OK? But that wasn't what I was doing. My point was that the OP was using familiar, victim-blaming rhetoric. The kid's mother made the same connection.

Ok, If you don't think you're victim blaming then lets have a look at your statement with a few key words changed, shall we? We can use the example given by the kid's mother.

Or, fuck that victim-blaming noise. How about promoting an outwardly spiraling culture of tolerance and kindness instead? These are not football/soccer hooligans; they are young, impressionable people, who's behaviour can and should be corrected by the institute of learning that they attend.

Granola bar. Tastes like England. And nostalgia. Mmm nostalgia.

You want to rebuild the world to be CANADA? You monster!

This makes me sadder than I thought it would. The fact that Michael Lohan was there made me for-actually shudder. When she says "That's another amount of money that I don't have", it GOT me. I know that broke and scared feel. Irrespective of the actual situation or who is at fault, that shit pings my empathy button.

Did you know that river otters also come in size giant?

Le sigh (Torontonian with mayor envy).

Heineken! You, big old yous, YOU! Gimme one of these!

I see your point. And I am all for more critical thinking about all-of-the things (I wish we were taught better critical thinking skills in elementary school, [for seriously]). BUT, I think that Isha's original statement (the one I was quoting) does a really good job of acknowledging the different arguments about FGM,…

I'm don't really have the philosophical chops to wade into this argument; but I'll just say that, IMO, maintaining the bodily integrity of infants and young woman is, empirically, "the right thing".

*Scrolls down* Wow, that was quick.

" But while the debate gets caught up in the intricacies of cultural sensitivity, savior complexes, and neocolonial infiltration of ideologies, doing the right thing is not a colonial concept"

I am unreasonably pleased by the Drake and Rihanna news and I don't even know why! The warm, optimistic, fuzzies take the edge off of the Gaga brain-garbage.

Yep. That's lousy behavior. A hearty "BAH" for her.

Well, I, for one, am glad you're commenting now. Your reply to FantasticMrsFox was particularly kind and articulate. Excellent human-ing!

OOU! It's bloody gorgeous! And I think you could totally dress is down (if you're worried about it being to formal?) with some chunky, wooden, or 70's style jewelry and fairly unstructured hair. (Bah, "unstructured" is a terrible word, but I can't think of another one).

So, new Kinja huh? Is it making anyone else feel like the greyest grey in greytown? Also! I appear to still have old Kinja for the main page, (not complaining!) anybody else got that going on?

I know right?! The sassy ears on the middle sheep are BRILLIANT.