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You are really liking the word "profiling" there aren't you? I like your use of it because it is very much an appeal to emotion and that makes it hard to debate against. But I'm also not really interested in the Men's Rights whine either, so I'll just stick with my original point: 1 in 5...

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I wholly agree. The only part I differ on is that I think religion is just another human activity. That's why we have religions in which some believers can actually think God wants them to slaughter innocent people (we can find examples in the Bible as well as in the actions of modern day...

No, not at all! Where did you get that idea? I am merely pointing out that most people who believe in God believe in a very specific God whose wants and needs they are very aware of. NOT some esoteric conceptual God that cannot be defined. In addition there is almost no religion that...

Possibly. I am willing to entertain all manner of explanations short of the Pence Rule being a practical and adult way of dealing with half the world's population. :)

I am A-OK with that idea...except that so many people have VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHAT GOD WANTS. EXACTLY. Down to the point where the believer can tell the gay person that they were born wrong and are an abomination. Down to the point where the believer can tell us exactly how...

And if, indeed, he thinks this is how he shows "respect" for his wife there is a deeper problem. Either his wife is truly scared that he can't control himself or he has done something in the past that shows that this extreme measure is the only way to ensure her trust. Personally I think it's...

Here's the flaw: 1. Cases where women falsely accuse men are (certainly in the extreme cases of rape) are very, very low. 2. Pence doesn't have the right to be fearful of 50% of the people who pay his salary. If he is truly and honestly afraid they are a threat to him, then he needs to forego...

That is an interesting view. On a pure basis of the merits the argument seems reasonable. However we aren't talking about simply protecting oneself in terms of "profiling". Statistically speaking most women will suffer some form of harassment (great or small) in her life. As such she is...

The rate of violence and harrassment of women by men is much higher than the other way around. My understanding of Pence's actions is either self-protection (he doesn't want any opportunity for anyone to make any accusations against his character) or "resepct for his wife" (as another poster...

That was exactly my thought too. But also remember that a very large number of solar units are not hooked up to battery systems but rather feed back to the grid. In our two homes that have had solar that is the system. It basically puts electricity back onto the grid which the power company...

I live in the Pacific Northwest. Put solar PV on my roof a year ago and have gone about 1 year now without having to pay for any electricity. And it rains for weeks and weeks at a time here (summer it's sunny most of the time, but in fact there's literally NO REASON solar PV units shouldn't be...

Unfortunate for Congressman Barton, but it couldn't really happen to a better guy. If I recall he was the guy who apologized to the CEO of BP after the CEO was grilled mercilessly by Congress after the Deepwater Horizon debacle. Such a toad. I have to wonder why Congressman Barton thought any...

But remember, as you said, that isn't why Pence is doing this. Pence is showing "respect" for his wife.

OR, here's a wild suggestion...men could be better people in general and NOT AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH LYING WOMEN INTENT ON DESTROYING us wonderful men. I think Pence invites people to endanger him precisely because he plays the piety card so very strongly. He believes in...

And I say that if he's that scared of other people then he shouldn't go into politics. He can't have his cake and eat it too. If he wants to legislate the gay away he needs to take the hard with the soft when it comes to being a public person.

Oh wow! You have a blog! So very interesting! So rare! (Are you familiar with "the long tail"? LOL. I bet that's your blog). Well, frankly, all I see ON HERE is you posting other people's work. You don't seem to really have much of your own stuff to share and I am not giving YOU clicks...

What a nasty person you are! I don't believe I used much sarcasm there. I made a point. You don't like it. Of course I'm doubtful of your skill at viewing other points of view, so .... That's absurd. If that's how he respects his wife does she really mistrust him that much??? Really...

Wow! High praise indeed from the guy that usually just litters the board with links to someone else's writing! Get back to me when you have some original analyses of your own on anything. :)