My thoughts on the Readercon sexual harassment debacle

The background, for those who have missed it:

(Note: the laws of lashon ha-ra might appear to prevent talking about things in this way. But there is a VERY IMPORTANT exception to those laws when it's necessary for the protection of the community. And these stories are necessary for the protection of the community. That said: I'm going to put this behind a cut-tag, for people who don't want to see it for whatever reason.)
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These are the characters chosen to represent average British teenagers

Here's a picture of the actor and actress that England chose to demonstrate their Anglo-Saxon heritage to the world, in the Olympics. This clearly demonstrates why Obama is unable to fully appreciate the US and the UK's special relationship and shared history:



Here are the actors, who bear the traditional Anglo-Saxon names of Henrique Costa and Jasmine Breinburg.