You'd think such demonstrations would make people despise whatever brand/logo is attached to the ad. Their continued existence means they must actually work... which is indeed disturbing in of itself.

I honestly don't even know what you're talking about. I don't feel persecuted. I'm wondering if it's philosophically valid to ever consider a woman's looks, since Plato and the like accounted "agape" to be a pure love for the soul, whereas "eros" or the realm of love in which physical attraction might be accounted…

Correct. It's about what is proper and just, which is beyond me, or any person. And if I find certain things to be so, I must conform myself to them. So therefore, this thought experiment.

I'm sure I wasn't the only one who, as a kid, named his troops after friends, family and favorite figures from media/history/etc. When my Dad got infected by a Chryssalid, I felt some amusing virtual anguish as the little versions of myself and my Mom gunned him down.

Perhaps us men should just completely ignore what women look like, forever. Not sure if that would be great or not-great.

Exactly. This has less to do with Foxconn being terribad and more to do with Chinese manufacturing being down; i.e. borderline economic contraction. Demand for labor is thus down, worker hours get cut in response. Since the workers are so borderline in terms of their quality of life, it's very easy for riots and…

Exactly. One big problem right here is the focus on weight loss instead of health. It's entirely possible to make huge gains in fitness while having your weight stay the same, or even increase.

If he continues doing it, knowing that you have an issue with it, rather than the two of you discussing it and meeting somewhere in the middle, then no, it is not something you should get over IMHO. And if you two haven't done the discussing of it yet, then perhaps start there.

Yeah, I personally interpreted that as Connor's cynicism for the entire American Revolution.

You can meet people who satisfy all of your qualifications, but still feel nothing for them.

Love that best comment. The other comments in that article were pissing me off but I couldn't articulate a comprehensive response. This commenter did it perfectly.

Cleomenes (6th-5th Century BC, Agiad King of Sparta) flayed himself alive, starting from his feet. His daughter was Gorgo, wife of Leonidas (of whom Cleomenes was also half-brother), of 300 Spartans fame.

That is ... entirely believable, which is in of itself another level of depressing.

IMO, it's a vastly different thing to say it may affect readiness (which is a just and valid concern), and to say it is questionable because it "disgraces the uniform" or reflects a lowered standard of professionalism (which only reflects a stigma against breast feeding).

I don't know; I thought the military was all about service to the citizenry, and sacrifice for those least able to protect themselves. It seems to me that breast feeding covers those bases in hugely potent ways, both practical and symbolic, that chewing gum does not.

I understood that; I was drawing the distinction that a consciously chosen activity, born out of will and done in the service of an not-necessary end will invariably require a consideration of ethics. Namely that the things that excuse poop-shame from ethical considerations do not bear on on the ethics of sexting. …

On the first point, poop is a biological necessity - sexting is not; it is a consciously chosen activity, done in the pursuit of something else, the else varying depending on the person.

I am not sure yet. I only have indicators, but not any real rationales. Besides the whole "appealing to the prurient interest" bit, the biggest one is that many people would probably be ashamed if they were caught doing it. And I know many will disagree, but communal shaming typically has strong correlation with…

It's more challenging than it needs to be, but not sucky.

Like FPS shooters, lol.