oh my fucking god

in Lincoln, Nebraska, the judge in a rape case has, on the request of the defendant's lawyers, forbidden the alleged victim or her lawyers to use the words 'rape', 'rape kit', 'victim', etc., for fear it will unfairly prejudice the jury against the defendant. link to the story here.

i'd love to go off on a rant about this, but i'm actually speechless.

in other appalling news, female genital mutilation is a growing problem in Great Britain, thanks to the increasing numbers of African immigrants. oh, wait, maybe i shouldn't use the words 'genital', 'mutilation', or 'African', for fear of unfairly prejudicing my readers.

i think i'll just go sit in a corner and clutch my head like a stunned monkey now, ok?