stirwise
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- If you found out you were going to have a pit-bull baby, would you have an abortion?: Yes
- Dan Savage or Charles Mudede
- Folklife or A kick in the face while drowning in fish guts
- What song do you never want to hear again?: another one bites the dust
- What book have you read the most?: the sirens of titan
May 15
stirwise commented on There Is No Goldy.
stirwise commented on There Is No Goldy.
@59 - 14 appears to be asking a question, not making a statement. Hackles down, please.
May 13
stirwise commented on There Is No Goldy.
stirwise commented on There Is No Goldy.
@32: I don't think anybody is claiming that Buddhism started out as an atheistic belief system, just that Buddhism can be compatible with atheism. Your initial summation, that the majority of Buddhists believe in gods, and that there are very few atheist Buddhists, seemed pretty accurate to me (an atheist Buddhist), no need to shout.
May 7
stirwise commented on Remember the Good Old Days, When "Rape Used to Mean Rape"?.
stirwise commented on Remember the Good Old Days, When "Rape Used to Mean Rape"?.
@26: I'm starting to get the impression that you're crowding the lines on this particular crime to figure out what activities are and are not safe for you to engage in.
To answer your question: if someone presented you with that scenario (fuck me or I smear you online), would you consider it sexual assault? Would you feel like you had been coerced or pressured into having sex you wouldn't otherwise have consented to? Would you want to see that manipulative scumbag thrown in jail?
To answer your question: if someone presented you with that scenario (fuck me or I smear you online), would you consider it sexual assault? Would you feel like you had been coerced or pressured into having sex you wouldn't otherwise have consented to? Would you want to see that manipulative scumbag thrown in jail?
May 7
stirwise commented on Remember the Good Old Days, When "Rape Used to Mean Rape"?.
stirwise commented on Remember the Good Old Days, When "Rape Used to Mean Rape"?.
@20: If you held another person hostage and said "shoot yourself or I shoot them" then, yeah, I think you would be held responsible for that person's death. I think the threat has to be appropriately scaled.
How does the other party have power to stop those actions? That's the point -- you hold something hostage to force someone into sex. All the power is in the hands of the perpetrator.
How does the other party have power to stop those actions? That's the point -- you hold something hostage to force someone into sex. All the power is in the hands of the perpetrator.
May 7
stirwise commented on Remember the Good Old Days, When "Rape Used to Mean Rape"?.
stirwise commented on Remember the Good Old Days, When "Rape Used to Mean Rape"?.
@7: My understanding is that it's coercive rape. Just like how you can't consent to be part of a research study if you've been coerced (because that's not consent anymore), if someone threatens to, say, rob you if you don't consent to sex with them, your "consent" is nullified. So if my husband told me he'd stop letting me leave the house, or he'd kill my dog, or he'd burn all my shoes if I didn't have sex with him, any sex we have under those circumstances is 3rd degree rape, because I didn't submit to it willingly.
May 7
stirwise commented on Worn Out.
stirwise commented on Worn Out.
I'd love to see a follow-up on the person behind the gyro ladies. Since they aren't as ubiquitous here in Seattle as they are elsewhere, though, I won't hold my breath.
Apr 29
stirwise commented on The Superhero Battle.
stirwise commented on The Superhero Battle.
@4 - Not exactly. DC first trademarked the word, and claim they invented it (at least in the context of comics/dudes in tights). They moved to the shared arrangement when Marvel stopped doing comics about pirates and started doing things like Spidey.
What I don't understand is that DC understood that it benefit them to let Marvel to use the term "superhero," in a rising-tide-lifts-all-ships sort of way. So why not, at this point, let everybody use it? This action just makes Marvel and DC look like the bullies they should be working hard not to be. Bleargh.
What I don't understand is that DC understood that it benefit them to let Marvel to use the term "superhero," in a rising-tide-lifts-all-ships sort of way. So why not, at this point, let everybody use it? This action just makes Marvel and DC look like the bullies they should be working hard not to be. Bleargh.
Apr 26
stirwise commented on Worn Out.
stirwise commented on Worn Out.
Duuuuuude. I stopped wearing button-down shirts ages ago because I hate the ones cut for ladies and mens/boys shirts don't accommodate the twins. Imma have to check this out.
Apr 24
stirwise commented on The Slog Netflix Streaming Club: I Think We're Alone Now.
stirwise commented on The Slog Netflix Streaming Club: I Think We're Alone Now.
It's notable that in the commentary tracks Kelly admits that she lied about being intersex, and was born male. I guess she thought it would be more sympathetic to be intersex, not trans? I have no idea.
Also, Rich Juzwiak at Fourfour wrote a couple of great pieces about this movie, they're worth your eyeballs and time.
Also, Rich Juzwiak at Fourfour wrote a couple of great pieces about this movie, they're worth your eyeballs and time.
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