Comments for A Distorted Reality. http://www.adistortedreality.com Sex, drugs, politics. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:53:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 Comment on Circle Takes the Square – As the Roots Undo Review. by Spetznaz http://www.adistortedreality.com/circle-takes-the-square-as-the-roots-undo-review/comment-page-1#comment-5806 Spetznaz Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:53:50 +0000 http://www.adistortedreality.com/?p=432#comment-5806 *ahem* cacophony of noise is redundant. *ahem* cacophony of noise is redundant.

]]> Comment on Lydia – Illuminate Review by FAST TRACK LIMOS http://www.adistortedreality.com/lydia-illuminate-review/comment-page-1#comment-5805 FAST TRACK LIMOS Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:51:18 +0000 http://www.adistortedreality.com/?p=73#comment-5805 MARIA, HOW WOULD U LIKE TO MODEL FOR OUR WEB SITE? WE WOULD PAY U $50 HR. AND ALL THE LIMO RIDES U WANT?WHY B CAUSE WE LOVE U AND U R HOT. PLEASE CALL ME @FAST TRACK LIMOS 480 621-7552 24/7 MARIA, HOW WOULD U LIKE TO MODEL FOR OUR WEB SITE? WE WOULD PAY U $50 HR. AND ALL THE LIMO RIDES U WANT?WHY B CAUSE WE LOVE U AND U R HOT. PLEASE CALL ME @FAST TRACK LIMOS 480 621-7552 24/7

]]> Comment on The Student Experience. by Melan http://www.adistortedreality.com/the-student-experience/comment-page-1#comment-5452 Melan Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:57:48 +0000 http://www.adistortedreality.com/?p=536#comment-5452 I would agree... best three years of my life....? friends for life... ? stimulating...? exciting...? if you call sitting on your arse all day and intoxicating my liver beyond repair all night productive... but still, good fun. bring on the real stuff. I would agree… best three years of my life….? friends for life… ? stimulating…? exciting…? if you call sitting on your arse all day and intoxicating my liver beyond repair all night productive… but still, good fun. bring on the real stuff.

]]> Comment on Canarf Wharf and West India Quays. by Melan http://www.adistortedreality.com/canarf-wharf-and-west-india-quays/comment-page-1#comment-5451 Melan Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:51:23 +0000 http://www.adistortedreality.com/?p=552#comment-5451 I fear working in London will take out all the fun of the beautiful city... i still find the odd tube ride wedged under someone's armpit amusing.. but everyday... a worrying thought I fear working in London will take out all the fun of the beautiful city… i still find the odd tube ride wedged under someone’s armpit amusing.. but everyday… a worrying thought

]]> Comment on Drink and Rape. by Lois Clifton http://www.adistortedreality.com/drink-and-rape/comment-page-1#comment-5425 Lois Clifton Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:16:18 +0000 http://www.adistortedreality.com/?p=231#comment-5425 i take your points and think the main factor is that I think we need to look at the alternative which would be saying drunkenness means no rape, an undeniable truth is that a lot of young people are drunk and imagine how many people would fall foul of the law. if anything drunk people, being more vulnerable and helpless, need more of a defence. as actually is the law at the moment because on the other-side if you cant remember what you were doing because you were drunk it is a defence- protecting the vulnerable drunk! . sorry this is not very eloquent i take your points and think the main factor is that I think we need to look at the alternative which would be saying drunkenness means no rape, an undeniable truth is that a lot of young people are drunk and imagine how many people would fall foul of the law. if anything drunk people, being more vulnerable and helpless, need more of a defence. as actually is the law at the moment because on the other-side if you cant remember what you were doing because you were drunk it is a defence- protecting the vulnerable drunk! . sorry this is not very eloquent

]]> Comment on The Obligatory ‘Top Ten Albums of 2009′. by Justin http://www.adistortedreality.com/the-obligatory-top-ten-albums-of-2009/comment-page-1#comment-5424 Justin Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:07:08 +0000 http://www.adistortedreality.com/?p=571#comment-5424 Great list. Glad to see Emmy the Great included. I need to get that We Were Promised Jet Packs album. Great list. Glad to see Emmy the Great included. I need to get that We Were Promised Jet Packs album.

