This is a time of shame and sorrow. It is not a day for politics. I have saved this one opportunity, my only event of today, to speak briefly to you about the mindless menace of violence in America which again stains our land and every one of our lives.

It is not the concern of any one race. The victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are, most important of all, human beings whom other human beings loved and needed. No one - no matter where he lives or what he does - can be certain who will suffer from some senseless act of bloodshed. And yet it goes on and on and on in this country of ours.

Why? What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr's cause has ever been stilled by an assassin's bullet.

No wrongs have ever been righted by riots and civil disorders. A sniper is only a coward, not a hero; and an uncontrolled, uncontrollable mob is only the voice of madness, not the voice of reason.

Whenever any American's life is taken by another American unnecessarily - whether it is done in the name of the law or in the defiance of the law, by one man or a gang, in cold blood or in passion, in an attack of violence or in response to violence - whenever we tear at the fabric of the life which another man has painfully and clumsily woven for himself and his children, the whole nation is degraded.

"Among free men," said Abraham Lincoln, "there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet; and those who take such appeal are sure to lost their cause and pay the costs."

Yet we seemingly tolerate a rising level of violence that ignores our common humanity and our claims to civilization alike. We calmly accept newspaper reports of civilian slaughter in far-off lands. We glorify killing on movie and television screens and call it entertainment. We make it easy for men of all shades of sanity to acquire whatever weapons and ammunition they desire.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others. Some Americans who preach non-violence abroad fail to practice it here at home. Some who accuse others of inciting riots have by their own conduct invited them.

Some look for scapegoats, others look for conspiracies, but this much is clear: violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul.

For there is another kind of violence, slower but just as deadly destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions; indifference and inaction and slow decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. This is the slow destruction of a child by hunger, and schools without books and homes without heat in the winter.

This is the breaking of a man's spirit by denying him the chance to stand as a father and as a man among other men. And this too afflicts us all.

I have not come here to propose a set of specific remedies nor is there a single set. For a broad and adequate outline we know what must be done. When you teach a man to hate and fear his brother, when you teach that he is a lesser man because of his color or his beliefs or the policies he pursues, when you teach that those who differ from you threaten your freedom or your job or your family, then you also learn to confront others not as fellow citizens but as enemies, to be met not with cooperation but with conquest; to be subjugated and mastered.

We learn, at the last, to look at our brothers as aliens, men with whom we share a city, but not a community; men bound to us in common dwelling, but not in common effort. We learn to share only a common fear, only a common desire to retreat from each other, only a common impulse to meet disagreement with force. For all this, there are no final answers.

Yet we know what we must do. It is to achieve true justice among our fellow citizens. The question is not what programs we should seek to enact. The question is whether we can find in our own midst and in our own hearts that leadership of humane purpose that will recognize the terrible truths of our existence.

We must admit the vanity of our false distinctions among men and learn to find our own advancement in the search for the advancement of others. We must admit in ourselves that our own children's future cannot be built on the misfortunes of others. We must recognize that this short life can neither be ennobled or enriched by hatred or revenge.

Our lives on this planet are too short and the work to be done too great to let this spirit flourish any longer in our land. Of course we cannot vanquish it with a program, nor with a resolution.

But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us the same short moment of life; that they seek, as do we, nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and in happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can.

Surely, this bond of common faith, this bond of common goal, can begin to teach us something. Surely, we can learn, at least, to look at those around us as fellow men, and surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again.

-- Robert F. Kennedy, April 5, 1968

The Trevor Project Announces Recipients Of Annual Hero And Commitment Awards

Nathan Lane to Receive The Trevor Hero Award and Bravo to Receive
The Trevor Commitment Award at Organization’s Seventh Annual New York Event

The Trevor Project, the non-profit organization that operates the nation’s only around-the-clock suicide prevention helpline for gay and questioning youth, today announced the recipients of its annual New York honorary awards. Nathan Lane, the Tony Award®, Olivier Award and Screen Actors Guild Award®-winning actor who has starred in The Producers, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and numerous other stage, screen and television productions, will receive The Trevor Hero Award; Bravo, the cable network that broadcasts hit programming such as Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Project Runway, will receive The Trevor Commitment Award. Both awards will be presented at The Trevor Project’s seventh annual New York City gala, Harmony, Heart & Humor, which will be held on June 25, 2007 at the Hudson Theatre.

The Trevor Hero Award honors an individual who through his or her example, support, volunteerism and/or occupation, is an inspiration to gay and questioning youth. Past recipients of The Trevor Hero Award are Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours (2006), and Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-winning playwright of Angels in America (2005). The Trevor Commitment Award, of which Bravo will be the first recipient, honors a company or organization that, through its policies, initiatives and other efforts, demonstrates a commitment to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) causes and is a prominent, public example of corporate acceptance of individuals regardless of sexual orientation.

“Nathan Lane’s brilliant career and unapologetic openness about his orientation provide continuing inspiration to our community, especially to its younger members, and we are excited to be honoring him with the 2007 Trevor Hero Award,” said Charles Robbins, executive director of The Trevor Project. “In particular, his very human, poignant and wonderfully funny portrayal of complex gay characters in projects such as The Birdcage and Love! Valor! Compassion!, long before such choices were popular, offer an important source of hope to young people.”

