@JinxyMcDeath: Oh, come on, Jinxy. Kapporet is cruel, primitive and superstitious. Do tashlich and let it go at that.
Of all the actors I can think of whom it would be hot to see play gay, these two are not in my top...1000.
@mbg1968: Miss Manners ftw!
@bluebears: Dang, bluebears, why you gotta be such a 'Burgh hater? :-)
@judgingnora: There is no proof at all that this was related to his views. And if you've ever seen those signs, you'd know that they are bloody, violent and upsetting. So I have no sympathy for him or any anti. Psychic violence is still violence. Someone just decided to talk to him in his own language.
@pica: Antis sometimes hang out at high schools trying to force literature on kids and generally make nuisances of themselves. They tried it a few times at our son's high school a number of years ago. But since they were all old white people and the school was a city school with a very diverse population, it was pretty clear who was scared of whom.
I'm writing for advice. Has anyone ever had a cat who suffered from dementia/senility? If so, what did you do?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Even if male contraception were perfected, I suspect many women would want to handle the birth control responsibilities themselves. We're the ones who will pay the price if it fails, so unless we're in a committed relationship and we can trust our partner, many of us might want to do it so we will know for sure it's done.
Still, I heartily endorse the idea of men having options in regard to birth control. It's about time!
Damn it, Obama, don't tell us what's reasonable. We'll tell you. And compromising with antis is not it.
One reason that doctors can be so easily threatened and intimidated is the clinic system itself. It's an easy out for ob's to send pregnant patients elsewhere to have abortions. If every ob/gyn in the country did abortions and was expected to do them, targeting docs wouldn't be so easy.
This isn't a knock on the patient care clinics provide-the ones I know of are phenomenal. The staffers are dedicated and brave. But really, what other kind of health care is marginalized in this way?
Perhaps we could treat small children like small children rather than poster boards to demonstrate our clever, edgy senses of humor.
If you think it's that funny, wear it yourself.
Volunteer faculty? How exactly would that work?
The best comment I've seen so far on this was on Slog, where someone said "Why would anyone want to kill the Palin least likely to reproduce?"
We had that problem too, but it stopped after we neutered the cats. Now they only download National Geographic shows.
I'm confused. Isn't this what informed consent is supposed to do? What, they think they can skip it if the subject is a sex worker?
All I want to say is that going on record, with your name, saying that you regret having had kids, is a lousy thing to do to the kids. If you feel bad about it, why inflict a lifetime of humiliation and self-hatred on them?
This country needs to learn the value of silence. Sometimes the right thing to do is just shut up.
@NefariousNewt: NN, I agree completely with your sentiments but not with your proposed tactics. We need fewer, not more, people protesting at clinics. When patients arrive, they don't have a sense of who's on their side, often even if you're wearing an escort shirt. Abortion, like all medical services,should take place as privately as possible. So I, as a clinic escort, would strongly discourage counter-protesting at clinics.
However, picketing your anti-choice legislator's office and the churches of anti-choice protestors is totes cool with me. And how about some pickets at those vile "crisis pregnancy clinics"?
@SarahMC: I'm doing this!: Sarah, the laws are only as effective as the cops who enforce them. We have 2 clinics in the city where I escort. At one of them, the cops drive by regularly, respond promptly to calls and don't hesitate to write a citation when they need to. At the other, the cops have to be called multiple times and even then they may not show. And when they do they are much more interested in "being fair"-that is, misinterpreting both federal law and our local buffer zone ordinance-than they are in keeping lawbreakers in line. I recently had a cop watch an anti get in a woman's face after she and her bf had told her to back off. Then the cop told me that the antis are nice people. Not surprisingly, this was a male cop. The women who come are unfailingly more efficient and more effective.
@Pittsburghenne: I'm also a Pittsburgher, and in the paper on the morning this story broke, there was a sidebar with the following title: "Athletes Susceptible to Sexual Allegations"
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09203/985476-66.stm
So right away the spin is that pro athletes are victimized all the time by crazy and/or predatory and/or greedy women. But for Pete's sake, look at the power balance. Any woman who brings a charge like this, whether it is criminal or civil, has to deal with the athlete himself and his pr people, the team and the league with their pr expertise, and the fans who insist on believing no wrong of the players as long as they produce on the field.
Male athletes are trained and encouraged to do whatever they want to whomever they choose from the time they show themselves to be talented, knowing that someone will always be there to clean up the mess they leave behind. Whether it's cheating in school, physically and/or sexually abusing women and God knows what else, they get away with stuff no one else would dream of trying.
I don't know who did what in this situation but I will tell you that in general my sympathy is with the woman until I hear good reasons to change my mind.
This one didn't leave me angry and frustrated as several of the others (especially POA) did. I liked what Yates did with the material he was given. As usual, the casting is spot-on and everyone does a great job, with the exception of Gambon, who is not and will never be Dumbledore. Making him look like Gandalf towards the end didn't help (and the inferi all looked like Gollum).
Ultimately, the major weakness of the film for me is, as always, Kloves's screenplay. He doesn't seem to understand the theme of the series or the plot points that should be developed. And why he insists on writing new dialogue when JKR did a brilliant job is beyond me.
I'll see it again and enjoy it again. Btw, Danny Radcliffe is really tiny. Accio Skele-grow!
