tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post5482523924022913292..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Links 30 April 2021Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-49108626329076112332021-04-30T14:24:20.036-04:002021-04-30T14:24:20.036-04:00"Police reform in action: the police in Newar...<i>"Police reform in action: the police in Newark, New Jersey did not fire a single bullet in 2020, which was the first year on record they did not pay a single cent to settle claims of police brutality. It can be done."</i><br /><br />Of <i>COURSE</i> it can be done! Countless other affluent countries do it every single day!<br /><br />Heck, in many places, the typical police officer doesn't even carry a gun! When the expectation is that police should deescalate situations rather than respond to every problem with the threat of force, you don't need guns, because you basically never end up having to use them!<br /><br />The only reason we have a problem is because collectively speaking, Americans are stubborn idiots who refuse to make changes and adopt methods that have long been proven to work exceedingly well elsewhere!G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-83439918695752287662021-04-30T11:14:36.901-04:002021-04-30T11:14:36.901-04:00I've now read the NYT article on the cheerlead...I've now read the NYT article on the cheerleader. It certainly seems to me like the high school overreached here (even if someone should have told this young woman about the difference between the comment you write and the comment you actually post). But what I really want to remark on is the Supreme Court's tone as conveyed in the article. I was impressed at the court's free-wheeling, lively discussion. The presence of three Trump judges hasn't (yet?) turned it into a right-wing hellscape. For example, at no point, at least according to the article, did Amy Coney Barrett say, "On the road to Gilead, this sort of thing cannot be tolerated from our young Christian maids." I'm still annoyed at how they got into office. But the republic may yet survive.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456987412710878404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-8630124121900143942021-04-30T10:42:53.251-04:002021-04-30T10:42:53.251-04:00That story about the young woman who wants to chan...That story about the young woman who wants to change her boyfriend so he's more like her father--wouldn't Jordan Peterson say the man should suck it up and become a hard working big-provider type so as to fulfill this woman's need for an archetypally male mate? The obvious fakery this would require should make anyone skeptical of this as a life plan; but isn't it what Peterson would say?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456987412710878404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-59738435269001096562021-04-30T09:48:55.799-04:002021-04-30T09:48:55.799-04:00On the snapchat rant, I think there is a provision...On the snapchat rant, I think there is a provision in some employment contracts, including for school faculty, that employment can be terminated for conduct that tends to bring the employer into disrepute. Yes, this could be abused, but the basic principle seems sound to me. I haven't read anything about this particular case, but I'm pretty comfortable with applying a similar principle to college students as well.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456987412710878404noreply@blogger.com