About The Trevor Project

The Trevor Project is a non-profit organization that operates the only nationwide, around-the-clock suicide prevention helpline for gay and questioning youth. The Trevor Helpline, 866.4.U.TREVOR, is a free and confidential service that offers hope through its trained counselors. In addition to the helpline, the organization’s website provides information on identifying and assisting potentially suicidal youth and “Dear Trevor”, a confidential resource where youth can ask questions about sexual orientation and identity issues. The Trevor Project also provides lifesaving guidance and vital resources to educators and parents. The organization was founded by three filmmakers whose film, Trevor, about a teenager who attempts suicide after realizing that he might be gay, received the 1994 Academy Award® for Best Short Film (Live Action).

For more information about The Trevor Project, visit www.TheTrevorProject.org. The Trevor Project is a 501 (c)(3) organization.

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With a rigid ruler handy, get a full erection. Lay the ruler along the top of your penis (that is, the side that faces upward when you're standing with your penis sticking straight out), and press the end of the ruler firmly against your body (where the pubic hair is). Hold your penis against the ruler with your hand, straighten out as much as possible any curvature that may exist, and try to hold your penis so that it's sticking straight out from your body. Then, looking straight down, determine the ruler reading at the very end of your penis.
Which of the following ranges reflects your erect penis length, as measured by the above method? Under 4": 1.1% Between 4" and 5": 7.3% 5.0" to 5.4": 11.5% 5.5" to 5.9": 21.9% 6.0" to 6.4": 25.6% 6.5" to 6.9": 16.8% 7.0" to 7.4": 9.3% 7.5" to 7.9": 3.9% 8.0" to 8.4": 1.4% 8.5" to 8.9": 0.6% over 9.0": 0.4%
Approximate average (based on ranges): 6.13" Approximate average of those age 16 and over: 6.20"
Approximate average erect penis length (age 16 and above) vs. preferred underwear type: Briefs-wearers: 6.00" Boxers-wearers: 6.25" Boxer-briefs-wearers: 6.29" None: 6.33" Interesting — guys who wear briefs have shorter penises than guys who wear looser styles, or nothing. But it's impossible to determine cause and effect: Does the underwear syle affect penis size, or does penis size affect a person's choice of underwear? More studies are needed!
How would you describe the typical size of your flaccid (non-erect) penis relative to your erect size? It grows a lot with an erection and shrivels up a lot when it's soft: 61.5% (average length: 5.96") It grows significantly with an erection, but it still has some length when it's soft: 36.5% (average length: 6.41") It doesn't grow by much when I get an erection; it just gets stiffer: 2.1% (average length: 6.25")
Which of the following do you like least about your penis — that is, what would you change, if you could? Its length: 49.9% (average length: 5.76") Its thickness: 13.5% Its curvature up or down: 7.8% Its curvature left or right: 11.5% Its hairiness: 17.3%
Average approximate penis size based on ethnicity (age 16 and over): African/black: 6.74" Native American: 6.49" Middle Eastern: 6.28" European/white: 6.26" Hispanic: 6.03" Asian/Pacific Islander: 5.50"
We've all heard the politically correct claim that penis size doesn't vary by ethnicity, but these findings show a clear correlation, at least among certain groups. African-based ethnicities have the largest average penises by far, and Asians have the smallest, with over an inch separating the two — quite a lot for considering that these are broad averages. Of course, there are many, many exceptions in all groups.
How would you describe the color of the hair on your head? (If it has grayed or fallen out, answer based on the hair you had when you were younger.) Black: 18.3% (average penis length: 5.92") Dark brown: 47.7% (average penis length: 6.15") Light brown/dirty blond: 25.1% (average penis length: 6.20") Blond: 6.3% (average penis length: 6.24") Red: 2.6% (average penis length: 6.09")
Guys with blond hair, on average, have the largest penises. As hair color darkens, average penis size goes down; those with black hair have the smallest average penises. Guys with red hair (whom some believe have the largest penises) are actually below average in size, coming in second to last in this breakdown. Understand, though, that this is only an average correlation; many blond-haired guys reported having small penises, and many dark-haired guys reported having large ones.
What is your shoe size? (Unfortunately we neglected to consider that non-U.S. countries use different shoe-size units; therefore, for this question only people from the U.S. were considered.) Average shoe size: 10.8 Average penis length for those age 16 and above with shoe sizes 7.5 and under: 5.85" (56 people fit into this category.) Average penis length for those age 16 and above with shoe sizes 9 and under: 5.96" Average penis length for those age 16 and above with shoe sizes 9.5 through 12: 6.19" Average penis length for those age 16 and above with shoe sizes 12.5 and over: 6.42" Average penis length for those age 16 and above with shoe sizes 14 and over: 6.62" (123 people fit into this category.)
Interestingly, there does appear to be a direct correlation between average adult shoe size and average adult penis size, which seems to debunk the claim that there is no such correlation — although again, this is based on averages of many JackinWorld readers.
If someone gave you a bottle of pills advertised to enlarge your penis, and you took them for the recommended time period, what do you think would happen? Probably nothing: 91.8% They'd probably enlarge my penis significantly: 7.0% I've taken penis-enlarging pills, and they had no effect: 0.7% I've taken penis-enlarging pills, and they enlarged my penis significantly: 0.4%