http://philosophyonthemesa.com/2009/09/28/laffaire-polanski/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://philosophyonthemesa.com/2009/09/28/laffaire-polanski/#comment-2602 Men must speak out against rape | Action Left Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:41:54 +0000 http://philosophyonthemesa.wordpress.com/?p=1556#comment-2602 [...] famous is clearly an injustice, which is why I’m grateful for role models like Jay Smooth and Dwight Furrow who call it out while so many others were silent or, even worse, defended [...] [...] famous is clearly an injustice, which is why I’m grateful for role models like Jay Smooth and Dwight Furrow who call it out while so many others were silent or, even worse, defended [...]

]]> http://philosophyonthemesa.com/2009/09/28/laffaire-polanski/#comment-2537 Nina Rosenstand Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:45:32 +0000 http://philosophyonthemesa.wordpress.com/?p=1556#comment-2537 Not exactly a tea party going on behind Santelli there in the video clip, though! But your analysis of the three cultures and their moral shortcomings is bang-on. I should add that part of the story is that in most European countries the age of consent is considerably lower than most places here, CA and the Western US in particular. Link to a<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Age_of_Consent.png" rel="nofollow"> very interesting map</a>! Good work tracking down the Sikorski Connection. I find it amusing that Appelbaum posts under the banner of "PostPartisan"... Not exactly a tea party going on behind Santelli there in the video clip, though! But your analysis of the three cultures and their moral shortcomings is bang-on. I should add that part of the story is that in most European countries the age of consent is considerably lower than most places here, CA and the Western US in particular. Link to a very interesting map! Good work tracking down the Sikorski Connection. I find it amusing that Appelbaum posts under the banner of “PostPartisan”…

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