I just hadn't heard of anything like that before really, so yeah, it bewildered (not shocked) me.
I've been living overseas and alone since I was 16, so give me a little credit please (granted it's only been within Asia-Pacific, but nonetheless).. I wanted opinions
In order to assist you with this, welcome to the ME forum, where many fine people will help you.
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not..?
And why the star-blockages on the urls? What is uncalled for about news-related blog content that is accessible to the wider public anyway?