May 20
curtisp commented on
Fighting Street Harassment.
# 10 is totally right. Even worse than that rape was the tornado that wiped out an entire town. No one should even be looking at the Slog right now because we should all be totally focused on the tornado because it is the worst thing going on in the world right now. We should all be so lucky to not be gang raped or blown away. My god we are an ungrateful lot.
May 17
curtisp commented on
It's Spring! Who's Ready for Street Harassment?.
Oh and misanthrope dear...you don't comment on strangers body parts and expect a positive response. Other peoples body parts are none of your business. They are strangers and you don't get personal with strangers. If you hit up on someone you act in a polite manner and don't assume that they should take anything you say as a compliment. You are not special to that person. You see it's not about you. This should not be hard.
May 17
curtisp commented on
It's Spring! Who's Ready for Street Harassment?.
Get castrated unfuckable schlong has been a knee jerk response for years now. It tends to get the harrassers to stop in their tracks. If they touch me...well the last guy who did that found out I don't grow my fingernails for looks. Some call it undignified. Tough shit. Women don't owe it to others to be nice and dignified when others do nothing when such bigoted shit happens to us.
May 15
curtisp commented on
It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or Gay; It Doesn't Matter if You're at a Lunch Counter or a Bakery.
Oh yes - a gas station owner in the middle of nowhere Arizona gets to deny the Hispanic person service. Let the public decide. What a grand idea. Businesses that wish to operate in this society can abide by the rules of basic decency and not discriminate or get the hell out of our society. We all have to put up with the bs of the market place and subsidize people who benefit from it. The market place must in return abide by a set of rules that does not exclude members of that same society for stupid shit like my sky fairy hates gays.
May 14
curtisp commented on
Michael Pollan Is the Steve Jobs of Food.
The majority of people who pop crappy food in the microwave are middle class or wealthy. And there are plenty of lower income people who eat healthy food. Depends on what they know, where they live and what they were brought up with. This little essay makes a lot of assumptions. Polan is an asshole. He is full of himself. A self appointed savior. But mocking food stuffed into a microwave is not being a snob. It's being honest. Low income people struggling to make ends meet do deserve a pass. But lazy cheap heavily subsidized food choices made by the middle class and up are part of what's driving up health care costs for those of us struggling to make ends meet. That shit deserves to be mocked.
May 13
curtisp commented on
Passenger Ejected from Plane for Singing "I Will Always Love You".
Well everyone else on plane paid for a ticket to go from point A to point B not to hear her shitty singing. She's not a baby with an earache. She does not need to be tolerated. Glad she got the boot. Flying is bad enough as it is. Take your meds, behave or don't travel.
May 6
curtisp commented on
Woman Attacked in Cal Anderson Park.
Women should not walk around in the dark in Seattle and never stop to help male strangers in distress. If a woman is caught out in the dark and encounters a male in distress she should simply let him die as calling for help would cause a delay in her flight to a safe place which is a well light security building that has been checked in advance for sex offenders. Men who might find themselves in distress should never be where a woman might pass them by. Which again is exactly what all women should do. Quickly!