Recent content by Eynimeb

People keep telling me I look Native American, so I'd probably not have much of a life at first. Assuming I don't die or get sent to jail for not being white... I'd bring with me scientific data, medical knowledge, blueprints, as much of the accumulated knowledge of the past 60 years, as...

As an adult LEGO fan (who doesn't really have enough time to play with it anymore but still has a giant spaceship dominating his bedroom) I kind of have to agree with the girl. Most kids will end up getting a number of sets and after a while they'll get enough figures that they'll have the...

A person can no more be 'cured' of homosexuality than a person can be cured of being born with blue eyes or ten fingers. As technology advanced, everything can eventually be altered by the parents to suit their demands. But, that doesn't make it a 'cure'. It merely means the parents will be able...

Asking the question "Is it ok to hit a woman?" is far too vague and open to too many unfair or wrong interpretations to be a useful poll. (assumed) Consensus: Violence should be proportional. Hard blows should only be used if there is a risk of injury or death. Violence should never be a...

I suppose the sad truth is simply that the majority doesn't believe it anymore. These are very cynical and selfish societies we're living in. It's simply not going to happen that a large group, coming from a position of having been oppressed, with a huge range of negative experiences and...

I will admit. I'm fairly cynical about how many women truly want equality, and not preferential treatment. My experiences have not been those of 'fairness and equality for all.' *BUT* There is a *huge* way feminism benefits men, and will benefit men more in the future. It has attacked the...

I don't see what's there to forgive... I hated the ME3 ending. In my eyes, they made a mistake. But that doesn't make them villains, it merely makes them human. Artists sometimes creating things you don't like is simply part of creative freedom. A franchise like Mass Effect, with its...

Hm. Alright, here goes. Rape perpetrators have rights because inalienable rights are a fundamental element of a just society. There can be no buts and ifs. Rape is never excuseable. Any arguments regarding the victim's history, circumstances, intoxication of victim or perpetrators; all of...

I have so many theories, on so many aspects of it, but so few facts to base them on. I'll limit myself to one pet theory. I think there's one aspect that could be at the root of many iterations of bigotry. Being agressive and violent are considered manly traits. A man is considered manly if...

I am in favor of equality for women in all things. Rights, priviliges, responsibilities, respect, empathy, etc etc. Feminism ultimately, is a word. For every person, it has the meaning that person gives it. What they've been told it is, what they've seen done in its name, what they themselves...

I have been forced to deal with multiple sociopaths for most of my life. I may not be a psychologist or psychiatrist, but this thread, including that post of yours, is making my sociopath geiger counter go nuts. The reason why a sociopath will never take an empath's point of view, is that a...

The problem doesn't lie in the concept of free speech. It lies with using it with a lack of empathy. Words may be seen as insubstantial and easily brushed aside, but they carry real meaning. Real concepts, referring to real events, and for many people, real experiences, with real traumas and...

Damn, what a disgusting thread... People shouldn't *want* to make jokes about rape. I'm all in favor of free speech, but... bleh.

The act of enjoying someone else's pain is disgusting. It's perhaps the most common sense of humor, schadenfreude, but it's still disgusting. Even if people find cracking wise about male rape acceptable, and about murder, and about any number of horrible things, as people bring up - it's...

This happened in the Netherlands too. Tens of thousands of boys were sexually abused by the church. It was widely known. Nobody cared. All the talk about how people didn't know until recently - absolute horsecrap. There were even cases where brothers abused and then murdered dozens of boys...