Excuse me, suffering? He's rich, with a family, living in Europe and working at his avocation. How is this man suffering?

Murder does not excuse rape. He admitted that she said no, he admitted that he raped her.

And yes, men did serve time for statutory rape in Cali in the 70s. I have family there, some in law enforcement.

His cute family doesn't absolve him either. He picked a victim whose parent would not put a bullet in his head. That's a predator. He took pictures. This was not a victimized man, nor a victim of "puritanical America". And I know a bunch of Germans, Brits, and French who think he's a nasty piece of work, too. "European morality" does not approve of sex with kids. This is actually about a sort of universal upper class morality that has to do with elite entitlement, not being European.

He's gotten off far better than anyone wrongfully convicted. So I have no sympathy. Period.

This is not the Sam Sheppard case. This man had serious money,a nd he tried to buy his justice. I'll save my sympathy for wrongfully convicted, wrongfully accused, beaten suspects of the time. This man was not a victim.

Lynx is right about the vaccine people hurting the research effort. This has diverted money from the more effective and promising genetic research, which has already identified switches for genes for two variants of milder autistic spectrum variants. WIth intensive education and therapy early, those switches can be flipped back on. The research into more switches and a genetic component, identified back in the 80s, is far more sound. It shows promise of a cure for the worst cases. As someone who cleaned feces off a wall at age 9 because of a sibling with Kanners, a cure is a dream that seems to be coming true. It is too late for my brother. It is not too late for others.

My brother had Kanners, the most severe of the autistic spectrum variants. He was diagnosed in 1975, before the vaccines. They don't want to talk about that. Blaming Big Pharma is far easier that thinking your family, or you, may harbor a gene that did this. It is easier than accepting that it may not be anything that you could have controlled.

The science here is definitive. It is NOT the vaccines.

I vaccinated my children, knowing that I probably harbor a recessive gene for Kanners. Neither has autism in any way.

I know how painful it is to think that you may harbor something that caused this. The vaccine people are hurting. But they are also wrong, and they are hurting other people at this point.

The reason while diagnosis is going up has to do with the interplay of forcing schools to provide services, better screening, and overdiagnosis. Even among those not vaccinating, more kids are being diagnosed

The court ruling will not change people's minds. But for those of us who are quieter, it will give us ammunition.

Simply put, killing people is not acceptable. Islam has nothing to do with it.

Silenced is right that it is about communitarian economic and cultural expectations. But honor killings do not have to be ordered by a tribal chief. If the honor and "place' or "face" of the family is threatened in some cultures, the expectation that a family member should kill the offending woman or man is enough to spark the killing. It is the cultural expectation that is the key, not a defined outside agent. In some places (like Yemen), if a chief is involved, the family has already lost face. Your example can be located on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border, but does not explain some honor killings in other places.

Nuancing, exact geography and culture is important to discussing this topic. I am just sad that this beheading could not be prevented. I wonder what would have helped this individual woman escape this.

He also needs to put a sock in it.

What does he do to meet you halfway, LW? How does he meet your needs? If this is an idiosyncrasy, he needs to do these chores by a certain time each week, or shut up about how you do them.

He also needs to get real world. Some of this stuff is counter productive. Get a timer to turn the hot water down during the day, etc. Automate it. And make it HIS job.

If he won't meet halfway, run.

I thought you were going to San Antonio and going to have the time of your life. Why are you still here? You should not have time to post so much. They have live music there, they have interesting people there, come on. Salon over live blues?

As for the woman, I haven't had time to pay attention, other than my friends in Cali having a cow over the cost. I guess she's mentally ill. I'm surprised there has not been more debate over what kind of mental illness impacts reproductive choice, for both genders. Because she's the female equivalent of some guys who took that Biblical "repopulate the Earth" thing to mean by themselves.

Seiously, there are guys in every state who have as many kids without marriage or commitment as this woman. What's the difference between her and these guys?

If they are the same, can we sterilize all of these irresponsible fools? What would be the standard?

Serious Brightstar. Don't bombthrow at me.

Thank you. Miscarriages can really be devastating, and it's hard to explain to people when you are in the midst of it all.

Relatives get crazy about weddings.