On the Fact that if this Whole, "Voices In My Head Made Me Do it", Ever
Gets a Significant Foothold In this Country (as it Seemingly Has Already In
Massachusetts), Convicting Anyone for Anything Just Might Become too Tall
of an Order Moving Forward
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Yeah, how do you disprove something like that? Of course you still have
the option of questioning the (instantaneously) crazy mofo about why she
would...
13 hours ago


Yes, yesterday was an appropriate time to think of other mothers; mothers outside of our immediate families.
ReplyDeleteAnd there is something to be said about incresed number of women in governments which just could work to diminish this obvious male hormonal overload that is manifesting itself in a need to kill.
ReplyDeleteGood point, Pekka.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that the inclusion of women in the new governments in Afghanistan and Iraq has been a demand of our coalition nation-builders. It was seen that female empowerment and presence in the corridors of power - even if only as a small minority - could put a brake on extreme theocratic leadership of the males.
Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, this idea has run into extreme Islamic opposition and - understandably - has become lost in the maelstrum of other issues.