Letters to the Editor
Parson Jim
Published Letters: 566 Editor's Choice: 7
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Hmmm
[Read the article: The Daringly Irrelevant Book for Girls?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I assume my kids (both girls) have enough brains to read whatever they want.
They go tidepooling, snorkel with baby sharks, boogieboard, hike, fish, and they like to shop for girly clothes.
They are independent thinkers. Different from many mainstream feminists and old-fashioned sexists of a different stripe.
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Hmm
[Read the article: Feminists want "vagina" all to themselves?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How about calling it "penis"?
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How Self-contradictory
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And how typical. We always hear about "The Patriarchy", with the hordes of men in Congress and the White House, and how this is clear evidence of the oppression of women by men.
So much for feminist "logic".
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Hmmm
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Unlike you, Holly, I don't view everything through a gender filter.
If I did, I'd be upset about the $7 billion in support payments that go to women in the US, or the paucity of women fighting for joint custody, or the complete silence that feminists seem to have in response to the many women who molest boys and girls.
If I did want to feel like you, I'd just spend the day in family court, where the lack of due process removes millions of children from their fathers' homes every year, and pretends that that's okay. Then I'd be a feminist.
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Wow
[Read the article: Mommy money]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Since when is it news when feminists sneer at motherhood and the traditional family?
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sigh, holly
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the love is gone ....
is there any way we can rekindle the flame?
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@Paul in KY
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"One-trick pony"?
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@Holly Capote
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I miss you, already. Can we make it work despite our differences?
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Awwwrrrgh!
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Holly - I miss you alreadyyy. I'fe been drinkin' all day, jes tryin' to blunt thepain~ !
Let's get back togevver - the magic kin live agin! rowaer%$#@^&*
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@The Lovely Holly
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No, actually I fared very well, custody-wise. But after going through the system, I realized how hypocritical a lot of the feminist BS I had believed really is.
There is a big difference between seeking equality and seeking entitlements and benefits, often at the expense of other people.
If this is supposed to be an ideological echo chamber, so be it, but I like to think the crapola BS blogroll is a bit beneath folks trying to open their minds.
*Sniff*
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????
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]WHat is perseveration, anyway?
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@The Radiant Holly
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Would you say some of the more rabid feminist posters here are perseverating as well?
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Oh, Holly
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I miss the good ole days *sniff*...
Couldn't we give it another try?
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Not about women
[Read the article: "30 Reasons Girls Should Call It a Night"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think this is more about the English than about women per se.
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????
[Read the article: Quote of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's a big decision. Why is a waiting period such a bad thing?
There are many women who have no regrets about having had an abortion. There are many women who have had regrets. If a woman is young and stressed, for instance, a waiting period seems like a sensible thing.
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Sometimes difficult decisions take time
[Read the article: Quote of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Do they actually think that the woman who COMES to the clinic for an abortion hasn't...oh...thought about it a bit?
Apparently, sometimes not.
From the NYT article:
Dr. Wicklund describes her horror when she aborted the pregnancy of a woman who had been raped, only to discover, by examining the removed tissue, that the pregnancy was further along than she or the woman had thought — and that she had destroyed an embryo the woman and her husband had conceived together. And she describes the way she watches and listens as the women she treats tell why they want to end their pregnancies. If she detects uncertainty or thinks they may be responding to the wishes of anyone other than themselves, she says, she tells them to think it over a bit longer.
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@JCT_ucb
[Read the article: Quote of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Who is "Dr. Wicklund" to assume she knows what these women are thinking?
How paternalistic of her!
Would other doctors have the same opinion of who might need more time to think over this highly invasive medical procedure?
She should be ashamed of herself.
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Wow
[Read the article: Quote of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I guess the doctor quoted in the article must not know what she is talking about.....even though she's a woman...who's had an abortion....who performs abortions....
Oh, and last time I checked, tubal ligation has a 30-day waiting period as well. The nerve of Teh Patryarchy!
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Hey, look!!!
[Read the article: Only America-hating traitors believe in due process for journalists]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The first Muslim congressman found our Constitution!
Could you please send it to the White House, Representative Ellison? Thanks!
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Old news that no one in ag or pharma wants to admit
[Read the article: Is the way we raise our food giving us MRSA?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"In the Netherlands, farm-animal MRSA has been found in 20% of pork, 21% of chicken and 3% of beef on sale to the public. "
See in the PDF linked here:
http://tinyurl.com/2ocmk9
In one 2005 Dutch study cited on the CDC website, a study of a group of 26 pig farmers to determine the methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus prevalence rate found it was
>760 times greater than the rate of patients admitted to
Dutch hospitals.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no12/pdfs/05-0428.pdf
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Hard to Believe
[Read the article: Working women's "absence culture"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The women I work with are very industrious - I see no difference between them and the men I work with
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Yes
[Read the article: How are the U.S. and Kazakhstan alike?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Joint custody is still a distant dream for many states in the U.S.
And rigid, sexist ideology in the domestic violence industry still prevents men from getting access to services and resources.
And molestation of boys is something that rarely results in prison time for female pedophiles.
Clearly gender equality has a long way to go in America.
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Dashed hopes
[Read the article: Tyra Banks meets her vulva]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was looking forward to meeting Ms. Banks' vulva. The puppet was a big disappointment.
The biological ignorance displayed on the show was no surprise. After all, 20% of Americans believed the sun revolves around the earth.
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Solid precedent
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Catherine MacKinnon rejoices.
Public displays of affection clearly create a hostile environment in schools, and this girl was justly punished for creating discomfort through her actions.
What you sow, so shall you reap......
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Thank You
[Read the article: Waterboarding is not simulated drowning -- it is drowning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Senior Chief, thank you for upholding our Constitution overseas and stateside, as well.
You give me hope that leadership and honor are still alive in America, thank God.
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It's the same...
[Read the article: Don't like abortion? Shoot a provider in the head]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it's just a retroactive abortion.....
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Wow
[Read the article: Don't like abortion? Shoot a provider in the head]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Very compelling argument.
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Psssh
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]More politically-correct crapola "qualitative study" data from a bozo that thinks it's cool to trash straight men.
If there were any critical thinking in the world, there would be no journalism. Especially journalism by writers with Facebook pages.
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Sure
[Read the article: Got skirt?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]..and let's go back to calling a "manhole" a "personhole", and waitress/waiter a "waitron".
This is so pathetic.