Hey! She said no more jokes.
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Bill Cosby.....You Know You Wanna Discuss It.
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We're just suspending jokes about assault. To dis the mental prowess of an entire gender is still acceptable...especially when I'm so obviously wrongo pongo.
Wirey
Fartist
Don't go making fun of the girls, or they'll all be wandering around, scrunching up their faces in a vain attempt to understand what the men are talking about.
BTW, what's the difference between Bill Cosby and Alex Rodriguez? ARod only drugged himself to get women!
Robert.Evans
You will be assimilated; it is His Will.
What about not actaully attacking and misrepresenting their words, mine for instance? haha
Robert.Evans
You will be assimilated; it is His Will.
So how do you get away with personal attacks, not mentioning their name, is that how it works?
I wondered why I kept hearing things like, ''a certain person'' etc. hmmm, I shall have to remember that one
Robert.Evans
You will be assimilated; it is His Will.
What was wrong with mine. My mention of attack was the verbal attack as I have had
Yes, we should endeavor ("endeavour" for Wirey) to understand intent, since there is more agreement than all this bickering would indicate.
Yeah, like we know what we're talking about.
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
...so Americanistanians can't spell endeavour, then.....
That's "Americastanians", bub!...so Americanistanians can't spell endeavour, then.....
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
Americastanians my bottom!
All the civilised world calls you lot Americanistanians.
You don't spell proper, and yous talk funny.......
We talk funny?
And......
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
...you're clever...... and wise!
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
That's not fair!
Them's are barbarians from above Hadrian's Wall. Why do you think Hadrian built a friggin' wall? ........ 'cos them picts talked funny.
All's fair in love & sociolinguistics, ya weepy ole whiner!That's not fair!
I am amazed that Cosby is out walk'n around, a free man. I know, I know, he hasn't been tried. But the fact that he's evaded prosecution is amazing. I hope the publicity makes everyone wary, so that there are no new victims.
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It isn't just that your heated rhetoric is unhelpful. You're also demonstrably wrong.
What Evans is advocating has been the standard(approximately) nearly everywhere for nearly all of history. There isn't anything particularly "medieval" about it. Most places it is currently the norm. Here in western places it was the norm until the 20th century. We westerners started emphasizing personal freedom and risk taking a few decades ago. Most people, most places, for most of history, emphasized propriety and security and still do.
Unsurprisingly, one of the outcomes of modern western prioritizing is an upswing in irresponsible sexual behavior, including rape. Whether the downside outweighs the upside is a matter of personal opinion. But is not at all unpredictable. There is a reason that interaction between men and women is restricted most places. It is to prevent the sort of problems being discussed in this thread.
I do not share the opinion that we can "educate" our way out of a problem that is a result of instincts as deeply ingrained in humans as the sex drive and mating dance. It would be nice if we could, but I don't see it happening any time in the foreseeable future. Putting up with rape and other forms of sexually irresponsible behavior or putting up with social restrictions look like the choices to me.
Tom
Even those who rape because of sociopathic instincts can have their threat mitigated by education, eg, training potential victims to defeat the attack. But rape is increasingly a matter of inadequate consent. This can be dealt with effectively by educating potential perps of how they might unknowingly make illegal choices. How effective can it be? I don't know, but it any reduction in assault makes it worth the effort.
News about the media ignoring Cosby's crimes.....
Cosby Biographer: ‘I Was Wrong’ for Not Addressing Sex Abuse Claims | Variety
Cosby Biographer: ‘I Was Wrong’ for Not Addressing Sex Abuse Claims | Variety
JerryL
Well-Known Member
So in places like Ruwanda, ISIL-controlled Iral, Somalia, India... Rape is less of a problem there?
Really?
No. What the west has is a higher reporting rate.