Some commenters here have started discussing the Ariel Castro sentencing — and the remarkable, delusional, self-pitying, victim-blaming statement he made before being sentenced — in the Minter Meltdown thread. Because so much of what he said — and so many of the issues raised — are potentially triggering, I thought it would be good to open up a separate thread for this.
Here’s a piece at the Daily Beast with some of the most astounding quotes from Castro’s statement today.
Consider this whole thread to have a TRIGGER WARNING on it for discussions of Castro’s rape apologias and victim blaming.
Is the Masculist Man who wrote that horrible blog the same Masculist Man who sometimes troll-bombs here with the stupidest comments of ever?
I’m finding myself unable to put 600 pounds of weed into perspective. That’s the weight of a tiger.
Which made me do a little back-of-the-envelope calculation and actually you could buy about 50 tigers for the price of that much weed (upkeep not included).
@grumpycatisagirl
Given that he always links to that blog, I’m sure he is.
MorkaisChosen, you are horrifyingly naive. rehabilitation is a myth, and it doesn’t matter if he never rapes again in his life.
he needs to pay.
Manboobz: Come for the mockery, stay to find out how many tigers you could trade 600 pounds of weed for.
Also, has anyone posted this Maclean’s story about MRAs yet? I’m behind on reading.
Katz: This was in ’77, so there’s probably been inflation. And holy shit, for some reason I thought that all happened a couple of years before I was born, but mom was actually pregnant with me when this happened. That’s… creepy.
Well, if the price of tigers and the price of weed rose at the same rate, then the exchange rate would still be the same.
I’d take one tiger and use the rest of the money for the upkeep. Because, tiger! I’d never miss a seat on the train again. Or pay for a ticket, either. No ticket inspector’s gonna argue with that kitty.
@drst, That story from California has been really upsetting. Here’s a link.
People can be so terrible. It’s scary.
All the damn side-eye to kaitlyn.
Unfortunately I suspect that the relative price of weed has dropped and the price of tigers has increased. (Which just means that, back then, you could have gotten even more tigers.)
@ hellkell
Here a troll, there a troll, everywhere a…
I wouldn’t say rehabilitation is a myth; obviously it works in lots of cases. But I would say there are crimes that just outweigh it when it implies eventual release, and Castro’s crimes are among them. He needs to be in prison and away from women for the rest of his life.
Did kaitlyn even read what Morkaischosen wrote?
Why read when you can try to create drama? Clearly you have not received your copy of the troll manifesto yet.
Rehabilitation works pretty well for a lot of crimes. I mean, here in the US, we’ve been trying the lock all the black men up in prison route for a while, and that isn’t going so well. I’d much rather see diversion and/or rehabilitation programs tried for that.
I read an interesting article on this issue recently — I don’t agree with all of the arguments, but the data certainly is worth engaging with.
(And I apologize for posting the Maclean’s story link here in the Castro thread, since it doesn’t really belong here.)
Cloudiah: the comments in the macleans article rsidly devolved into the standard mra shitshow, complete with rantings from dean esmay.
My trolling is of exceedingly poor quality.
Rapidly devolved. Ah, phone typing.
One glance at the Maclean’s article was enough. Talk about soft soap.
Sometimes off topic can be a huge relief. I kind of wish I’d not read this thread. I’m remote from the whole Castro case, in that it doesn’t trigger me, but by Basement Cat it’s depressing.
Time for brain bleach:
http://youtu.be/X5NlZMjSYyk
Open threads are usually supposed to be more accommodating of random off-topic comments, no? Although we’re always so off-topic that it’s hard to tell.
Even as a total non-cook I’d like to see a cooking question!
More brain bleach:
http://youtu.be/qpT0Zfm65RQ
http://youtu.be/oTffmMxqqLU
OMG a question I can answer!
Yes, I tried stevia and found the same thing. Someone told me later (was it on here?) that you can only have very small amounts of it, or that bitterness kicks in. Which makes it kinda useless for a sugar replacement!