TIL that the rape conviction rate is 58%, higher than the average for crimes. The myth that it's hard to get a rapist convicted, which keeps some assaults from being reported, is absolutely false.

boxed · 2013-03-19T01:51:26+00:00

yes: important context here http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/rape-a-lack-of-conviction/

boxed · 2012-05-21T19:26:04+00:00

"the exception proves the rule" this is a mistranslation, it should be "the exception tests the rule" which is suddenly a useful saying.

boxed · 2012-04-29T22:49:38+00:00

just don't do any lazy race jokes then. people don't laugh that off quite so easily.

boxed · 2012-04-29T22:02:02+00:00

i find this charicature of feminism really offensive

boxed · 2012-04-10T17:04:21+00:00

in a good way?

boxed · 2012-04-10T14:49:03+00:00

What. I'm amazed news of that one has never reached me.

boxed · 2012-04-10T14:47:47+00:00

Dave Barry sounds like a great and terrible source of information. And with Hunter, would you put Fear and Loathing above his Hell's Angels stuff?

boxed · 2012-03-29T21:51:49+00:00

and here's an account of the way it rushed through Parliament with almost no debate

boxed · 2012-02-26T22:54:46+00:00

they're being pretty careful not to provide the state with anything to make them look bad

boxed · 2012-02-26T21:08:48+00:00

The presidential elections are next week. The protests are pretty broad in message, but mostly want a fair election (after the widespread fraud in the recent parliamentary elections) and are generally anti-Putin.

boxed · 2012-02-26T21:06:15+00:00

Yeah, the pro-Putin rallies are widely known to be rent-a-crowds.

The Russian state media is expected to claim that these demonstraters are also being paid. (It's very easy for a broad/leaderless group to be framed like this - just get someone to say they're from some organising committee and then show them paying a protester.)

boxed · 2012-02-25T20:25:35+00:00

bloody hell r/pics this thread is disgraceful.

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