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- A judge ruled today that Blago can appear on the reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice though are still concerns about how is appearance could affect his upcoming trial.
- The mother of James Degorski, recently convicted for the 1993 Brown's Chicken murders, testified on his behalf today during the penalty phase of his trial.
- Still no word on why a group of federal agents, led by the Chicago FBI office, raided an area goat meat plant.
- If you go to jail in Kane County, your fee will vary depending on your income.
- The story of a group of Northwestern University students who have created a pretty cool computer program that can write a full sports recap based simply on stats (proof blogs aren't killing journalism; robots are) continues to garner national attention.
- Felony charges have been dropped for the wife who allegedly helped glue her husband's penis to his stomach for his cheatin' ways.
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Every time I read that phrase "glued her husband's penis to his stomach for his cheatin' ways" I laugh out loud.
That's because the story isn't about a group of three men who tied a woman down and poured superglue over her privates. I dare say the reaction to that story would be very different.
Yeah...because men have been subjected to women's dominance since the beginning of time, because men have been victims of women's abuse and have been routinely raped and savaged, trafficked, used as chattel, had their genitalia mutilated, have been victims of honor killings, had acid poured on their faces, get lower pay for the same work...because for all of these millenia, men have been systematically discriminated against by women, right?
So if you happen to be part of a demographic that once subjugated another, it's funny when you get sexually assaulted. Got it.
Exactly.
For the record, I'm agreeing with you, BlueFairlane.
Ingrid: So that makes it okay then...right? C'mon, get over yourself.
You guys need to get over yourselves...this jerk got his peen glued to his fat stomach. Wow. Some huge assault.
I'm sure it's still in working order (of course that's up to the low standards of his next girlfriend...or multiple girlfriends I suppose).
And you're going to compare millennia of men's abuse and dominance over women to this? This is the story gets your collective jockies in a twist?
Do you get this worked up when you see a little girl being tied down and having her clitoris cut off with a rusty razor blade?
p.s. oh..and that "once" subjugated another? ONCE?
So, you think that it doesn't happen anymore? Women all over have equal right and don't have to worry about men dominating, earning more, raping and subjugating?
Do you read the papers?
So that excuses them for perpetrating sexual assault. I guess, then, it's funny when minorities assault whites.
You'll defend the strangest things, Ingrid. I just don't get the argument that translates "equality" as "doing the exact same reprehensible behavior to people who look like those who committed it before."
I didn't say I thought it was ok. I would never do something like that, but you're acting like I"m some oddity for laughing at this.
Every late night comic out there was making jokes about this, men I know thought it was funny.
It was funny. This guy deserved it. Everyone laughed at it...you probably did too.
We all cringed when Loreena Bobbit whacked off her husband's, and most of us would never do something like that...but every abused woman, or woman who has been screwed over by a guy kind of thought inside "alright!!! dude had it coming".
That's not to say it's right. And over the centuries, women have had a lot worse things done to them than this. I think you would agree.
You didn't say you thought it was okay ... just that it was funny, which brings up an entire list of issues. What kind of person finds sexual assault funny, regardless of the victim's identity? Kind of sick, Ingrid.
And I never indicated that you were the only one laughing. You were just the only one who commented.
This comment thread has inspired me to coin a new phrase for when someone doesn't think something is funny when it clearly IS funny. In the vein of "Pull your head out of your ass", may I present:
"Unglue your dick from your gut"
And yes, my list of issues is a mile long (Papa! You came home from the store!).