Do you have to be a card-carrying rape survivor to believe that rape is a crime that should never be tolerated (much less celebrated) regardless of circumstances?

I'd be rather disturbed if they went that far. Certainly, hold him responsible for his actions, but there's also a line somewhere and some of the comments I'm seeing are either toeing or gleefully skipping across it. Prison? Sure. Rape? Death? Not so much.

He looks even younger in this picture. Wow. I'd never peg him as 18 just by looking at him. I can't comment on the pasty issue. Glass houses, stones, that sort of thing.

The manner in which they were going about rebellion and the coherence of how they expressed their agenda was at about the same level as an adolescent with a spraycan defacing public property with "fuck the police!!!" Accomplishes nothing and only serves to lump anyone expressing similar ideals into the category of…

My father has informed me that if my wedding is not medieval-themed he will be disappointed. He wants to sew his own outfit for it.

I have no sympathy for this kid. All of us have to learn we are not the special social-revolutionary-prodigy we think we are at some point in our lives. It's a shame he decided to fuck up in this particular way, but that's how it works. The rest of us got through our 'I R REBALLING" stage without breaking much more…

I am e-mailing this to my mother. I am astonished at how high the bar appears to be for new users - she is incredibly smart but computers just do not seem to be something you can learn by intuition alone.

Glad to hear that. I'm glad things are a bit better I hope things continue to work themselves out for you guys. Unfortunately, friend drama is something everyone has to deal with, regardless of age or maturity.

I have nothing to hide. I still think they need to keep their hands off my info. They can look at it once they've got reason to believe I'm doing something criminal - 'just cause' doesn't cut it.

I know what word my dad would pick for me. "Tough" He's always called me a tough girl growing up and now he tells me I grew up into one tough woman. I know his "my daughter is tough" rambly speech by heart.

Personally, I'd just tell your friends you're really not too happy with how this guy acts around you and you'd rather not be around him, so either don't invite him along or don't invite you. You may lose some friendships, but chances are you're going to lose them anyway. I only keep in touch with one friend from…

I am going on a week-long trip starting second week of August. First since I got out of college... every time I've tried to go in previous years I've had something terrible happen and had to cancel. I feel I've got things pretty under control for planning, but I've started having the pre-trip nightmares already. …

I had something like this on my laptop. I had to uninstall this because it could not recognize me if I put makeup on. Is this one dependent on the shadows and light around the eyes as well? Seems pretty stupid to make visual recognition look at what is most likely to change on half the population.

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Auuuugh timely, LH. I was just swapping gym horror stories last night. The university gym was really nice but I didn't like going alone as I felt so awkward and there were some creepy people there. The guys in the weight room were all pretty awesome but elsewhere was hit or miss. And there was always that one guy…

Should have specified that all that advice was specifically for protection against rape. Chances are a rapist is not also a murderer, so not struggling after escape becomes improbable and getting evidence for later may increase your chances of surviving and later prosecution.

These are some of the tips I've had passed along to me. (I am a women, so these are directed towards women) If you're walking alone, try and meet the eyes of people you walk past or are walking near you. It also helps if you have to ID them later. If someone gets you on your back, don't try and get up or roll…

I was taught this one by police in college for one of the girl's dorms self-defense classes. They suggested using it not for confrontations, but for when a guy is getting a bit too grabby but hasn't escalated to violence. So if you get cornered in a nightclub and he won't back off, pretend to caress his chest and…

I admit it. I clicked the link solely for the cat pictures. I am not disappointed.

I do not mind paying for services I enjoy and use. I just want to have them worth the cost. If they provide something worth the cost, I'll use it. I don't expect high-quality services to be free because they need money to operate, plain and simple.