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- Thucydides
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As usual, my only intention here was to correct the more bizarre claims. The OP's shameless hypocrisy was all too apparent. The entire point of chaperones was to protect women. Now of course "feminists" ( I put it in quotes because what it means depends on who you're talking to) will say that's sexist and demeans women. It's as if if they can't be responsible for themselves. OK I get that but the same "feminists" tell us that an alarmingly large number of men either have no problem with sexual assault or have serious issues comprehending the concept of consent. If that's the case maybe our "sexist" forebears had the right idea.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
stjames1_53 (04-03-2018)
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I come from a different generation of women who grew up in a world where many things were for men only and gradually we broke down that barrier socially and in business. That doesn't mean that I don't recognize that there are roles in life that are more suitable for one gender or another, but I don't believe in absolute exclusion. Disclaimer here - I'm also one of those females who is actually more comfortable in the company of men or at least mixed company than just women. That has been true for my entire life. I am not a really woman's woman when it comes to friends, although I do have female friends - mostly women like myself.
Physical sexual harassment is simply criminal. Sexual harassment of any kind by people who have control over your life or income is criminal. Verbal sexual harassment only has the power that you give it, although if it's in the workplace, like any other harassment, it should not be allowed. In a debate situation, if there is sexual harassment, I view it as an intellectual and logical weakness in the opposition - something to be exploited. In my entire life, I have never desired a safe space or a cocoon where people can't say things that I may find offensive. That's a slippery slope in my view. If as females, we demand such safe spaces, then we will need protectors of those safe spaces and we will be suggesting that we need to be protected because of our delicate sensibilities. That is regressive. We don't want to be Victorian women who get the vapors at strong language or "topics that are unsuitable for female company". Safe spaces mean protected spaces, which means that we are not equal, but weaker. If that is necessary then we are simply exchanging a male chaperone for a government chaperone.
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