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Cats own my heart, I swear. I mean, they're cats. I can't not help.
In also depressing news, the list of people asking for Roman Polanski to be released is seriously depressing me. I mean, I get discussions over how he was arrested and international law isn't always simple and maybe some feel that this is a waste of resources compared to other things when even the victim wants to let it go now. Okay, those are debates to be had.
But quit treating him like the victim over this case. The victim is the 13-year-old he raped. Read her testimony (warning, content can be triggering). The Smoking Gun also has his plea bargain. You can also read this letter on why the rape charges were dropped. Not lack of evidence, but rather the harm a trial would do to the victim.
I'm going to have to echo Salon here: Roman Polanski was arrested for raping a child and lets not forget that.
I do understand the victim not wanting another round of this case. I understand it so much it pains me. But he is the one who fled. He's the one who led to this. Not to mention, by evading justice and jumping bail, he's committed additional crimes to the one who was charged for.
Really, in all this, just don't forget this one fact: He raped a child.
Meanwhile, I will be teaching 9-year-olds for the majority of October and my brain is insanely focused on it at the moment. In addition, the school I'll be working at is rather different - over 70% of the children there have one or more parent that isn't Norwegian born. (In the general population, immigrants or people with immigrant parents count for about 10% nowadays.) I look forward to it, but I am also nervous. First time teaching kids.
A lot of the rest of my brain is currently taken up by Warcraft thoughts.
So some details from Cataclysm have been revealed (and I promptly ordered the magazine to see what else was there), and well, everyone is talking about that One Thing.
Garrosh is going to be leading the Horde. It's been rumored for a while so I've been preparing for it, but hoo boy people are not happy. Garrosh is even more hated than Varian and that takes skill. (I did enjoy this unofficial Q&A Garrosh did.) I mean, there was even the legendary 250 better Warchiefs than Garrosh forum thread, wherein Garrosh was beaten by a basic campfire and The Booterang: A Cure For The Common Worthless Peon. Good times.
There's also speculation about what Thrall will be doing. I gotta say, the only acceptable solution for me would be Thrall going on to do something more badass than Warchief and shack up with Jaina while at it. And I say this as mainly Alliance chick. Because Thrall is just awesome either way.
And how funny this is announced just after faction change becomes available. So, you can come to the Alliance! Sure, we got Varian, but just ignore him. Lots of the other Alliance leaders do. And soon we'll have Worgen and Gnomeregan as home of the gnomes once more!
All this has filled me with a strong urge to write Jaina/Thrall lots. Oops. And I need to bribe someone into making me icons of them, damn.
How are you all this autumn evening?
Cats own my heart, I swear. I mean, they're cats. I can't not help.
In also depressing news, the list of people asking for Roman Polanski to be released is seriously depressing me. I mean, I get discussions over how he was arrested and international law isn't always simple and maybe some feel that this is a waste of resources compared to other things when even the victim wants to let it go now. Okay, those are debates to be had.
But quit treating him like the victim over this case. The victim is the 13-year-old he raped. Read her testimony (warning, content can be triggering). The Smoking Gun also has his plea bargain. You can also read this letter on why the rape charges were dropped. Not lack of evidence, but rather the harm a trial would do to the victim.
I'm going to have to echo Salon here: Roman Polanski was arrested for raping a child and lets not forget that.
I do understand the victim not wanting another round of this case. I understand it so much it pains me. But he is the one who fled. He's the one who led to this. Not to mention, by evading justice and jumping bail, he's committed additional crimes to the one who was charged for.
Really, in all this, just don't forget this one fact: He raped a child.
Meanwhile, I will be teaching 9-year-olds for the majority of October and my brain is insanely focused on it at the moment. In addition, the school I'll be working at is rather different - over 70% of the children there have one or more parent that isn't Norwegian born. (In the general population, immigrants or people with immigrant parents count for about 10% nowadays.) I look forward to it, but I am also nervous. First time teaching kids.
A lot of the rest of my brain is currently taken up by Warcraft thoughts.
So some details from Cataclysm have been revealed (and I promptly ordered the magazine to see what else was there), and well, everyone is talking about that One Thing.
Garrosh is going to be leading the Horde. It's been rumored for a while so I've been preparing for it, but hoo boy people are not happy. Garrosh is even more hated than Varian and that takes skill. (I did enjoy this unofficial Q&A Garrosh did.) I mean, there was even the legendary 250 better Warchiefs than Garrosh forum thread, wherein Garrosh was beaten by a basic campfire and The Booterang: A Cure For The Common Worthless Peon. Good times.
There's also speculation about what Thrall will be doing. I gotta say, the only acceptable solution for me would be Thrall going on to do something more badass than Warchief and shack up with Jaina while at it. And I say this as mainly Alliance chick. Because Thrall is just awesome either way.
And how funny this is announced just after faction change becomes available. So, you can come to the Alliance! Sure, we got Varian, but just ignore him. Lots of the other Alliance leaders do. And soon we'll have Worgen and Gnomeregan as home of the gnomes once more!
All this has filled me with a strong urge to write Jaina/Thrall lots. Oops. And I need to bribe someone into making me icons of them, damn.
How are you all this autumn evening?
