Leo Gura

No, she sent me a pic of a wedding ring she wants me to buy her.

I literally met her at the club. But she had a fantasy in her mind that it was spiritual love at first sight. Romantic fantasy. If you go to club and have sex with a girl by accident, that feels romantic to her. But if you tell her you went to that club to do pickup, that spoils her fantasy.

One time a girlfriend was so upset with me when she found out I picked her up at the club, she said that what I did was worse than rape. Even though we didn't even have sex til a month after the first night we met, and after several dates. And she loved all the sex. She was just upset that I did pickup. Girls can certainly exaggerate and embellish things in their minds.

Think about it like this: In the end, even the most macho man has to surrender to death. A finite thing cannot dominate the infinite in the end. The infinite dominates the finite. Maybe that's why God is called he, not she. God is death.

Yes. Legally yes. Although there is some grey area here because girls can be fickle and change their minds. Especially if intoxicants are involved.

Not so fast. A car crash is too objective to deny. But it's very easy to convince yourself that a girl wanted you even if she didn't. I'm sure Brand feels innocent. He may not even have memory of those nights. I'm sure even Tate genuinely believes he's not a rapist. The mind's capacity for denial and self-justification is insane.

The issue here is that if he was drunk or high, he does not preceive the rape as rape. So he likely raped the girl but in his mind he thought she wanted him. This neatly explains it without making him out to be a monster. Of course that's still a crime from what I understand. Which is why as a guy you gotta be more careful.

I do understand insanity.

The core issue there is why her parents would allow such things.

Last week Danny Masterson, a celebrity, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for rape. So it's certainly possible to get to bottom of some of these cases.

I agree that homelessness in California is a problem. However, blaming that simple-mindedly on Democrats is deeply disingenuous. The cost of living in California is very high precisely because it's such a desirable place to live, with the best weather in the country. Texas also has homelessness problems. And if your solution to homelessness is just to relocate them out of view, that doesn't solve much. All the conservatives want to do about homelessness is to arrest or deport the homeless. So to portray right-wingers as caring to solve homelessness is a sick joke.

To be clear, if Brand actually commited rape that is a crime and should be investigated and punished.

By who's measure? All states with large populations are successful. California is the most successful state by economics. California has become so successful no one can afford to live there any more. Relative to the problems caused by Republicans it's a drop in the bucket. And Republicans are the kings of creating income inequality.

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Your enlightenment is delusion.

The story didn't say she was picked up from school. It merely says she went to school, which any 16 year old does. So this means nothing. Of course dating a 16 year old when you are 30+ year old man is commically immature. But Russell Brand was a commically immature heroin addict. If she was above the age of consent then technically it is allowed. Of course that would have been a toxic relationship. Anyone dating Russell Brand should expect a toxic relationship. Of course she was too stupid and addicted to him to understand that. Girls love to screw around with celebrities and then act innocent. It's all fun and games until you get fucked. Would the stories really honestly say if the girls were drunk or high? Is a girl gonna self-report that? These were likely party situations, not dates. Just try to imagine what a Russell Brand party would be like. I wouldn't be surpised if they were snorting meth off his dick.

I don't see them as different. It's all the same disease.

@Osaid I want to slap you so hard. But you are too dense for it to knock any sense into you. You have learned nothing from me. The way you guys misuse spirituality is stunning.

Okay, no more derailing this thread with politics.

Lol I hope Chomsky gets a titty-twister from Putin.

That's more group-think than anything else. The truth that no one wants to face is that elite and non-elite Americans were both too biased and too ignorant to not go to war with the Middle East after 9/11. Which was exactly Osama Bin Laden's strategy. Bin Laden outsmarted the Americans but Americans are too proud and ignorant to admit it. No. A real democracy will have tons of group-think and bias.

American media has enormous diversity today. You can find any flavor of media you want. So this is nonsense. During the Soviet Union you couldn't even watch Hollywood movies, they had to bought on the black market. I know cause my Dad made a business selling them. RT was a shameless Russian propaganda factory. That's just national group-think. Every free society will have their group-think. Again, this is just the bias of being American and appealing to Americans. American news media has to sell news that appeals to average Americans.

Nothing has made America fall more than the conservative movement of the last 40 years. It's not the homeless you should be worried about, but leaders like Gingrich, Bush, Cheney, Trump, Matt Gaetz, Margery Taylor Green, Lauren Boebert, etc.

This is such a ridiculus take from Chomsky. The Left is slowly losing their mind. Brand's politics is as scummy as his womanizing.

More details on the story: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66831593 Seems like typical playboy behavior. Nothing surprising here to me. Did anyone really think Brand didn't use women for sex? How naive.