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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
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For starters, your position that men rape women because women have all the power is beyond absurd. Rape has been used a subjugating tool against women for as long as humans and their genitals have been around while women have only gained some semblance of equality within the last century. Rape is also still either accepted or tolerated in those societiess that do not give women equal rights. You are right that rape is about power. However, it's about demonstrating power over women. Historically, when men want to acquire power over other men, the traditional method has been revolution or war, not rape.
Second, your primary concern here is that women have all the power over reproduction. Yes, unfortunately, men and women have different bodies, meaning that only women can give birth. However, I think that if you took the time to actually get to know a woman, you would find that most women do not want this power all for their own. Raising a child should be a choice made by two individuals who love each other and want to share that love with another generation. Why make it about "power?" I suspect that if you took the time to re-direct your abundant anger at the task of finding a woman who would want to share this experience with you, you could acquire some "power" of your own.
Finally, maybe your problem with a woman's "power" over reproduction isn't with the result, but is rather with the process. Your comment about having a vagina installed so that you can tease men with it reflects this possibility. Thus, it seems as if you are angry because more women don't want to have sex with you. Newsflash! Despite reports to the contrary, women cannot have sex whenever and wherever they want to. I, a woman, have, in fact, been rejected in that regards more than once, but you don't find me all over some internet message board bitching about it. Maybe the woman you are attracted to don't find your angry, bitter, misogynistic attitude repulsive.
Sorry, the last sentence should read...
Maybe the woman you are attracted to find your angry, bitter, misogynistic attitude repulsive.
I have been very apprehensive about what a film version of Narnia would look like. This review has helped considerably. I hope I enjoy it as much as Stephanie.
"(Actually, "The Magician's Nephew" only became the first installment when Harper Collins repackaged the Narnia series several years ago. Until then, they were listed in the order that C.S. Lewis had written them.)"
Really? The books were re-packaged in a different order? Why? I realize that The Magician's Nephew is the first book chronologically, but The Lion, The Witch and The Warddrobe is the emotional beginning of the series. I always thought The Magician's Nephew was a strange book, and by far my least favorite in the series. I don't think I would have finished it if I hadn't already read books 1-5 and been entranced with the world of Narnia.
I remember disliking Edmund as a child when reading the books. However, as an adult, it seems to me that while Lucy is the most likable character, Edmund is clearly the most interesting. I also remember feeling that the reason Edmund does the things he does is due to his birth order. Peter is the oldest boy, Susan is the oldest girl, and Lucy is the baby of the family. Edmund is stuck in the middle and craves attention which he finds from the White Witch.
Also, does anyone know if the producers are planning to make the rest of the books into films? The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is my very favorite and I have always thought it would make a great movie. However, I cannot imagine what a film version of The Magician's Nephew would be like. And, if people are concerned about the religious undertones in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, how would they react to The Last Battle? In that book, the religious theme is pretty unmistakable.
During 80's and 90's, the FBI kept close surveillance on a number of environmental organizations and activists because they suspected the Unabomber was one of those activists. Law requires the government to inform you that you have been monitored after the surveillance period stops. After learning of the government's activities, some of these activists used the Freedom of Information Act to get government records on the surveillance. One of the more shocking revelations was that the FBI had infiltrated peace groups in northern California.
Thus, I am never amazed to learn more about the quixotic methods employed by the United States government to rid us of "terror." (including so-called eco-terrorists) These agencies apparently will never realize that there is a huge difference between dissent and crime.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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