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jwirr

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35. I wasn't talking about rape - we have for decades presented ourselves as the leaders of the free

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 03:39 PM

Oct 2014

world. We still think we are exceptional. Not so much. Yet when things like this happen we fail to examine what the root causes are. IMO What we are seeing in Ferguson MO and in this case and with the Trayvon Martin case is that they all stems from a bullying culture that has become more and more common. And the bullying is also seen in our attitude toward war. We have some kind of earned right to tell the world how to live. Maybe first we aught to straighten out our own problems.

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High school football player, 18,brother, 20, charged with sexual assault of drunk boy who passed out [View all] J_J_ Oct 2014 OP

Are you following the New Jersey football hazing scandal malaise Oct 2014 #1

We have become disgusting. Can you imagine what other nations think of us? jwirr Oct 2014 #2

yeah because no other countries have problems with rape cali Oct 2014 #19

I wasn't talking about rape - we have for decades presented ourselves as the leaders of the free jwirr Oct 2014 #35

Get a bunch of like-minded young men together, and it happens LeftinOH Oct 2014 #3

Or punish those involved ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #5

Yes! Thank you! MoonchildCA Oct 2014 #29

+1 TDale313 Oct 2014 #34

3) Harsh punishment for the rapists, so as to discourage others from trying it. arcane1 Oct 2014 #6

ANY punishment would be nice J_J_ Oct 2014 #13

I didn't play rugby, but I went to the rugby parties in college. cheapdate Oct 2014 #21

he might have been drugged J_J_ Oct 2014 #23

Covering this up empowers a sense of entitlement cheapdate Oct 2014 #28

It took me a moment to figure out where those cities are...Palin's Alaska. SoapBox Oct 2014 #4

not about Palin,but it is about her successor who has enabled assault in the national guard as well J_J_ Oct 2014 #11

Sure seems like it's accepted doesnt it? GOLGO 13 Oct 2014 #7

Male-on-male rape topics here do not get as much discussion, no, closeupready Oct 2014 #20

I don't think the discussion's complicated at all. sibelian Oct 2014 #40

That's one aspect, yes. closeupready Oct 2014 #41

Male victimhood is repellant. sibelian Oct 2014 #43

Yup. closeupready Oct 2014 #44

Future RNC Directors in the making. lpbk2713 Oct 2014 #8

this kid said in court that he wanted to be a coach someday J_J_ Oct 2014 #14

Having read the article mythology Oct 2014 #9

the trial was rigged J_J_ Oct 2014 #15

why hasn't the prosecutor done anything since it was dropped? J_J_ Oct 2014 #16

Another case of "affluenza" ?!?!? blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #33

Still not convinced "rape culture" exists? bullwinkle428 Oct 2014 #10

I googled 'assault homer alaska' and found plenty of links from US sources Beaverhausen Oct 2014 #12

It reads as a technical issue of law and the prosecutor can represent to the GJ again aikoaiko Oct 2014 #17

they had plenty of evidence from day one J_J_ Oct 2014 #24

When people cry, "The US is a rape culture", this isn't what they mean. closeupready Oct 2014 #18

Why does the Daily Mail have this and not the US media? Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #22

why did we hear about stubenville for months? J_J_ Oct 2014 #26

Luck of the draw, not elaborate conspiracies. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #32

Some media outlets did report on it. NCTraveler Oct 2014 #25

huffington post covered it too- the point is WHY IS THERE NO JUSTICE?!!! J_J_ Oct 2014 #27

You just completely changed the whole point of your op. NCTraveler Oct 2014 #30

"just what the hell are we defending as we spread 'democracy' in other countries?" Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #31

This is mercuryblues Oct 2014 #36

That's Shannyn Moore's home town KamaAina Oct 2014 #37

she won't report on this for some reason J_J_ Oct 2014 #38

Typical. closeupready Oct 2014 #42

Reading various articles, it may be that a younger, unidentified boy did the crime. Kaleva Oct 2014 #39