--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchy...@...> wrote: > > Hi Judy, You beat me to it. I was going to post Violet Sock's blog about this > story which she says the media pretty much buried. Her take on it is that the > dudes don't see it as a "hate crime." I'm glad to see Bob Herbert write about > it. > > http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2009/08/07/dudes-search-for-something-important-in-hate-crime-to-be-upset-about/ > http://tinyurl.com/lcdlo2 > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > From the New York Times: > > > > August 8, 2009 > > Op-Ed Columnist > > Women at Risk > > By BOB HERBERT > > > > "I actually look good. I dress good, am clean- > > shaven, bathe, touch of cologne yet 30 million > > women rejected me," wrote George Sodini in a blog > > that he kept while preparing for this week's > > shooting in a Pennsylvania gym in which he killed > > three women, wounded nine others and then killed > > himself. > > > > We've seen this tragic ritual so often that it has > > the feel of a formula. A guy is filled with a > > seething rage toward women and has easy access to > > guns. The result: mass slaughter.... > > > > We profess to being shocked at one or another of > > these outlandish crimes, but the shock wears off > > quickly in an environment in which the rape, murder > > and humiliation of females is not only a staple of > > the news, but an important cornerstone of the > > nation's entertainment. > > > > The mainstream culture is filled with the most > > gruesome forms of misogyny, and pornography is now a > > multibillion-dollar industry much of it controlled > > by mainstream U.S. corporations. > > > > One of the striking things about mass killings in > > the U.S. is how consistently we find that the > > killers were riddled with shame and sexual > > humiliation, which they inevitably blamed on women > > and girls. The answer to their feelings of > > inadequacy was to get their hands on a gun (or guns) > > and begin blowing people away.... > > > > Life in the United States is mind-bogglingly > > violent. But we should take particular notice of the > > staggering amounts of violence brought down on the > > nation's women and girls each and every day for no > > other reason than who they are. They are attacked > > because they are female.... > > > > We would become much more sane, much healthier, as a > > society if we could bring ourselves to acknowledge > > that misogyny is a serious and pervasive problem, > > and that the twisted way so many men feel about > > women, combined with the absurdly easy availability > > of guns, is a toxic mix of the most tragic > > proportions. > > > > Read more: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/opinion/08herbert.html?_r=1 > > > > http://tinyurl.com/nazqyf > > >
Herbert obviously has a gun-control agenda and that's all very well and good. But, hey, Timothy McVeigh had a great hatred for the U.S. Government and he didn't use ANY guns in expressing that hatred....all he needed was some fertilizer...and hundreds died. Guns are really beside the point.
