The majority of rapists have access to a consensual sex partner. Is it your claim they just aren't getting enough from their wives that they start looking at their daughters and nieces?I'm really trying to figure out what this even means.
Access to? As in, they're not in prison or something?
Or do you mean the majority of rapists are in healthy, long-term, sex-positive relationships. Because I can't imagine how you could possibly know that.Also, most unreported incidents of rape are marital rape.
Did you purposely crop out the stastistics that provided context, or was it an accident?
(warning: the following is not one of my more cogent rants. blame the late hour.)
You know, that was actually pretty cogent.
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Anyway, my article on dead suffragettes was so popular, I thought I'd do another:
Heroes of Revolutionary Socialism
I don't like the moral of your stories, gobbo. All these impressive women, and what happens? Well, they go against the system, of course they die, right?
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Anyway, my article on dead suffragettes was so popular, I thought I'd do another:
Heroes of Revolutionary Socialism
A letter from Hellen Keller to Eugene Debs.
No special reason, other than she's a cool chick writing a letter to a union leader, which I figured you'd dig.
Yes! Yours for the revolution, comrade!
Although, I am worried about your infringement on my exclusive rights to link articles from Marxists.org. Prepare to hear from my solicitor.
Also, Madame Sissyl, well-behaved women seldom live forever.
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The article doesn't focus on lack of evidence. That's your thing. It doesn't contradict it, I guess. It just doesn't address it. It talks about lots of other reasons for the lack of convictions, none of which require removing due process to address.And how is the article, or the parts you quotes contradicting what I said, or has alreayd been said? Not trying to be a douch here, guy but it pretty much boils down to there are a lot of claims (and I don't mean false claims, just claims) but there is rarely, comparitevly any evidence.
I was posing a seperate (rhetorical really) question, in relation to that and other comments, not saying that the question was the focus of the article.
And I'm not saying it did in any way. I was trying to do a favor and first link the address shown, then when I found that the address was wrong, point it out, and then when I finally found it, did link it, made a comment, both in relation to the article and to other bits of conversation, as well as posted a comment in relation to the whole conversation, not just your part. :)
I don't like the moral of your stories, gobbo. All these impressive women, and what happens? Well, they go against the system, of course they die, right?
Yes, and then people recommend a minutes silence in their honour, which is ironic for a bunch of people who were fighting to be heard.
I think they were fighting for the right to vote, but, maybe, instead of a minute's silence they could play this.
Personally, Mr. Shifty, I couldn't care less what they do at Epsom (the sport of kings, right? Vive le Galt!), but I had never heard of her.
Nah, play 'I fought the Law', Clash version. Oi Oi Oi!
We're Bikini Kill. And we want REVOLUTION!!! Grrl-style Now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Which I have on vinyl. Because I'm cooler than you.
We're Bikini Kill. And we want REVOLUTION!!! Grrl-style Now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suck! My! Left! One!
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"The Dubai-based actor, photographer and poet (SWOON!) was one of the three men who were deported from Saudi Arabia because authorities deemed them 'too handsome' and worried that women would lose their minds, tear their clothing off and throw themselves at their feet."
Happens to me all the time.
I'm going to vomit now.
Sometimes it is perversely comforting to realize that though things might be f&##ed up here in many ways, there are parts of the world that are getting it a lot worse.
Other times it's the opposite of comforting.
Due to the contrast between the laughable story you linked and the nature of that which lies behind it, I'm currently stuck in an unsettling mixture of the two.
Something vaguely Ricky Martin going on there :p
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I'm going to vomit now.
I pretty much tend towards totally hetero on the Kinsey scale, but I am adding al Gala to the very short list (Al Green, Prince, Iggy Pop, Samnell) of dudes who turn me on.
Goblins do it in the street!
I'm going to vomit now.I pretty much tend towards totally hetero on the Kinsey scale, but I am adding al Gala to the very short list (Al Green, Prince, Iggy Pop, Samnell) of dudes who turn me on.
Goblins do it in the street!
While completely hetero as well, I feel it would be my duty to perform any requested sexual favors for David Bowie, just as a thank you for being a living god.
David Bowie, OutKast, Clive Owen...
Okay, maybe move me one point over.
Mrs. Gersen says I'm totally gay for Jason Statham. I try to explain that it's just nice to have an actual male action star making movies, after the hiatus left when Ahnuld became the Governator, but she's not buying it.
...Jason Statham...although, he needs to pick better material...
More internecine squabbling on the American left:
Of Privilege, Health Care and T#+$: Angelina Jolie Under the Knife by RUTH FOWLER
Why CounterPunch owes women an apology
The Myths of St. Jolie and Her Acolytes: Breast Panic on the Left by RUTH FOWLER
T@$* Up! The Martyrdom of Angelina Jolie by JULIAN VIGO
Bluff, bluster and b%##$#+% at Counterpunch
Upon initial readings, I tend to lean towards Counterpunch, but that might be just because I dislike the ISO, even though they have a nice website.
"Preventive surgery"--if the idea has even the slightest appeal to you, you may not be in touch with what the rest of us call reality.
Does your idea of reality not include genetic testing for a predisposition to breast cancer?
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She had 3? relatives die from a nasty form of breast cancer. She has oodles of money for genetic testing, and the test came back with a picture of a guy in black robes wielding a scythe. Why on earth WOULDN"T she take the steps to ensure her health, given that she has the means?
