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May 16 shambhaladawa commented on It's Spring! Who's Ready for Street Harassment?.

I divorced the asshole who told me he thinks it's unreasonable that a man can't just tell a woman at the bus stop that she has nice tits.

Apr 19 shambhaladawa commented on Boy Scouts Propose Dropping Ban on Gay Members but Keeping Ban on Gay Leaders.

How nice for the gay scouts, knowing that, while they are tolerated as children, they will become anathema as soon as they reach the age of 18.

Mar 26 shambhaladawa commented on The Republican Answer to Obamacare Is a Lottery.

I find this interesting because during negotiations over the Affordable Care Act, one of the claims frequently repeated on the blogosphere was that in Canada health care is apportioned on the basis of lottery.

Mar 25 shambhaladawa commented on Manufacturing Fear: We Need Assault Rifles to Protect Us from Arabs Crossing the Ocean.

I would love to see these two idiots on a shooting range with assault rifles.

Mar 15 shambhaladawa commented on Bloomberg the Social Engineer Goes After Teen Pregnancy.

The actual problem is poverty. There are social programs available to help a teen with her infant, but those are not available to women in their twenties. For a poor woman who wants to have a child, it does make a certain amount of sense to have those children when they can get some social assistance to help bring them up. If the U.S. had better maternity assistance programs, including paid maternity leave, I think you would see birth rates among women in their twenties and thirties increase. Nobody really wants to have children in her forties. It's a sad comment on American society that a woman can't afford to have a baby until she's in her forties.

Feb 26 shambhaladawa commented on "Why does he have boobs?".

Nobody was rude to her, nobody was even unkind. They acted out of ignorance, not malice. It's important to distinguish between offense intended and offense taken. While she took offense at what they did, nobody deliberately tried to offend her.
My own partner is a very butch woman. She is not infrequently mistaken for a man. She is invariably kind and goodnatured every time it happens. For us, her being mistaken for a man means that she is exactly the kind of woman I like, and exactly the kind of woman she is. It's a good thing, not a cause for distress.

Feb 19 shambhaladawa commented on A Theory of White Native Americans.

I don't think it's any more odd to note that I'm part Cherokee than that I'm part Swedish or Scottish. People who think you have to look a certain way in order to be considered Aboriginal don't know a lot about modern life among Aboriginal people.

Jan 18 shambhaladawa commented on Harry Belafonte Is Coming to Town.

I'm so impressed. NOBODY mentions the poor with compassion. I am now a Belafonte fan.

Jan 16 shambhaladawa commented on President Obama's Gun Control Proposals.

I find it interesting that the gun nuts object to the term "gun nut". Anyone can call me a book nut, a computer nut, or a dog nut, and I would agree (with a smile, no less). I'm not defensive about any of those things. If you genuinely believe that guns are such good things, why the distress over being associated with them?

Jan 7 shambhaladawa commented on In the Wake of Harassment, Rape Video Star Is Sorry About Misogynist Comments.

If there's anything more striking than the utter lack of empathy a bully has for a victim, it's how rapidly he discovers how awful it is when he is the one under attack.