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I'm certainly not taking a superior attitude. But I'm gobsmacked when I hear the claim that Jodi, as a woman (and here representative of social attitudes toward women), has somehow gotten away with sexual behaviours that men would never get away with. She hasn't gotten a pass on that, or...

"Jodi gets a pass"? I missed that part, when Jodi got the pass.

Yes, and get in touch with her, he did. How on earth? Ask anyone who's been entangled in a sick relationship. There was a good post a couple pages back about the power of denial.

Yes, Cate49. And its implication was clear. It's nice to have it so out in the open, though, where it can't do as much harm.

Would the sudden urge in non-bullies to bully the bullies count as picking up fleas?

Not sure why you're providing me with more evidence of favourable bias toward attractive people. I acknowledged that there are so many studies proving this bias, that I said it's practically common sense to expect it. My post was was about a situation in which this bias may be reversed-- the...

You forgot to add a comma, Mrs G, between the first and second emoticon in your sentence. (just teasing!) Besides the fact that Jodi would have no reason to fake those photos--aside from deliberately placing herself at the scene of the crime--there were strong suggestions, made by both Flores...

Broke, yes. And the move was, I believe, also an opportunity to put some physical distance between them. She did make some efforts to extract herself from the relationship.

That good-looking people get better treatment, in general, has been proven so many times over that it's practically become common sense. I don't think that this always applies in the justice system, though. I had read an article, in the very early days of the Arias trial, that had a different...

I hear what you're saying, OEJ, and I share your despair over the insensitive judgments of victims of intimate partner abuse. However, these very same judgements, in these very same discussion threads, were levelled at Jodi in order to discredit her claims of Travis' abuse. People said...

Good post. I agree.

Yes! I've seen it. Aren't we due for another instalment soon? I watched almost the entire film--that is, many, many hours of the Up Series episodes--over the course of ONE day. What a strange, compelling, almost unreal--but enriching--experience that was!

So sorry, Gecko. Take care of your heart. It's a good one!

Yes, because the child is a part of society, and will affect it, for better or for worse. I believe, too, that there is a particularly heavy obligation when the family in question has been subject to oppression and marginalization. Suffering, pain, addiction and anger related to oppression must...

Yes, but I'd also like to hear him say in addition to "it's up to the parents" that it's also up to the child's village--as in, "it takes a village to raise a child." I don't think this sentiment is very popular in America or Canada, but, one has to consider that the nuclear family itself can be...

That's profound. Thank you.

My bold. That is an astounding statement! Most children, even children living hellish homes, will at some point experience kindness from an adult somewhere along the way. A smile, a plate of cookies and a glass of milk, a hug, words of encouragement--these are all lovely things, and may...

But, Horace--SMK cited examples in the very post you've quoted. Andrea Yates, for example, and the example I gave in the post before hers, about the psychotic man who heard a voice commanding him to kill while he was on a Greyhound bus. Why do these not count as evidence? Sometimes--not often...

I think that the communication threads are becoming mixed-up and maybe even hopelessly tangled. Because, there is more than one thread of conversation happening here, with many points and counterpoints, and a single post has been built upon many other posts over a couple of days or more. And...