tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236864332024-03-07T17:49:07.557+01:00Ikblog Jeblog Ichblog iBlogL :-)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06672767776432530350noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23686433.post-1142081224638406032006-03-11T13:33:00.000+01:002006-03-11T13:47:04.676+01:00Scary News<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Hello everyone!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I wrote in my previous post “let’s have fun in any case”. I’m afraid that there will be some exceptions… :-( I certainly do not intend to have a despondent blog, not really! But sometimes there are headlines that can only make somebody flare up.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Yes, I know. It might happen often, and in the long term that would not be a very healthy habit to get angry with all the dramatic news events… And not very useful.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Nevertheless, two news items caught my attention while I was using yahoo. The first one is related to South Dakota. I will not discuss abortion here, rather not. Yet the world (yes, yes!) has to know what </span><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-03-06T201036Z_01_N06391054_RTRUKOC_0_US-RIGHTS-ABORTION.xml">that state (or its governor with lobbies?) is doing</a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">. </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" >(I guess that if this link is not valid anymore, the information should easily be found on the big news portals…)</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">. This is chilling my blood. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Very concretely: a 12yo can be raped by her father/brother/grand-father/…. She will </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >not be allowed</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> to abort. This is of course not the only possible illustration of the many tragical consequences of that bill. </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Is there anything else needed to be said?? </span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi0603100166mar10,1,1462426.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true">Another one from the state of Michigan.</a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Can anyone imagine the outcome of:</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Man: “Yes your Honor I told her I wasn’t ready for a child, and she told me she was on the pill”</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Woman: “No your Honor that’s not true, we both agreed that it would be fantastic if I would become pregnant and I told him I didn’t use any contraceptive method”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Who is saying the truth? Which </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >C.S.I.</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>(sic…) team is going to investigate such a case?? And what about the poor child who has certainly </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >not</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>been asking to be born from such “non-parents”… </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> How far can it go? Can people always run away from taking responsibility for their behaviors??</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> This blog is definitely not the right place to discuss those issues. Yet I had to express my outrage at seeing this being possible. </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />I can only hope that a near future will bring some sanity and sensibleness to those people. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> It might sound naive, but I will stay hopeful.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">TS</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">P.S.: </span><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/353/16/1650">Serious reference with a sad but interesting point of view.</a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><br /></div>L :-)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06672767776432530350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23686433.post-1141852694844252632006-03-08T22:15:00.000+01:002006-03-08T22:20:54.313+01:00Just blog it!Hello!<br /><br />All right...Now, this should be a stronger attempt at blogging... :-P ;-)<br /><br />Trying to share a few things...thoughts?? Wow. <br /><br />Quite a challenge isn't it? <br /><br />Let's have some fun in any case! <br /><br /><br />TS ;-)L :-)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06672767776432530350noreply@blogger.com1