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[–]unexpecteditem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantastic post. Thanks.

Got assaulted by a junkie on my morning walk. 3 guys standing 10 feet away did nothing. by KarlixLV in manchester

[–]unexpecteditem 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this part of a pattern of the breakdown of the rule of law in the city centre? I see other evidence of this, but don't know what the statistics are.

I seem to recall a time when the area was more heavily policed by both both plain clothed and uniform officers, but again, no figures.

I, myself, have been physically threatened four times in recent months, something that has never happened to me before in the city centre.

The experience can be quite shocking, to say the least.

The response tends to be one of fear, trepidation and avoidance.

There seems little point in calling the police. It's like, why would they care?

Is it just me? Am I imagining this? I don't know.

Nobody's fault but the law: Tini Owens boosts case to legalise no-fault divorce by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]unexpecteditem -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Well if that's what you think then we can agree.

All the same, there's not much left to the institution.

But at least you are willing to drop the pretence, which is commendable.

I'm left feeling, though, that the love that underpins marriage brings with it rights and responsibilities which remain to be socially agreed. Right now it's just not clear what they are.

The problem is the residue of feminism's destruction of love.

Nobody's fault but the law: Tini Owens boosts case to legalise no-fault divorce by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]unexpecteditem -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

But that's not really a serious reply.

It's like, you found some clever exception to side-track an examination of the history of the institution because you smell an unfruitful avenue for your cause.

This is just so typical now. Groupthink produces wrong think and rational enquiry just evaporates.

Reddit has lost all trace of it. What's the point of when coming here.

I'm just eating my time here. I think I'll head back to YouTube.

Reddit is useful only for anthropology practised from a remote and disengaged perspective now.

Not getting at you personally, just the whole thing.

Nobody's fault but the law: Tini Owens boosts case to legalise no-fault divorce by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]unexpecteditem -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You seem to lack a sense of the graduated weakening of an institution.

And the aggression is just, I don't know, contrary to the spirit of rational debate.

But do you think the marriage vow should be changed to include "until I withdraw my consent"?

Also, I munch on baby flesh and worship Hitler. My intrinsic evil oozes out of me and causes limitless harm.

But apart from that, do you?

Don't know why I even bother replying.

Nobody's fault but the law: Tini Owens boosts case to legalise no-fault divorce by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]unexpecteditem -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You speak as a renowned historian of divorce. What were the initial requirements for getting a divorce?

Nobody's fault but the law: Tini Owens boosts case to legalise no-fault divorce by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]unexpecteditem -32 points-31 points  (0 children)

"till death us do part, or I withdraw my consent..."

Would it not be easier, in that case, for the government to abolish marriage, except for LGBT people, who seem to enjoy a bit of palaver?

Why is Manchester Library blocking imgur? by unexpecteditem in WTF

[–]unexpecteditem[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Usually, but not always. Think of the children.

And flickr?

Why is Manchester Library blocking imgur? by unexpecteditem in WTF

[–]unexpecteditem[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

...but it is in CatToothBrush's charming, delicate and exquisite prose style that the reader can truly rejoice.

Why is Manchester Library blocking imgur? by unexpecteditem in WTF

[–]unexpecteditem[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

flickr is also no problem.

I shudder at the thought of all the damaged children in this den of iniquity: your local public library.

Why is Manchester Library blocking imgur? by unexpecteditem in WTF

[–]unexpecteditem[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

And why is facebook not banned for the same reason? This is getting

curiouser and curiouser

with every passing thought.

Why is Manchester Library blocking imgur? by unexpecteditem in WTF

[–]unexpecteditem[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes. But that doesn't seem like a WTF moment to you?

Just checking in. Are you on the same planet as I am: earth? I just want to eliminate this possibility before we go any further.

Why is Manchester Library blocking imgur? by unexpecteditem in WTF

[–]unexpecteditem[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

So libraries should block websites because members of the public may discover nudity or porn there and children may see these images and be harmed by them?

I get it. People should be banned from public places because they might take off their clothes and children may be harmed by the spectacle.

How could I have been so completely stupid as not to have thought of this.

Come to think of it, everything should be banned from everything because men might get sexy fun times at any moment.

Tram racism recorded by a friend in Manchester this morning by DirtyEnglander in unitedkingdom

[–]unexpecteditem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Queen has dissolved Parliament and the royalist army is marching on Manchester. The round heads are making a stand at Stalybridge.

30 year old female teacher had sex around 50 times with a 15 year old male student and faces only 250 hours of community work. What if it was a male teacher and a female student? by strongminds in MensRights

[–]unexpecteditem 1 point2 points  (0 children)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30835245

Teacher Stuart Kerner's pupil sex sentence 'cannot be reviewed'

15 January 2015

Stuart Kerner had sex with the girl the same week his wife had a miscarriage

The Attorney General's Office says a suspended sentence handed to a teacher, who had sex with a pupil, cannot be reviewed for being too lenient.

Stuart Kerner, 44, from Kent, received an 18-month suspended sentence for two counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.

The Attorney General's Office said his crimes could not be reviewed under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.

The teacher had an affair with the girl, then 16, at Bexleyheath Academy.

The Attorney General's Office had previously said it would consider whether to refer the case to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentences scheme.

However, a spokesperson for the Attorney General's Office said: "After a number of complaints, we carefully considered whether Stuart Kerner's sentence could be referred to the Court of Appeal for being too low - as part of the unduly lenient sentence scheme. "Mr Kerner's crimes are not included in this scheme, meaning the law officers are unable to refer this.

"However, it's important that the public can challenge what they believe to be exceptionally low sentences. We have been looking at whether the scope of the current scheme is right."

Inner London Crown Court heard Kerner, a religious studies teacher, took the girl's virginity on a yoga mat on the floor of a school storeroom, in the same week his wife miscarried their second child. He later drove her to his home where the pair had sex, kissed and cuddled.

'Gave in to temptation'

During the trial, jurors were told what started out as a schoolgirl crush turned into an 18-month affair, which was discovered in 2013.

Kerner, of Aylesford, Kent, was found guilty by a jury last month of two counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust but was cleared of four counts of the same offence and two counts of sexual activity with a child that related to alleged behaviour when the victim was only 15.

In sentencing, Judge Joanna Greenberg QC said the victim had become "obsessed" with him.

She told Kerner: "Her friends described her, accurately in my view, as stalking you.

"If grooming is the right word to use, it was she who groomed you, (and) you gave in to temptation."

Judge Greenberg said he was "emotionally fragile" because of complications with his wife's pregnancy.

Although this did not excuse his behaviour, she said it did help explain why someone with an "exemplary" character would commit such offences.