Saturday Massacre: Pelosi, Israel, Wasserman Schultz call for Weiner to resign

[minionofmidas]

Only if you can't spell wiener, can't pronounce Weiner, and thus ought to be sent up to Rikers Island for the next ten years on a charge of criminal cluelessness.

[minionofmidas]

Only if you can't spell wiener, can't pronounce Weiner, and thus ought to be sent up to Rikers Island for the next ten years on a charge of criminal cluelessness.

He actually pronounces it "wiener" so that it rhymes with "cleaner", not the normal German "EI" pronunciation

He's a member of congress. Of course he belongs on Rikers Island.

Besides, "Whiner" is hardly a better name for a politician than "Wiener".

[minionofmidas]

So Anthony Weiner may or may not be Erwin Schrödinger? The plot thickens...

[minionofmidas]

Chris Lee wasn't forced to resign either. He probably chose to fight to save his marriage rather than his job. I'd speculate that he didn't actually like his job or felt out of his league in it.

[minionofmidas]

Who said he championed this?  You were trying to deflect and minimize Weiner's indiscretions by boldly attacking our laws on this matter. That is in Rep. Weiner's purview and really a debate for another thread.

I do think it is a troubling lack of responsibility to send photos of your erect and unsheathed member- particularly when you can't confirm who is on the receiving end. I generally think it a wise policy to not go around waving your tallywhacker at strangers no matter what the venue or medium.   It looks like Breitbart is clean on this, but Weiner showed himself to be a perfect victim of a set up through his own recklessness.

As to your last sentence, I think signing up for a political feed and lying about your age is not grounds to open yourself up to receiving pictures of 46 yo old junk--Important to note that I am not accusing Weiner of doing so. It is just reckless that he could have even put himself in that position in the first place.

I think anyone with half a brain would say sending lewd photographs to someone on the internet is a risky thing to do.

What I have a problem with is people that think the its incumbent upon every person on the internet to get two forms of ID and a SSN from everyone they come in contact with.  I'm not sure what kind of sheltered lives you people live.  I've had women that I've met online send me pictures of themselves in lingerie.  They didn't ask for ID.  This type of thing happens all the time.

Yep, Weiner is reckless and did act like he had half a brain.

On the non Weiner front
Please tell me more, you internet Lothario..  Im likely at least twice your age so the sheltered nonsense can stop. These laws are there so perverts don't exploit adolescents.  They aren't perfectly crafted or enforced in some cases, but are necessary.

They were written with a reasonable purpose in mind. Most laws are. To go from that to "necessary" is a strange jump.