Brilliant .... LOVE this counter-argument! 100% agree with you that since American Taliban wants to use legalese to control women; they should at least be aware (and pay for) their "participation in murder"

Great post! I believe there is also another insidious reason for this attitude. And that reason is also as pervasive as the victim-blaming. That is - Punching Down !! Notice how in any comparision, greatest country / society / generation in the world / country / state is never compared against equitable ones. e.g. Freedom of speech? Better than China! Economy and benefits? Better than Venezuela! Standard of living? Better than Cuba!

Frankly, I just skimmed the article after I saw Rand mentioned as a 'philosopher'. May be you've dealt with these somewhere later. Anyways, where does political and military history come into picture for Venezuela (and many African countries) that have abundance of resources but are still poor? What would an analysis of attributing Venezuela's (or any other resource rich but poor country) current economic situation to covert / overt actions of Uncle Sam look like?

Poppycock! And like any incarcerated individual, he will not be able to serve his sentence without fear of retaliation or violence!

A quote attributed to Churchill - "Americans will always do what is right - after they have exhausted all other options!" I guess we haven't exhausted "other options" in many social areas

Meaningless comparison --- but since we are doing it, do you have numbers for military aid ((in billions of dollars) received by these two groups from world superpowers? Or .... do you have empirical numbers of the "objective assessment" that our media overlords give to both sides?

One more thing they have in common. They don't have an extremely powerful and (politically, financially) well-connected lobby in US of A to control the narrative!

As one can imagine, this disgusting instance is making rounds among Indian diaspora. Following (among many) are petitions to get justice for her! -- https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/justice-for-jahnavi-kandula -- https://www.change.org/p/justice-of-jaahnavi-kandula-seattle-wa

May be true for adults, but very unlikely to be true for children and elderly. If one were to born when they are 18 and die when they are 50 --- this is absolutely greatest country in the world !!