Jerks are jerks, no matter their nationality, religion, or other characteristics. However, there is room to acknowledge when crimes are endorsed by a large number of people. I include families where generations of children are abused and told that is would be too embarrassing to speak out (and their are examples of…

Do we start calling these murders honour killings no matter the race or religion of the killer, or do we object to the use of the term at all?

There is a balance between xenophobia and not allowing abhorrent cultural practices to get an exemption because it may look racist to enforce existing laws against child abuse and murder.

There is a local resource to call:

Wool socks and cotton-lined wool tights are your friends. Spending $40 for a pair of tights sucks, but I'm on year two with a pair that I hand-wash. Ski socks at $20 also make me squirm, but it makes me more careful about whether they end up in the dryer. Wool retains heat when wet, too.

Become part of groups like Hollaback, BlankNoise, and Harassmap.

Pants that you can get at import shops are often cheap, feel like pajamas, and do not look like pajamas. Thai fisherman pants and a tunic will not anger your professors, but will be just as comfortable.

Rocky saved the lives of his people from a suicide bomber: [www.spcai.org]

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The SPCA has been helping soldiers get their pets from Iraq and Afghanistan back to the states. They know all about the logistics and costs necessary.

I'd like to see him try that with military veterans who understand that oath to defend the Constitution thingy, including the 1st Amendment.

If your failure to vaccinate kills another child, then how exactly does having had children yourself excuse you?

Do you mean herbal instead of homeopathic?

Is there anything in my comments denying gaslighting? Is there anything denying that psychopaths are master manipulators? Is there anything saying that women can do anything to deserve being hit? No.

I was shoved. I left. This was after months of puzzling, increasingly douchenozzly behavior. It was a financial pain in the ass. I still left. It was embarrassing. I still left.

I want my air traffic controllers to take naps: [www.msnbc.msn.com]

More people in the armed forces died and tens of thousands are disabled because 9-11 was used to drum up support for war. The maximum coverage for Servicemembers' & Veterans' Group Life Insurance is $400,000 and the 9-11 survivors received an average of $2,083,000.

Once I started flying more often, my GP gave me ten at a time. It only took half a pill to make me feel calm about *everything,* so I can see why they are addictive. I'm glad that my little flying buddies were rationed, and even happier that I don't need them anymore.

Other smart women called bullshit on the rules and made up their own. Some did it for themselves, and some were thinking of future generations. That is how change happens. If the current system requires plastic surgery, the current system can suck it.

I'm sorry about your aunt. Abuse isn't just physical, and even very strong people can become victims. Psychopaths are excellent manipulators, and they are patient. They will work on a person, bit by bit, until they get what they want. It doesn't all happen at once. They lay the groundwork for the ones who come after…