The thing I don't get about these lawsuits is that these people are trying to force a big company to change how they do things... while still patronizing that company.

If you don't like how they do things, why are you still shopping there? And if you think they put too much ice in their iced drinks, then why are you buying those iced drinks?

I've seen this in the past with lawsuits against tech firms. I mean, its one thing if you bought a product and it was represented to be scratch resistant but it wasn't, or if it was represented to get good reception and it doesn't.... but otherwise there's no need to sue - just don't buy the product!

I agree with MsHarmony, I think that an "entitled" attitude is at play here. If you have an entitled attitude, you think its okay to force other people to do things your way.

Its interesting how arizona and new mexico are so different.

amazing

These days "advocating for personal responsibility" is somehow "victim blaming".

I've heard stories from guys who said they were intimate with women they met at the bar - they said those women were fully awake and explicitly consented to everything. But the next day the women says she remembered none of it, and certainly didn't remember giving consent.

I don't even know how the law treats this in this day and age. Maybe one day it'll be illegal to have sex unless you've previously signed a written agreement, or check each others breathalizers to confirm you are capable of giving consent.

That's what I read, and its the right decision. The people who don't like the result need to get out there and lobby for better laws.

Thank's for posting this, SassyEuro, its a great timeline. I've been carefully watching the drama at mizzou since the beginning but there are still details in this post which I had missed.

I think it'd be wonderful if the university suffered even greater financial harm, so that other universities might hesitate before caving to hateful, Orwellian cry-bullies.

That's great news!

I hope this is one topic that all liberals and all conservatives can agree on - civil forfeiture has been abused and citizens should be protected from this abuse.



Even when this guy is in the media spotlight and is trying to do the right thing he still says:



I'm a private citizen! I don't need a my reasons 'legitimized' by other people to keep my money as cash. Maybe I just don't like the banks! Maybe I want to make some some perfectly legal purchases but keep don't like having financial institutions spy on every transaction I make. Maybe I enjoy the look, feel, and smell of paper money. Who they hell are they to question whether anyone has a 'legitimate' reason to keep their money outside of the banking system?

It's a sad state of affairs when simply keeping your money as cash requires justification. The banks really do rule over us.

Wow. Reality just out-did all those satirical fake news sites.

Surely India's criminal justice system is not so backwards as to allow a relative of the victim to accept a settlement in a case like this, as complete replacement for criminal charges.

I respect your efforts to nurture respect for other cultures, but I think some of the passages here disturbing.

You do realize that there were also some slaves in the South that were happy and contented with the simplicity of the life they lived, right? I mean, seriously, whole sections of your text could have been lifted directly from a pro-slavery propaganda piece from back then.

The fact that some people find a way to be contented and happy in an oppressive system doesn't make it okay.

If you have a free society, then some people can _choose_ to be obedient to their spouses and be taken care of by their spouses. No problem there. But most women in those countries have no choice.

I've seen some more of the more extreme anti-Jackson propaganda lately and I think its unfortunate, but I'm still very happy to have Tubman on our money.

Extremist anti-racists are out there every day lying about the degree of 'oppression' they all experience in 21st century USA. (Oh no! Micro-aggressions! Safe spaces!)

Some of these anti-racists are furious that mainstream culture is 'throwing them a bone' (so they think) in the form of Tubman on the bill. The reality is that mainstream culture just is not as racist as they think it is. I'm stoked that we've had a black president, and that even though black people make up less than 1/5 of the population and many are born in poverty, we have so many wealthy and powerful black people in the US.

Every decade we move towards a less racist society, but some of these anti-racists would rather sow hatred and spread lies than be a part of the solution.

Being inclusive at every reasonable opportunity should take some of the wind of their hate-filled sails.

True, but the stats I saw suggested that around 3% of executions failed, with 97% being successful. Meanwhile only 1% of these "suicide attempts" succeeded, and 99% failed.

I do have to wonder how many of these 100 "suicide attempts" were actually cries for help, rather than sincere efforts to self terminate.



Yes, that's true.

Well, there are different ways for things to be 'close'.

Think of sharks and dolphins. Dolphins are closer to us than they are to sharks, in terms of evolution and the family tree for all life on this planet. BUT they are 'closer in appearance' to sharks then to humans.

Pigs make great animals for organ transplants for a variety of reasons, but that by itself doesn't make them closer to humans on family tree. Other primates really are closer to us than pigs. One of the reasons we use pigs instead of monkeys is because monkeys are so close to us, that some people are not comfortable using them for research. But we are already eating pigs. That's not a scientific concern, its a cultural/political one.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/05/09/why-pigs-are-so-valuable-for-medical-research.html

Yeah, I just don't know what percentage they make up. There are also a handful of people who use suicide attempts as a way to control the people who love them - they never intended to die, just put on a good show and then use it to emotionally manipulate others. Again, I have no idea what kind of percentage they are, but those folks are definitely out there.

Yeah, I think that's a legit concern. But I've known some sexist muslims who were _not_ theocratic, so... there are some muslims who are willing to give up some of the worsts aspects of their beliefs, but not other terrible aspects. Baby steps?

That's a great definition.

Just to be clear, when I complained about 'people who go on and on about privilege' I did _not_ mean you, or anyone who thinks privilege is worth discussing. There's a different culture out there of SJWs who are in my opinion completely insane.

Their insane definition of racism basically makes it impossible for any non-white person to be racist in the US.