I didn't go there.

If you were paying attention, you'd have seen that it was a sponsored post. It appeared on my news feed despite the fact that I had never gone to their page before.

LK

Agreed. We should do more to educate young men about consent and why rape is never ok.

That doesn't change the reality of human nature. We've been teaching people that it's not acceptable to murder and mug each other for thousands of years but murders and muggings still happen.

Just like we all know that it's wrong to mug someone, we also don't advise people that they should walk around in high crime areas in the middle of the night with expensive jewelry on and waving stacks of cash around.

We can't stop every mugging, we can't stop every rape, people can practice good judgment and try to avoid becoming a target.

That's what I'm saying about sexual violence.

You can go through life with that "You're not the boss of me, I'll do whatever I feel like!" mentality or you can wise up and think.

Please understand, I'm in no way saying that the victims are ever at fault. I'm saying that you can decrease your chances of being victimized.

LK

In pretty much every region, there are males who can not suppress that urge.

It's common sense to not be the low hanging fruit. I'm not saying that women should wear burqas, I am saying that it's a good idea to not be the least clothed woman in any venue.

LK

THIS! A MILLION TIMES THIS!

Earlier this month I explained to the admin of an evangelical atheist FB page that I didn't want to see his sponsored posts. He accused me of being an overly sensitive Christian and of being afraid that my faith couldn't stand a little self-examination. I explained to him that I'm not a Christian and merely found him to be as annoying as any other evangelical with the audacity to intrude upon my day with his proclamations of good news. He was, in essence, acting like a non-believing Jehova's witness.

LK

And you are a shill.

LK

This is also the guy who advocated for forced abortions, forced sterilization and covert delivery of birth control to the unwitting.

To say he's batshit crazy is like saying that the Bush family "has been involved in politics".

LK

There are even recent import Chinese military SKSs but they're still more expensive than what the guys up in Canada are getting.

I held one of those M14s once but I didn't have the $1,000 in my pocket to buy it. It was sold before the week was out.

LK

I talk to some Canadian gun collectors and it's mind blowing how certain guns (Chinese SKSs) are significantly cheaper in Canada.

LK

I'd be fine with curbside delivery. It would save time and allow mail carriers to remain in their vehicles. That would speed things up. I don't like the idea of mail clusters. That's how mail is done in housing projects here and it's awful.

LK

You do realize that they do prohibit non-christians from joining, right?

And can we please stop comparing race/ethnicity to sexual preference? It's offensive.

LK

I do not assume that.
I am straight and I don't want to have sex with any female child.
I do not assume that gay equals pedophile.

I recognize that most pedophiles self-identify as heterosexual. I also recognize that a small subset of all people, heterosexual and homosexual, are pedophiles.

Even though I am not interested in little girls, I understand that it would be inappropriate for me to spend the weekend out in the woods with a troop of little girls. Not because of me being a threat, but because no heterosexual man should be in that position.

LK

I'm not equating anything. I'm asking a simple question.

I have no sexual interest in 10 year old girls, I'm also not calling it discrimination and accusing people of bigotry for not wanting heterosexual men, like myself, to be out away from civilization in charge of young girls.

To recap. I am not a threat to 10 year old children of either gender. I'm also not naive. I understand that people who are interested in children seek out ways to get trusted access to them. Any heterosexual man would be looked at with suspicion if he were to make too much effort into gaining access to young girls. It's only normal to regard any gay man with suspicion if he's trying too hard to get access to little boys.

LK

It's nothing like that.

1. The BSA is a private organization, not the government.
1A. The BSA can't incarcerate anyone for violating the ban.
1B. The BSA ban isn't a law, it's a rule.

2. Why is it so important for gay men to get out into the woods with little boys?

LK

That's precisely it.

A few years ago a friend used the term "retards" in reference to MD/MR people. I and another of our friend stopped him and started to explain why he shouldn't do that.

He got angry and started yelling "I'm not going to be all politically correct!" and I said to him "I'm not talking about being politically correct, I'm talking about not being an asshole."

Political correctness USED TO BE what we call common courtesy. There's a world of difference between the thought police and the pointless regulation of the minutiae of every day speech versus just plain not being an asshole.

LK

So did I. I was thinking "No shit Sherlock" until I went back and re-read the title.

LK