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SandyZ

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1. Seriously? What has come out is the huge amount of women harassed.

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Tue Nov 21, 2017, 05:43 PM

Nov 2017

Is there an effort now to cry foul? That really there is not a problem, but it is men being picked on?

I am seeing a consistency in threads and am curious if the tide turned here.

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What if we treated war criminals in our midst the way we are doing to sexual harassers? [View all] yurbud Nov 2017 OP

Seriously? What has come out is the huge amount of women harassed. SandyZ Nov 2017 #1

Hi Sandy. How are you today? n/t rzemanfl Nov 2017 #2

Not remotely on my part. I would like to see this IN ADDITION not in place of yurbud Nov 2017 #3

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Let's do it all. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #4

thank you yurbud Nov 2017 #7

What is it that you are trying to express here? Not quite getting your point ProfessorPlum Nov 2017 #10

Name the top ten war criminals in our midst. You would have to make an example of one of them. LuvLoogie Nov 2017 #5

Maybe start with the guys who killed a million Iraqis based on lies not mistakes yurbud Nov 2017 #8

You are going to have to be specific. Give me a name. What are the charges? What body will bring LuvLoogie Nov 2017 #12

So you don't think Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Condi, Yoo et al yurbud Nov 2017 #13

I'm not saying they didn't break any laws, but in order to try someone you have to name the person LuvLoogie Nov 2017 #17

I am not lamenting women's struggles at all. I'm saying this level of public outrage and focus is yurbud Nov 2017 #19

I'm sure this is all just a rhetorical cry for justice. marybourg Nov 2017 #6

what is non-democratic about asking that we STOP ignoring the worst crimes? yurbud Nov 2017 #9

The "crimes" you are citing are not in our statute books. marybourg Nov 2017 #11

some are, some aren't. My post was more about the public censure than actual charges yurbud Nov 2017 #14

Well, that's what I said: "A cry for justice". nt marybourg Nov 2017 #16

I'm glad to see some have the courage to stand up for the wealthy and powerful yurbud Nov 2017 #15

I hestitate to weigh in here - but - as a retired JAG, I can't let this one go. TomSlick Nov 2017 #18

thanks for weighing in on this. I served very briefly and had many friends yurbud Dec 2017 #20