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Re: http://tumbl.me/post/570041958

plainoljane — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:37:41 -0000

First glimpse of my Tumblr soulmate.

Re: Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:56:42 -0000

Oh, no, I just had a /really/ overactive imagination...

Re: Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:38:52 -0000

Ally McBeal; she listens to her theme songs when she's feeling down.

Re: no part of this is not awful

plainoljane — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:26:43 -0000

OK. I'm not American, so I'm not sure on the hiring practices and policies. There's probably something in the Texas Occupations Code about what the standards are as far as the hiring and investigation into the age of employees at sexually-themed places, but a quick glance turned up nothing. Actually, after a Google search, it seems to be that these things are regulated municipally... so whatever the municipal code where Corpus Christi is says about checking ID at those places would be the standard that I suppose people need to be held to.

That said, the actual penal code sections (43.25 and 43.26) say "knowledge" is necessary for the nature of the act, but do not specify a level of mens rea required for the age. Which might mean strict liability on that end, if the nature of the act is known. I doubt that the managers of the club did not care her age-- they asked for her ID, after all.

It's also possible that the ID may not have been fake. It could have been stolen and very well have belonged to someone who was of legal age. Then running a background check would have turned up the legal age, instead of nothing.

I guess what I'm saying is that without knowing all the facts at hand, it's not right to jump to conclusions about whether the strip club should be held criminally liable or not. That being said, I do not agree with the club suing the girl. I do not know how just the American tort law system is (what I see on TV and in the news leads me to believe it is not) but in Canada that case would very likely be tossed. If it were heard, I do not think it would be difficult to find for the defendant (the girl).

Re: I feel very much as though I have just told someone I am in love with them, and their response has been that they do not love me in return.

plainoljane — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:43:18 -0000

Oh, just some conflicts with a friend. I'm sorry I made you sad.

Re: Post hoc ergo procter hoc - plainoljane: lawful: plainoljane: ...

plainoljane — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:57:29 -0000

How are you not listening?

I am talking about systems of justice, not justice alone.
I am talking not about opinions, but about choosing an appropriate time to express them.

This really isn't as complicated as you're making it out to be.

Re: Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:17:52 -0000

Re: OJ, if the prosecution butchered the case, then his "not guilty" verdict was accurate, in the eyes of the law. Just because he was probably guilty anyway, doesn't mean he should be convicted on a poorly-made case. The whole point of having to prove cases beyond a reasonable doubt is so juries do not (frequently, though I admit it does happen) send innocent people to jail. The principles of justice include a right to a fair trial, and if one is not provided, then the entire justice system is shaken.

Re: commenting, I feel it's fine in an appellate court and you're acting in the interests of your client. The situation I keep referring to above (and what nearly everyone seems to be missing) is that lawyers who are not involved in any way with a case shouldn't make public comments. I also agree you should be able to have conversations with your colleagues or your client. The difference, I find, is when those comments are made without adequate information and are published (like on a blog or in an interview). If I were sitting to dinner with my family, though, and they asked me my opinion about the outcome of a recent trial, I would give it. I would also stipulate that (unless I was trying the case or present in the courtroom for its duration) I do not have all the facts and evidence, and so my opinion could not be a legal one.

Thank you for the book recommendation. I will definitely check it out.

Re: Just a thing

plainoljane — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:39:39 -0000

Yes, actually, I am retarded. But my Asperger's aside...

I agree that Tumblarity is very much about tracking activity. But I also think there is a more undermining element to it. To be honest, I have no idea how the people who run Tumblr make money (what with no ads and all of that, which I like), but I'm going to assume for the sake of argument that the more active people are, the more pennies in Tumblr's pocket. So by introducing a system that essentially gives "points" to those who are more active on the site, they are playing on people's inherent competitive nature to get more bling. I don't think it's JUST about tracking activity, or they would just link to "tumblarity". They display the number because they want people to get riled up about this.

And anyone who says they don't care about it is a damn liar. We're all competitive by nature. I'd argue instinct, but that would just open up a whole new can of worms.

Okay, I'm done. :)

Re: Hey you people!

plainoljane — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:35:06 -0000

And despite all of that, he was still considered a hero in China (mostly through his own efforts at propaganda) for a long time after his death. My trip there last April left me reeling after seeing just about every product imaginable with his face emblazoned on it. People line up for hours outside his Mausoleum (Maosoleum?) just to see his embalmed body. Inside the security checkpoint gates, they sell flowers, which you can lay in the main hall for him. Workers come in, gather up the flowers, and go back out to sell them again. A testament to the "Communist" nation he helped "build"? Eerie, nonetheless.

Re: the best diet around?

plainoljane — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:42:06 -0000

Or, you know, a ribcage.

Re: Unfollow Friday - tumblr couples

plainoljane — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:51:43 -0000

What about Tumblr couples who don't play into that? Do you unfollow those?

Re: Unfollow Friday - mycultureisnotatrend

plainoljane — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:49:41 -0000

hahaha I am an Aboriginal person with a degree in First Nations Studies and I will kindly ask you to shove it. Perhaps this commenter didn't phrase it well, but dressing up in the cultural attire of an ethnic group is known as appropriation and it is wrong and disgusting and offensive. The end.

Re: Unfollow Friday - mycultureisnotatrend

plainoljane — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:47:14 -0000

This is disgusting and I am attaching my name to it so you all can know it's by me. Fuck you. Fuck you hard.

Re: Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:01:07 -0000

But that would have to be 05:06:07 08/09/10, which is not the same sequence.

Re: Unfollow Friday - bowlingalleylawyer

plainoljane — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:12:15 -0000

I don't get it. She says she went to law school, but then she asks for legal advice on the most basic of contracts questions and posts about how she was in jury duty. Which is it? Lawyer or not a lawyer?

Re: Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:48:07 -0000

did you take the photo?

Re: Entitled

plainoljane — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:12:29 -0000

I hope you don't mean done Tumblr. I look forward to your posts.

Re: Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:57:26 -0000

Thank you Tumblr police.

Re: Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:27:33 -0000

Your writing didn't reflect my perspective, and thus I deleted it.

Re: Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:36:51 -0000

That is the sweetest thing I have read all day. All week, even.

Re: Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:48:30 -0000

I didn't realize that was the original author, but I put his name in. If you would link me to the original content I reblogged without credit, I will correct that. People do make mistakes. And I have taken IP-- so I know that "mistake" is a defence. I also know that the Copyright Act doesn't have any provision for "reblog credit".

Being rude is uncalled for.

Re: Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:07:37 -0000

Yes, those notes. Yes, they are adequate. If you want fame for finding a picture online, you can suck it up. Unless it was original content created by you, you have no right to credit for it. Sorry.

Re: Boxcar Kyla

plainoljane — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:38:24 -0000

There is credit given in the notes.

Re: Robot Heart - I have my policy about how I run my blog, and I do...

plainoljane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:20:01 -0000

That may be a design flaw in Tumblr, then, that the block button doesn't block people from reading your content. But it's not a desperate grab for credit-- I don't care what someone does with the information I put in my blog. I didn't take the picture, never did. BAL didn't take the picture and didn't credit the original photographer. So she has NO RIGHT, legal or otherwise, to ask for credit. Tumblr isn't going to enforce something like that because it violates the copyright of the author. And it's not rude when the person who did it has done the SAME thing themselves, just not with the Tumblr interface.

Re: Robot Heart - I have my policy about how I run my blog, and I do...

plainoljane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:15:21 -0000

Actually, you weren't nice. You were snarky. Not that it would have changed my action, but you should think about how saying "Jane Jane Jane, you should know better..." might come off.

Also, my name isn't Jane.