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    "The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born."     — Malala Yousafzai

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    I had to change 2 browsers to be able to visit DCW..

    My browsers all work, but for whatever reason the reply function doesn't work sometimes. I'd write something, add an image, then it'd tell me I needed to have content in my post.

     

    OMM: I have a concert in a few days and the whole orchestra still sounds like crap. Fingers crossed the director's not going to explode next rehearsal...

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    Eminem's great (: Most other rappers I've heard were rather boring in comparison

    Yeah, something about the way he puts the emphasis in his words... Can't believe I hadn't realized how amazing he is sooner. I mean, the first time I saw the guy was in The Interview. It wasn't the best first impression, but the fact that he's been reigning on the charts for years should've told me something.

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    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tannehill/debunking-bathroom-myths_b_8670438.html

    Sorry for the double post!

     

    thread revival attempt #128753

    There's been quite a bit of talk around another one of those 'bathroom bills' that would legally require transgender individuals to use the public restroom that corresponds with the gender on their birth certificate. (How they would enforce this, I haven't the slightest clue) Mississippi passed one of these not too long ago, though it's not in effect yet, but it's North Carolina that's currently getting all the attention. (That's probably because the law also prevents cities from passing anti-discrimnation ordinances that would protect LGBT+ people) A few artists that were set to perform concerts in NC have cancelled those stops, Paypal was going to build an expansion in Charlotte, but has since changed their minds, a 2017 NBA All-Star game might also get moved out of NC, the UK has issued a travel warning to its citizens that Mississippi and North Carolina have recently passed these anti-LGBT+ laws; it's a bit of a mess. It's a mess that only gets hairier as time goes on too. Donald Trump has (surprisingly) also come out against the law. Fellow presidential candidate, and Ohio governor, John Kasich has said he would probably not sign a similar bill into law. Target, while not directly referring to either NC or MS, released a statement saying transgender customers are free to use whichever restroom/fitting room they feel most comfortable with. But also, recently fired ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling, shared a tasteless, transphobic meme on facebook and added "A man is a man no matter what they call themselves. I don't care what they are, who they sleep with, the men's room was designed for the penis, the women's not so much." Though I could not find the exact post myself and could only find descriptions of it (granted I didn't look very hard), I presume this caused a problem because he shared it on his public facebook, rather than his private one for personal use. 

     

    The aim of these bills is to protect mainly women and children from predators that may exploit any laws that allow people to use whichever restroom they are most comfortable with and/or best fits their gender identity. Sounds alright in theory right? There are undoubtedly horrible people out there who do want to harm others and want to do so when they're vulnerable and most likely alone, but the issue lies in just how much of problem assaults in public restrooms is. I wasn't able to find reports of any transgender individuals, or someone pretending to be a transgender person, assaulting anyone in a public restroom; so it appears to be a virtually nonexistent problem. However, I did come across two cases which are related, though neither occurred in public restrooms. One was a man claiming to be transgender to get into a women's shelter, with the intent of sexually assaulting women staying there. (He was a known sexual predator long before this incident though) And the other was a man who walked into the women's locker room at a pool and began undressing in front of patrons saying the "transgender law" allowed it. In short, it has happened, but it's a rare problem. Exploited or not, assault is still illegal too, so there's no added threat because no loophole is created. In fact, transgender people themselves are the ones who report having frequent problems regarding public restroom use. In Washington DC, 70% of transgender people polled reported that they had experienced some degree of negative reaction/ when using public restrooms. 9% of that 70% reported that they had experienced a physical confrontation/assault when trying to use one of those public restrooms.

    John Oliver on Last Week Tonight actually did a nice segment on this is one of his videos last June. (If you aren't familiar with LWT, it can be nsfw at times, but overall the content is informative) It's not perfect, and covers more than just bathroom bills, but it does explain it quite a bit better than I probably could. 

