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Police say dozens of people watched as girl was gang raped. That should make you angry enough. But then the article goes on to give us this charming sentence, "The victim had drank a large amount of alcohol by the time the assault began, police said" which is relevant how, exactly? Grrrrr. (ETA: see comments for the very good point that if she was drunk it's harder to argue she consented to the rape; also be aware that comments have a discussion of victim-blaming).

keori (why aren't you reading keori? I link you people over there often enough) talks about the latest series of outrages and asinine remarks in the struggle to get rid of DADT. You see, apparently, LGBT people might be capable of doing some military jobs, but not others.

To everyone who helped out deza with money, advice, good thoughts and signal boosting: thank you! Overnight the needed funds were raised.

roadnotes just pointed to this amazing article about Terri White who was one of the amazing singers at the now closed Rose's Turn. I don't even know what to say, just read the article.

For runaways sex buys survival.

German-ism of the day: "it's raining cats and ducks." Why yes, it is.

Tempest Prognosticator -- it's a machine... made out of leeches!

I emailed someone asking if I could use a photo of theirs for a mock-up cover for ConSweet just to put on my NaNo page and all. Don't know that I'll hear back, but it's a fun thought.

Since we're not _in_ NaNo yet, I'm trying not to feel too guilty about my editing instinct that has kicked in. I know all the things I have to do to fix the first chapter (which is at the moment a series of cracky emails between various characters, but it's a lot to take in all at once), so I'm going to try to do that before NaNo starts and then just write through and fix later.

I am glad I am doing this story for NaNo. It needs out of my system. It surprises me sometimes all the ways in which I am capable of being suffused with melancholy. I'd been trying to keep that melancholy out of ConSweet, but I think I have to run with it, because I think it's how I make Evan be something other than an asshole, which is pretty critical.

If you want to add me as a buddy on the NaNo site, I'm there under Racheline, since that is, rather absurdly, my name.

Castle offered some meta fannish goodness last night. Also, Nathan Fillion dressed as Mal = always hot. And, referencing a story most of you don't know, Nathan Fillion = always the best footnote EVER.

Also, I have seen photos from Hub3, and I am still laughing.

Finally, why is LJ such a slow piece of shit today?

Comments

[luke-jaywalker.livejournal.com]

I was as disgusted by the number of people who just let it happen. Who didn't even *call the damn cops.*

[timelady.livejournal.com]

Totally seconded. I linked a similar article somewhere in this thread. Girl got murdered on Waikiki Beach right in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. It was witnessed by numerous employees (and who knows how many tourists), one of which who said he saw the guy choking her for 10 minutes. None of them called the police or tried to stop it. Police weren't called in until the body was found. It really makes me wonder what the problem is. If they didn't want to get in the middle of a personal squabble, if they thought the guy could turn on them next, if they didn't want to take the time out from their job to save a life just because of the economy...

[luke-jaywalker.livejournal.com]

I can understand not getting physically involved. But calling 911 has *zero* physical risk, zero personal risk since it can be done discreetly and anonymously, and takes less than a minute.

I'd like to think that the reason this didn't happen was that everyone thought someone *else* was about to call 911 or had already done so. (In which case, hell, call anyway. A storm of calls about a single incident isn't going to *discourage* a rapid police response.)

Realistically... that sort of indifference to *a violent crime taking place*... ought to be illegal. Using the same reasoning that a hit-and-run is, even if the driver wasn't at fault in the accident.