Coming out about it might make the genetic test more popular and thus cheaper. This sort of option should be standard for everyone, just like antibiotics.
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It's opinions like Calybos1's that make her speaking to the public about her experience so important. Women are discouraged from these kinds of actions even when they have such an incredibly high risk of developing breast cancer by things like that!
It's certainly not the right decision for everyone, but I don't think Angelina was trying to say that either. Simply that it IS an option, and that women should be aware of it, and not shy away from it--and that their "femininity" and their worth as a woman is not tied to their breasts and it should not be perceived as such.
Also, pretty much anything that makes people more aware of breast cancer is a good thing. Catching it early or taking preventative measures when you know it runs in your family is much better than the alternatives.
Fowler's articles read like mediocre forum posts.
Does your idea of reality not include genetic testing for a predisposition to breast cancer?"Preventive surgery"--if the idea has even the slightest appeal to you, you may not be in touch with what the rest of us call reality.
Most of the women I know have got $3k to plop down for genetic testing...
For Free, Quality Health Care for All!
For Women's Liberation Through Workers Revolution!
Basta Ya! No More Shiznitty Movies Starring Angelina Jolie!
Fowler's articles read like mediocre forum posts.
Yes, but do they read like your mediocre forum posts or like my mediocre forum posts?
I have a strong genetic predisposition for heart disease.
Guess I should get a preventative transplant.
Neither, your posts are too short and pithy, while I have too high of an opinion about myself.
It was the section where she railed on Jolie's usage of "many" instead of "most", and then ignoring everything else in the paragraph.
I have a strong genetic predisposition for heart disease.
Guess I should get a preventative transplant.
Angelina Jolie's aunt died on Sunday from breast cancer at age 61.
Jolie probably added 20-30 years to her life by doing this.
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I have a strong genetic predisposition for heart disease.
Guess I should get a preventative transplant.
If getting a heart transplant didn't involve matching you with a donor and there wasn't a possibility for someone who would actually for sure die without a heart transplant that you were taking an available transplant heart from and if getting a heart transplant would ACTUALLY reduce your already significant chance of getting heart disease (of which I am unsure would be the case)... I wouldn't have a problem with it.
I'm honestly not sure why people feel the need to judge her on her health decision. It impacted upon nobody but herself. She felt it was the right decision. What gives you the right to say she made the wrong decision?
Discuss the article, perhaps--i.e., should we encourage women to have preventative mastectomies in cases like this?--but not Jolie herself.
I have a strong genetic predisposition for heart disease.
Guess I should get a preventative transplant.Angelina Jolie's aunt died on Sunday from breast cancer at age 61.
Jolie probably added 20-30 years to her life by doing this.
That's an obscene figure arrived at by anal prestidigitation.
From what I understand, mutations in the BRCA1 gene result a dramatically heightened risk of breast cancer...over the lifetime of the patient. But they're also linked to dramatically heightened risk of ovarian cancer, and unless I missed something, Jolie didn't have an oophorectomy.
It merely seems odd to me that anyone would have such a radical procedure to beat cancer...without even having cancer.
To me, Jolie is an unattractive talentless actress who has a long history of self-destructive narcissism and erratic behavior. This is just one more frighteningly weird thing she's done.
She's stated she plans to undergo that surgery as well in the next couple years.
Her mother died at 56.
Her aunt died at 61.
Her odds of developing breast cancer was 87%.
Her odds of developing ovarian cancer is 50%.
(combined risk of 93.5%)
After having the surgeries she'll be down to a 5% chance.
You're right, I don't have a crystal ball. I'm not a fan of her either, but I don't know what that has to do with the medical choices she has made in consultation with her doctors. It doesn't seem frightening or weird to me. It's also something that her aunt said she would have done had she had access to the test prior to being diagnosed with cancer.
She's been around people dying of these cancers for 10 years, I don't find her behavior surprising at all.
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What has happened recently however, is that you're no longer the overwhelming voting majority in this country, and that's what has drawn many of the more paranoid members of your species into a "circle the wagons" mode of thought. Up till recently, the Republicans had counted on the "angry white male" as the core constituency of their voting blocks. Last major election however, the numbers of that group came up short.
Talking about human beings (and I really mean ANY human being) as "your species" is despicable.
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And let's take this to a crazy place. Left handed people are the minority. Not so much of a minority that I'd call them "abnormal" (they're like 15-20% of people) but a minority. If I "identify" as right-handed, that insinuates the opposite is left-handed. Left-handed means sinister (literally, look it up). So by saying that I'm right-handed (right means just and good and correct) I'm saying everyone else is sinister.It's not that uncommon to hear about parents who try to force "right-handedness" on their children by going through extreme methods to do so. The results are pretty much universal, fairly serious nervous disorders as you're essentially going against the way the child's brain is wired.
You might be surprised just how constrictive the definition of "normal" is.
My Father probably is Left-Handed. I say probably because by the time I was born he had experienced over twenty-five years of 'right-handedness'. Effectively he is ambidextrous now.
He is also highly argumentative/confrontational, suffers from PTSD (not just from this, but it really wouldn't surprise me if it was a factor) and will choose the 'in your face' response to a situation, even when he knows that what he wants to achieve will be hindered by itBy this point in our lives, he & I have reached an understanding such that we can 'come back' after our emotions have cooled and come to a more productive consensus between ourselves, but that is after twenty-some years of working to understand & work with each other.
(I'm in my early forties now)