     

    Overall, these bathroom bills being passed does more harm than good. It only adds to the stigma transgender people already face, and also makes people unnecessarily fearful. If the worry at the heart of the problem is that dangerous people, primarily men, will exploit these laws, the fix is going after these predators, and taking them into custody so they can't hurt anyone else, not faulting the entire transgender population and forcing them into potentially dangerous situations. Obviously tracking down all sexual predators is no easy, or even really possible, task, but the way to prevent sex crimes, especially ones that rarely happen, isn't by unjustly pushing the blame onto an undeserving, often misunderstood group. 

     

    sources: x x x x x x x x x x (sorry if I forget any)

    Sorry for any mistakes too, it's almost 5am, so there's bound to be an error or two somewhere in there. Hopefully it's not too incoherent though.

    You've really been taking up the reigns of this thread, haven't you? I really think you've dedicated quite a bit in keeping it updated and providing support to whoever pops up, no matter their problem. You're always very mature in handling different situations. Call me sappy, but I sincerely feel that I need to just say thank you. :)

     

    Okay, so my reason for posting (beside being mushy gushy) is just to add this: https://driftingthrough.com/2016/04/29/your-silence-is-deafening-an-open-letter-to-the-target-boycotters/ and this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tannehill/debunking-bathroom-myths_b_8670438.html

     

    First link is a little blog article that addresses the bathroom bill, specifically the backlash Target got from people worried for the safety of women and children. Though I can't say I agree with the way the author starts to point fingers at too many things somewhere in the middle, I was pretty happy that this perspective appeared among Wordpress's trending articles. 

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    Maybe... There's so few things that are truly black and white in all instances though, and because of that, it's hard to give generalized answers, especially since some are a question of morals, and situations that have to do with morals aren't always cut and dry. And the inclusion of a neutral answer could've doubled as a bit of a cop-out response too for questions you don't have an opinion on/don't want to have opinion on. Not having one just makes it more difficult since it forces you to choose a side tumblr_m42qykugn91r58lid.gif

    I had the same problem, but to a lesser extent since I took it with my brother and short debates between each question settled the rather ambiguous bits better than it would've been if I'd taken it alone. (We generally have aligning views. Diverging points usually led to me going "screw you", but I'm pretty open to persuasion and rebuttal.) Some questions were pretty problematic, but a neutral option would've skewed the results more than choosing an answer you don't necessarily 100% agree with. I doubt the algorithm was complex enough to account for "idk" as an answer to more than a certain number of the questions. And as Akazora, maybe the creators were going for a more psychological insight into things... (though I doubt it)

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    Dear anonymous,

     

    I still don't know your name. I've known you for almost a year now, so... would it be more awkward to wait longer and see if I get lucky or should I just ask you and risk a fatality in our friendship? It'd be a real sucker punch.

     

    Cue flashback to all those times I had to go to great lengths to avoid having to say your (still unknown) name.

     

     

    Signed,

    Idiot

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    Thread revival time!

     

    I've actually always been meaning to do the political compass test, so it's cool that it found its way back to me at a time when I'm actually able to go through the whole thing.

     

    Results:

    ​Left/Right: -4.13

    Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.26

     

    So I'm Left-Libertarian, which is what I expected. I know Moho isn't here to plot the points anymore, but I'd be falling in right with the cluster of dots representing the DCW trend.

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    You're going there?

    Whoops - late reply. Nah, I meant I'll be the UK delegation at a Model UN conference (bit careless of me not to specify that, lol). Which is cool, since I've never been the UK before and it's a pretty significant nation. Now I'll have an opportunity to utilize my horrible British accent with a half-justifiable excuse >:'D

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    Nothing's been stated regarding the canonicity of the movie, so I'll assume it will be non-canon until otherwise stated. I don't know what you mean by "semi-canon" in regards to M3 though, that one is non-canon as well as all the other movies.

    Okay, thanks :D The anime played off of what happened in M3. They simply assumed that Kid knows Conan's identity after the events of M3, but never made any concrete reference.

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