Yea, always a good policy to disrespect the people who are charged with protecting you and your stuff... There are a few officers who abuse their authority, but most really are out to protect and serve. May I suggest you think about being grateful? We really don't pay them all that much considering the risks they take everyday.
Oh I don't know....
I had every cop on duty in the small town I live in show up at my home once. What where they looking for? Some kids playing with guns during school...
It turned out to be some neighbor who called to complain about my kid playing with the kids across the street (both home schooled) and their arsenal of bright blue and orange nurff guns that shot orange foam darts about 15 feet, the day before.
They showed up with all three squad cars and 5 officers, right after lunch to let us know we where violating a non-existent curfew law.. What a waste of time and resources.
I can see some of the molecular gastronomy folks doing some odd things.
Perhaps, but given the possible sources of the acid used, I'm going to avoid eating an egg treated with it.
LOL
I think I can speak for her when I say, "bugger off scumbag!"
If that doesn't work for you, the 12 Ga shotgun in the gun safe should suffice to hold you at bay until the police arrive.
I'm glad you live in a world without fear where all people can stand up and make a stand for what's right and doing so makes all the evil that humans do go away. I do not live in that world. I live in the real world.
Where did I say evil goes away when you assert yourself? What I did say is that many evil men will seek other prey that is easier to catch and you will spare yourself such troubles as this article describes. Or are you supposing that women should be doormats for men to wipe their feet on?
Evil can and will find you regardless of who you are, but you can make yourself less of a target and avoid much trouble if you think about the situation and prepare for the likely problems you may encounter. Might you still end up in a no-win series of events? Perhaps, but if you have done everything you can to avoid it, you will have no blame in being a part of it.
I'm just saying that you should do what you can to avoid being a target and in this case a bit of self respect would have certainly helped.
No one's talling[SIC] you [SIC]should be ashamed of yourself for harassing women.
Now, my question is, why do we get inundated with stories about women being harassed by men, but never stories about the many men who are harassed by women?
Why do you think? It's the same reason we hear about a white cop shooting a black kid but never about a black cop shooting a white one. What fits the PC narrative?
So you didn't watch how the bullies worked all this out on the playground as a kid? Or better yet, when you where an adult, watch your kids playing with a group of kids?
Seemed pretty straight forward to me how the abusers identify likely targets and how the suitable targets would react to situations. Even as adults, the behaviors are similar, even if the fine details of how it's done are a bit more nuanced.
So what you're saying is women are weaker and more manipulable than men?
No, only that THESE women where without the necessary self respect to RESIST this dirt bag and tell him to get lost. This lack of self respect is not related to gender, even though their gender was apparently part of the reason they where targets.
Oh man... This whole "They where manipulated into doing this by some guy" is just plain SAD. I have no doubt this guy did some pretty despicable things and violated the rules he agreed too. I also have no doubt that these women where at least partially responsible for what happened because they didn't say "NO!" to the guy in authority for what ever reason.
Clearly Lewin gets punished for violating the code of conduct, but it's just as clear that he was taking advantage of a set of women who where ill prepared to tell him to bugger off. I know it's not PC to ascribe blame, but these poor women do need to realize that they do have control and are not powerless to say no and they need to respect themselves enough to give the abuser the boot, and thus have some level of responsibility for what happened to them.
Look ladies, yea I'm a middle aged white male, but why do some of you let these things happen to you?
Now I'm not saying this guy doesn't deserve to be castigated for demeaning women, but shesh ladies, you need to have some self respect. I'm not saying this wasn't harassment, but don't let some scumbag do this kind of thing to you. Where is the outcry for the way this woman was raised? Where is the outcry for the mentalities that lead to a woman who cannot or will not stand up for herself? Who thinks that this kind of behavior is OK? That asking for and expecting racy pictures over the internet is something you can do? Why do we see situations where women are OBVIOUSLY bullied into doing things they wouldn't or didn't really want to do?
I raised my daughter to not be afraid to say no and mean it. To tell these abusers to take a hike, don't be manipulated into doing things you don't want to. If they don't respect you, they are not worth dealing with. Don't suffer fools who disrespect you and above all, respect yourself enough to say "NO WAY scumbag!" and mean it regardless who's asking or what position they hold.
"When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical." -- Jon Carroll
