Dec 18, 2012
drivel commented on
Who Is the Best Character on Deep Space Nine?.
Anyone who thinks Odo was a good exploration of humanity through the eyes of the Other should go back and watch TNG again, because everything Odo tried to do, Data already did better.
Dec 17, 2012
drivel commented on
"Also Go Fuck Yourself".
People are saying that it's so weird Liza Long didn't mention any of her son's violent behavior on her blog before now, only her frustrated reactions to him.
But that doesn't seem weird at all to me. Your kid being a violent crazy person seems like a pretty rational detail to withhold from the vast internet. Until you can't take it anymore and admit it and cry out for help. I mean.... all of that makes perfect sense to me. Where's the disconnect?
Dec 12, 2012
drivel commented on
Cockfighting in Mexico.
pretty sure that person was just making fun of the Stranger commenters in a general way.
Nov 14, 2012
drivel commented on
White College Boy Believes the Right to Vote Should Be Tied to Money.
"It follows that universal suffrage is immoral. Is it right that someone who pays nothing to a government should be able to vote to decide how that government spends other people’s money? Most would agree that controlling how your neighbor or friend spends his or her money is morally wrong. Why, then, do we accept that it is right when government is the middleman between you and your neighbor or you and your friend?"
because that's what government *means,* that you willingly cede some power for the overall good of a more ordered society.
Oct 24, 2012
drivel commented on
What the Fuck Is Up with Republicans and Rape?.
The "father" in that quote is himself, the father of the now-pregnant woman or girl. To him, his daughter getting knocked up is equally tragic whether she had consensual sex or was raped, because the virginity that was his property to give away was taken.
Oct 24, 2012
drivel commented on
If You Are Raped It Is Because of God.
Here's the thing... anyone who believes in an omniscient, omnipotent God implicitly believes this.... and that ANY bad thing is "something god intended."