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Domino Theory
Mississippi is racing South Dakota in outlawing access to abortion services.
Welcome to the Domino Theory, Edition 2006.
Wonder if the Mississippi legislators will, like the South Dakota legislators, refuse to open the question up for a vote by the people in November elections. I'm thinking the answer is: "Yes."
Fuck dat noise.
Whenever you're proposing to strip people of their rights, I'm thinking you better damn well ask them if it's okay that you do just that.
You just know, just know that the reason why these "pro-life states" (in quotes because I'd actually believe these states were "pro-life" if they weren't so damned tight-fisted about spending money on actually taking care of, feeding, and educating the living, breathing, walking-around children they've already got living in poverty...) won't do it is because they know they will lose and lose very, very badly if they put the question up for a general vote.
It says something when my mother, the staunchly anti-abortion woman that she is, actually volunteered on the phone with absolutely zero prompting from me: "This banning abortion business. Looking at it now, I'm starting to think that this is not such a great idea."
Something about suddenly remembering how there were dead women back in the day before Roe and that maybe "safe" is just a little bit better than "not safe." My parents are thinking that the days of underground networks where you may or may not have been able to get a safe, sterile surgical procedure is not exactly a day they want anyone to revisit. Cause, at the end of the day, healthy, safe, and living women are a hell of a lot better than sick, trapped, or dead women.
Something I've only been saying since, oh, forever.
See? This is why I used to start fights in my religion class back at my Unnamed Catholic High School. Good thing I was a straight-A student, otherwise they would've expelled my ass.
Hmmmm, if someone like my mother is taking a step back and thinking the better of banning abortion now that it just might become reality in some states, it might not be as hopeless as we think.
Of course, that's assuming these wonderful state Legislatures have the balls to let their constituents actually vote on the issue.
Yeah. Good luck with that.
Welcome to the Domino Theory, Edition 2006.
Wonder if the Mississippi legislators will, like the South Dakota legislators, refuse to open the question up for a vote by the people in November elections. I'm thinking the answer is: "Yes."
Fuck dat noise.
Whenever you're proposing to strip people of their rights, I'm thinking you better damn well ask them if it's okay that you do just that.
You just know, just know that the reason why these "pro-life states" (in quotes because I'd actually believe these states were "pro-life" if they weren't so damned tight-fisted about spending money on actually taking care of, feeding, and educating the living, breathing, walking-around children they've already got living in poverty...) won't do it is because they know they will lose and lose very, very badly if they put the question up for a general vote.
It says something when my mother, the staunchly anti-abortion woman that she is, actually volunteered on the phone with absolutely zero prompting from me: "This banning abortion business. Looking at it now, I'm starting to think that this is not such a great idea."
Something about suddenly remembering how there were dead women back in the day before Roe and that maybe "safe" is just a little bit better than "not safe." My parents are thinking that the days of underground networks where you may or may not have been able to get a safe, sterile surgical procedure is not exactly a day they want anyone to revisit. Cause, at the end of the day, healthy, safe, and living women are a hell of a lot better than sick, trapped, or dead women.
Something I've only been saying since, oh, forever.
See? This is why I used to start fights in my religion class back at my Unnamed Catholic High School. Good thing I was a straight-A student, otherwise they would've expelled my ass.
Hmmmm, if someone like my mother is taking a step back and thinking the better of banning abortion now that it just might become reality in some states, it might not be as hopeless as we think.
Of course, that's assuming these wonderful state Legislatures have the balls to let their constituents actually vote on the issue.
Yeah. Good luck with that.
Re: I live in MS
Needless to say, he's not up for re-election this November and all the gubenatorial candidates can't yell, "I'm pro-choice!" loud enough because they know there'll be riots if abortion was outlawed in this state. Not that we're liberal, liberal about it. We're middle-of-the-road for laws and access. Perfectly mushy-middle.
But, yeah, my issue is that there's a very simple way to decrease the abortion rate and that's to improve sex education and increase access to birth control. Let's make it rare and safe. I'm on board with that.
The other thing that frosts me is that there's an awful lot of lyin' goin' on about birth control and sex education. Nothing pisses off people more than being lied to. Life will generally clue you in on what's a lie and what's not. I can only imagine some kid who got stuck with abstinance-only discovering the wonderful world of sex and figuring out that an awful lot of adults fed him or her an awful lot of bullshit.
As for the condoms...heeeeee! Once a bunch of us were making a gore -slasher film for someone in film school. We decided that we'd make bloodpacks and use condoms to hold the concoction until the moment when the actors would have to burst them.
What we got were a lot of corn syrup-filled condoms that wouldn't burst. People had to stab their condums repeatedly with pins to even get a "blood" trickle. It was funny as all hell.
Re: I live in MS
Middle-of-the-road liberals and conservatives are shockingly similar (and usually sane, too boot), but it's the frothing extremist whackjobs at both ends that seem to get all the attention...
Yes, let's define our laws and rights by religious doctrine, 'cause nothing says 'democracy' like putting one small vocal group in charge of the affairs of everyone they disapprove of (and as an aside, isn't getting away from religious intolerance one of the reasons why our ancestors fled Europe to get here? Wasn't America supposed to be a haven for all the 'huddled masses' (aka unloved weirdos) like Protestants and Mennonites and Amway Salesmen?).
After seeing how well putting the mandates of clergymen over the will of the people worked for the Taliban, I can't imagine why anyone thinks it would be a great idea here.
Re: I live in MS
*nods*
I watched a documentary (or at least a TV show LOL) some time ago that I forget the name of, but which highlighted Texan teens that had made abstinence pledges and showed their sex education classes. The guy leading the class straight up lied and told the students that condoms just don't work. *boggles* It's so dangerous the misinformation a lot of kids are getting.
Also, your movie condoms are cracking me up. I guess it's encouraging that it took so much to puncture them. I bet that was hi-larious though. :)