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10. Thank you. Yes, it was venting
Sat Jun 6, 2015, 07:35 PM
Jun 2015

but some were very unhappy about it, even more so that it was "too old" to alert.

It is easy for all of us to calmly sit at our keyboard and rationally express our opinion about individuals and acts.

But sometimes we fee a blind fury at an injustice against us. More so when the "us" is a special group like women or minority.

Back in 1988 the Supreme Court eased Roe v. Wade. I don't remember the details. But I do remember the rage when I saw than Florida Gov. Martinez passing, or trying to pass, a law which would put some limits on abortion. All one could see was a sea of dark suits. Not a single woman among them.

So, yes, venting, especially anonymously on an Internet blog should not be interpreted as a call to shoot, or decapitate or rape - in any form - of an individual.

I don't "do" Facebook nor Twitter, but the Supreme Court just last week tried to make a distinction between venting on Facebook and real threats.

That thread reached more than 100 replies in less than three hours and mercifully was locked.

Oh, and now I see that the original thread is locked because the OP removed the post. Too bad. Individuals should be able to vent and when it comes to vaginal ultrasound, this is rape.


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