It’s not even just the excessive force- it’s how they took her down. They’re trying to subdue her, but push her forward with absolutely nothing to counterbalance her when she falls forward. So they went too hard and also failed to take into account in any way what her body would do when they used their restraint…

When I’ve talked to other guys about matters at least somewhat related to this, a common mindset seems to consist of:

I’d like just one chance to ask Stephen A. Smith, if I tracked him down in a parking lot and beat the shit out of him because his words provoked me, whose fault would it be? And if it’s my fault- which would be the correct answer- how is that scenario appreciably different from Mayweather beating up his ex-girlfriend…

I want to agree with the people saying it’s not really the status quo... but I’m not sure. It does seem, as with most pushes for greater social equality, that we’re getting towards that tipping point where it starts to become obvious what’s right and what’s wrong, sort of like what’s happened in the last few years…

So much clomping. The couple of times I’ve been fortunate enough to go on cheap-ish cruises, I buzz right past the 4-5 block radius of tourist stuff at the ports and go see what the city we’re in actually looks like. Even now that I’m at a point where the clomping starts to hurt before I’ve found all the places,…

C’mon, Slappy, I expected a little more effort in this trollscapade. I’m disappointed.

Possibly. I don’t know what she does, exactly. She seems to have much less trouble with the idea of catcalling than many; it’s possible whatever she does wouldn’t strike us as catcalling at all, even though that’s what she calls it. And, of course, the power dynamic is totally different; ergo anything she does has to…

Yup. In this case, rocket science is apparently telling the difference between talking at someone and talking with someone. It’s tough! I’m sure it’s college-level classwork at the very least.

Yeah, this is basically how I see it, just from the other side of the fence. One time, ages ago, a friend of mine whistled at a lady walking down the street. I told him he was an asshole, and he said, “It’s cool, she was smiling.” I saw it, and I think it was genuine on her part, but that didn’t make him any less of…

There’s longer hair on men, and then there’s Shia looking like Davy Crockett with his coonskin cap welded to his head.

I’m sure there are people who know some very nice Scientologists, too. Doesn’t change the stories you get from other sources.

I’m astonished there’s even a legal minimum for signage that can be argued. I used to go to a particular Wingstop in Sacramento, and the first time I left a couple of bucks the guy at the counter just grunted and looked annoyed. I didn’t take it personally, but the next time in I started talking to a different worker…

I never heard of Lozen. Now that I looked her up, I think I want to find a character in my book to name after her. Holy shit.

I guess I’m reading him saying “that is not a problem” as an acceptance that his wife would not be actively consenting, even though I realize that’s not what they meant. Even then, that means for him not to be a POS, he would have had to genuinely misunderstand (and they may have been more clear than what the article…

I think, more than anything, I’d like to know his side (not the statements of his lawyers). Most of us here are fairly comfortable with the concept of somebody not being capable of consent, but for a guy who’s almost 80, if his wife seemed coherent and consenting I don’t think there should be any surprise he would…

I still want to know why they switched. This Daario isn't bad, but the other one nailed the character so perfectly there had to be some major reason for his leaving. I mean, they all knew the character came back, so... what gives?

I think Oliver has before, which made it something of a surprise they didn't go for it this time.

Her chapters were ok because stuff was happening, but it was always happening to her, so as a character she didn't seem that interesting. I'm pretty amped about what she's going to end up doing now; it would be fantastic if she Littlefingered Littlefinger somehow.

If I watch them all now, that means I won't have anything new to enjoy until May 10th.

A conversation in another article that centered on why people dislike Sansa also brought in the fact that if you don't like inactive characters, Bran is by far the worst of any of the main ones. ("Main", in terms of the books, meaning anyone who gets chapters titled after them.)