I sugesst you stop using that nasty pill with all its side effects and get a tubal ligation - much more effective and safer.

No? not so keen on that? Well stop whinging about the pill already ok?

I thought the "Rape List" posting was a troll, but its actually a serious list on a blog referenced by broadsheet.

Are you circumcising Jews against their will? Have you received informed consent from all the Jewish babies circumcised today?

Ok ... so its alright to characterise mens minds as being bound by their biology.

Thanks - got the message.

A sad and fortunately rare affliction most commonly exhibited on blogs such as Broadsheet. Typical symptoms are an extreme amount of emotion processing and language abilities coupled with deficient logical skills and consequent inability to discuss issues on their merits. Fortunately such people find ready made sheltered workshops at paces such as the aforementioned Broadsheet, pandagon etc.

Skinny jeans for 1 years olds! I'm glad you quickly realised how bad that was and put your baby's comfort first.

However I'm sure that out there, a bunch of mothers are cooing over one year old Brittany crying in her low slung, skin tight hip huggers. Poor kids.

Really. Some random religion/ethnicity gets the lead article for some weird ass american sport? why the hell should I - a Kiwi in Oz care? or keep paying my subscription fee?

Much more relevant to the readership.

Lord that's a sad case of misinformed hero worship

Moe Berg : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_Berg

I mean what a great start - lets characterise all people who care about animals as nutcases defined by the far out wackos. Its not like you ever whinge about feminists being labelled that way.

Also reputable breeders are not a problem - they breed animals for their genetic health and treat them well.

Its the puppy farmers and backyard breeders that are the evil sons of bitches. 24/7 caging of animals for their entire lives. Perpetual pregnancies. Separation of puppies/kittens from their mothers at ridiculously young ages. Broken limbs left untreated, abuse on a par with that displayed by Vick's dog fighting ring. Breeding of animals with inherited defects leading to sick dying animals and heart broken owners.

Buying from Pet shops supports this - its a big business, that pumps out the maximum of puppies/kittens possible with no care for their well being.

If you have a passion for a particular breed or need a animal with specific characteristics such as size & temperament, buy from a reputable breeder, otherwise get a rescue - there's millions of them. But avoid the pet shops like the plague, their business is misery.

Where people choose to get their pets is their own business.

No its not - there is a lot of abuse enabled by buying from puppy farmers.

Buying from pet shops does support Puppy Mills - thats how they make their money. And if you get a rescue then that means your money isn't going there.

But I doubt a few individuals not buying from pet stores is going to make a difference. It would take a mass public boycott.

Probably the only way to get rid of puppy mills is to legislate them out of existance.

I certainly would never view a downloaded TV show (BitTorrent or whatever) on a computer screen - the experience would be horrible. I have a bigscreen TV, surround sound and comfy chairs in the living room for a reason.

That's why I used to burn the video files to DVD and then watch them on the big TV - quality was excellent, not as good as HD but much better than PAL/NTSC.

Used too - now I have a Au$70 DVD player that can play DivX files directly off a USB thumb drive, so the process is even easier - DL via bittorrent over night, copy to thumb drive and play. If I wanted to make it even easier I would get a wireless streaming media player such as the Mvix

This sort of thing is actually having a positive effect on Broadcast TV in Australia - it used to be (and still largely is) that popular TV shows would take literally years to arrive here, it got extremely frustrating trying to avoid the Doctor Who/BSG/Heroes etc spoilers. Turns out that people like me were increasingly downloading TV episodes as they screened overseas.

So the networks actually made a intelligent decision for once - they've started screening popular shows (Californication, Heroes when it restarts) shortly after they play overseas. Great - I'm happy to watch shows within a reasonable timeframe rather than go through the hassle of DL/ing them.

Radical concept I know - networks responding to consumer needs rather than trying to clamp down.

but fetboy, you are sure in for one hell of a surprise when your wife divorces you. All that equal sharing and caring will be as mist in the wind.

Anonymous is postulating a not unreasonable or uncommon scenario that can happen to any young adult and is asking what you as a parent would do if that happened to your son. Given that you have been quite self righteous on the subject its a obvious question to ask and one you have avoided answering.

So what would you do if your son was caught up in a "she says he says" situation like that?

And misrepresenting it. You're not being asked to predict your (hypothetical) children's future - you're being asked how *you* would react to a situation. And you're doing all you can to avoid answering it.

Hypocritical and cowardly - you lack the strength of conviction to face up to your own belief's consequences.