]]> Comment on Drink and Rape. by Alexander Young http://www.adistortedreality.com/drink-and-rape/comment-page-1#comment-5423 Alexander Young Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:05:37 +0000 http://www.adistortedreality.com/?p=231#comment-5423 The taxpayer's money quote: I'll admit that I can't really defend that, other than in terms of 'misappropriation of government funds', in that case. It's just a sense of prioritisation which accounts for differentiation: as cold as this may sound, I think that money would be better spent providing for the poorest (and for public goods like education, healthcare etc) rather than the victims of circumstance and poor policing. I just really fail to believe that any amount of money can compensate for rape, and the system is a little exploitable. The most evil of people (and it has happened, though I read it in the Mail/Sun/something else ridiculous and am therefore a little sceptical) can lie about being raped for the sake of whatever they're end is if they're committed enough to it. I agree that it's wrong that women are questioned as suspects, but men (in my limited anecdotal experience) as just laughed at it they're past the age of 16, or 18 if a matter of breach of trust is involved - I think it happens on a similar scale, but is less reported than the already thin reports of rape amongst women. Since this was written (fairly recently, actually: we're talking Webb times), I've gained (unfortunately) a fair bit of third party experience to this sort of thing, and how useless our criminal justice system is with dealing with it, even when the criminal is known. It completely fails to take into account the stress brought on by the 'event' (to use a horrid colloquialism) when questioning the victim. If they've chosen to repress anything to help themselves deal with it, there won't be a conviction. It's shit all round. The taxpayer’s money quote: I’ll admit that I can’t really defend that, other than in terms of ‘misappropriation of government funds’, in that case. It’s just a sense of prioritisation which accounts for differentiation: as cold as this may sound, I think that money would be better spent providing for the poorest (and for public goods like education, healthcare etc) rather than the victims of circumstance and poor policing. I just really fail to believe that any amount of money can compensate for rape, and the system is a little exploitable. The most evil of people (and it has happened, though I read it in the Mail/Sun/something else ridiculous and am therefore a little sceptical) can lie about being raped for the sake of whatever they’re end is if they’re committed enough to it.

I agree that it’s wrong that women are questioned as suspects, but men (in my limited anecdotal experience) as just laughed at it they’re past the age of 16, or 18 if a matter of breach of trust is involved – I think it happens on a similar scale, but is less reported than the already thin reports of rape amongst women.

Since this was written (fairly recently, actually: we’re talking Webb times), I’ve gained (unfortunately) a fair bit of third party experience to this sort of thing, and how useless our criminal justice system is with dealing with it, even when the criminal is known. It completely fails to take into account the stress brought on by the ‘event’ (to use a horrid colloquialism) when questioning the victim. If they’ve chosen to repress anything to help themselves deal with it, there won’t be a conviction. It’s shit all round.

]]> Comment on Drink and Rape. by Lois Clifton http://www.adistortedreality.com/drink-and-rape/comment-page-1#comment-5421 Lois Clifton Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:47:00 +0000 http://www.adistortedreality.com/?p=231#comment-5421 I would like to point out that when you quote " (£11,000 of taxpayer’s money) " that in another article on benefits you stated that it is not our money, we vote governments in and it is the state money. i agreed with you here yet now don't see why you seem to differentiate between this and providing compensation for rape victims. also i think rape is one of the only crimes where the victim is questioned as a suspect. this is a major problem, and although i agree that men are subject to sexual abuse is it on the same level as that perpetrated against women? and if it is not which i suspect it is not looking at the figures then we actually arn't equal and therefore should not be treated as equal until we are.. much like the classes. I would like to point out that when you quote ” (£11,000 of taxpayer’s money) ” that in another article on benefits you stated that it is not our money, we vote governments in and it is the state money. i agreed with you here yet now don’t see why you seem to differentiate between this and providing compensation for rape victims. also i think rape is one of the only crimes where the victim is questioned as a suspect. this is a major problem, and although i agree that men are subject to sexual abuse is it on the same level as that perpetrated against women? and if it is not which i suspect it is not looking at the figures then we actually arn’t equal and therefore should not be treated as equal until we are.. much like the classes.

]]> Comment on Frank Turner – Poetry of the Deed Review. by Geek Girl http://www.adistortedreality.com/frank-turner-poetry-of-the-deed-review/comment-page-1#comment-5164 Geek Girl Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:35:20 +0000 http://www.adistortedreality.com/?p=517#comment-5164 Cool review. I like your style. Cool review.
I like your style.

]]> Comment on Frank Turner – Poetry of the Deed Review. by Eji@Discount Electric Guitars http://www.adistortedreality.com/frank-turner-poetry-of-the-deed-review/comment-page-1#comment-4880 Eji@Discount Electric Guitars Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:03:55 +0000 http://www.adistortedreality.com/?p=517#comment-4880 Sick strings. Never heard but with the review and all the deeper dive you provided, this is worth checking out. Sick strings. Never heard but with the review and all the deeper dive you provided, this is worth checking out.

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