tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post3511029169192583340..comments2023-06-28T07:56:10.910-04:00Comments on In Progress: Punching UpPeter H of Lebohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960259139631190172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-6302450965698937822015-04-22T10:43:13.105-04:002015-04-22T10:43:13.105-04:00Also, Ted and Jim, you guys made two better jokes ...Also, Ted and Jim, you guys made two better jokes in your comments than Trudeau made in that entire piece. jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341775543033217737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-76970640514165492292015-04-22T10:40:47.119-04:002015-04-22T10:40:47.119-04:00Yeah, I'm not sure why this thinking is so com...Yeah, I'm not sure why this thinking is so common. Perhaps people don't like admitting uncomfortable truths. I think it stems from a human need to control scary, rare events. <br /><br />The thinking is something like this: If women didn't flirt or dress the way they did, men wouldn't be monsters. If we just didn't offend other cultures, they wouldn't fly planes into our buildings. <br /><br />When you think like this, the world is a less scary place, because every effect has a clear cause. Every victim has a moral failing that invited doom. And so long as you stay pure, you won't endure the same fate. <br /><br />jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341775543033217737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-58178272528523722692015-04-22T09:57:28.151-04:002015-04-22T09:57:28.151-04:00Interesting choice to use alcohol here. Hopefully ...Interesting choice to use alcohol here. Hopefully nobody is offended.<br /><br />Maybe I am asking for trouble here, but your point reminds me of the age-old argument in defending the male rapist - point to the woman, talk about the way she was dressed and that really she was asking for it, etc etc - basically blame the victim. Interesting how that pervades so much in our societies.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07579278209945909390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-67648960518057782082015-04-22T09:27:32.560-04:002015-04-22T09:27:32.560-04:00While I'm not a free speech absolutist (in fac...While I'm not a free speech absolutist (in fact I'd say I was not an absolutist about anything if that wasn't being an absolutist),here I completely agree. "100 lashes for anyone who doesn't die laughing" is funny, and who has a better sense of humor than a sufi?James Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871338738388893364noreply@blogger.com