced me to read anything, including this article - which I didn’t read. What does that have to do with anything I’m saying ?”

Heh. Well, the order of it did seem rather odd. But, fair enough!

“I’ll voice my complaint to the author using one of many given mediums - which I did.”

Fuckin’ people forcing you to read things you don’t wanna read! That’s horrible! What is this bullshit? It’s ruining your day.

“People will happily believe fan-contrived hokey about some secret plot not to shoot the wrong people being the motivation for the trope that Stormtroopers are the worst shots in the galaxy despite the fact that this is literally never supported in the film - it is entirely contrived based on viewing the saga as a…

“(purposefully left vague as it’s sort-of-not-really spoiler-ish).”

“Come on ladies there are plenty of other female characters to play besides that one in Star Wars lore.”

I’m pretty sure this thread is already 6 comments too long. So...

“So if not ‘freaking out’ about it, what would you call that level of hyper-attention, while ignoring all other aspects of the set, or common sense?”

No one is freaking out about anything in this story. Well, except you.

“Different facts; different contexts; different legal rules apply.”

“I feel compelled to repeat a point I’ve tried to gently make:

I appreciate the considerations you’re making but I do not believe international law is governed solely by the letter of it nor the ubiquitous universal application of enforcement (even where ‘punishment’ is largely relegated to mere diplomatic finger-waggling). It is certainly and unequivocally the greatest factor…

Maybe drop the imperious implication that your opinion here is The Way Things Are And Should Be?

“But that doesn’t mean that we should be making public pronouncements (as Biden and Kerry both have) that this was handled in a proper fashion. We’ve been arguing with the Chinese about innocent passage for years. We shouldn’t be going out of our way to erode that norm, because you can bet your bottom dollar that the…

If the bar is set at Steve Harvey, why isn’t everybody on the NYT bestseller list? I mean, jeez. :)

Heh. Well, I certainly understand having a type. I spent many years looking for women who don’t take bullshit without realizing/accepting I was full of bullshit. That’s ... that’s not a great plan. One needs to fix the second part before engaging in the first part.