Meanwhile, after I was assaulted by a complete stranger I discovered that once an assaulter is convicted, it’s SOP for the state to take out a restraining order against them on behalf of their victim — who is named on the order, which the assaulter has to sign. So they get to see the name of the otherwise anonymous vic…

Too many of those in power would be upset if they couldn’t continue to harass their own victims. There are multiple studies showing cops are more likely to be domestic abusers than your average joe, but I can’t say that I’ve seen similar studies for judges and attorneys.

“what’s the argument against having a restraining order forever?”

What’s even crazier is that different states have different definitions as to what a “permanent” protection order is. For instance, in Montana, a “permanent” protection order has to be renewed annually. Every year, a survivor of domestic violence has to re-petition the court for a “permanent” protection order.…

I don’t know why I expect the government to take a common sense approach on matters such as these..but...what’s the argument against having a restraining order forever? Because we feel sorry for the stalker? I don’t get it. I’m willing to be enlightened.

What’s amazing to me is how hesitant judges seem to be to issue and renew them. 

Oh fine you SJW libtard.  First you want to take my freedom of speech, then you want to take my guns and now you want to take away my right to murder!!!  This isn’t what the founding fathers intended!!! :)

A bold stance in Trump’s America.

I used to volunteer at a courthouse’s restraining-order office. There is an insane amount of paperwork to fill out, and if you don’t get there by a certain time, you have to come back the next business day, by which point you could be dead.

I don’t want to be controversial, but I’m against murder.

I think it falsely implies her murder only matters because she once dated Carey.

It’s not the same, but Pokemon Go now has an AR picture mode that let’s you place a mon “in the wild” and then photograph it from nearly any angle or distance. If it weren’t so cold, I’d be photographing them everywhere.

Ok, so now I just want the “Selfie mode” of every video game to turn into this. Just running around the game drawing pictures of stuff instead of screen shots. Nathan Drake pulls out his journal and draws what he sees as opposed to take a smartphone picture.

you might be concerned that you’re staring down the squirt-gun barrel of a slow-paced, tedious slog

... and now I desperately want to play Monster Hunter Snap.

Plus it was in an era when people had more respect for the TV (in a way). They saw the BBC as a source of serious information and programming.

I watched it on several years ago, in a dark bedroom, with my partner, and we both ended up not going to sleep until the sun was up. Shit is CREEPY.

Total mahoganization? Is that even possible?

This is something I bring up every once in a while. The acting is incredibly cheesy, but it does manage to garner some genuine spooks in the beginning and the ending is pretty terrifying.