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I was going to change the email subject header
but it seems to have manifested into a more relevant title anyway! The reason I posted
the original email was to make light of the thing that, if we are not careful,
WILL sink us. If we cant laugh in adversary then how
are we ever going to get anywhere.
As I said, not everyone finds the same thing funny, but there is no need
to highlight it. I would have
dedicated more of my time lobbying against any American comedy wasting space on
our television!! In recent times there has been
conversations (many of which I have been apart of unfortunately) that have
resulted in the entirely wrong ideas being focused on. Recently I had a chance to get many
signatures for the midwifery indemnity insurance petition but there were many
who would not sign it because the word Practioner was included. Seriously, the people reading the
petition probably didn’t even know what a darn midwife was let alone the
issues of whether or not they call themselves Practioner or not. The point was to support
the need for indemnity insurance to be available to midwives. I implore for those who don’t like
what they read to just delete it, ignore it or perhaps send a note to the
person who wrote it – if you have actual reasons for objecting to the
post. The power that the medical
fraternity has is unity in the general belief that birth is dangerous and women
should be saved from it. The reality
is that members of the medical fraternity would firmly believe that cs is the
only way, but others would feel that birthing in hospital under supervision is
acceptable…but do we hear them arguing in a public forum about it?
NO. Nit picking and too much focus
on detail can destroy the entire thing. I am going to drop this now – thank goodness
says everyone)….but please everyone, lets try this unity thing for a change
huh? -----Original Message----- I have been watching this
theme with concern. As a late entry midwife after the birth of 4 children
on 2 continents and a homebirth midwife of 22 yrs, I have been through nearly
all of the phases on the journey to…….I have noticed that in our
initial passionate motivation, we are VERY touchy. About
EVERYTHING. We want so much for things to be good for birthing
women. We want to protect them, to rescue them in as many ways as
possible. Sadly, we are up against so many obstacles that we get
frustrated and like all minority groups, we turn that frustration inwards on
our fellow travelers and colleagues. It is also typical of the dynamics
of women, as we too are an oppressed group. So, let us try and recognize
what we are doing , expand our consciousness further and not be so
sensitive about the little things that divide us. Notice the good
things. And yes,oOur sense of humour is very diverse. I agree that
Seinfield isn’t funny. Cheers, Mary M From:
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On Behalf Of Dean & Jo Why it is funny??
Not sure…then again I hated Seinfeld but according to most of the world
population it was hilarious…couldn’t stand one second of it myself,
utter crap…perhaps that is why this world is so wonderful –people
having differences of opinion. Not everyone has their funny bone in
their arm…not everyone has a funny bone. (Boy this list is touchy
these days. It seems the more progressive we are in jointly gaining more
autonomy and respect for midwives the more divided and antsy people are
becoming. I sometimes wonder why I really care and why I dedicate so much
of my spare time to a cause that contains such internal hostility. Ah
that is right, because I am not a midwife-and have no ambition to be one- and I
have no professional bias, but I have been a birthing woman who has suffered at
the hands of our current system) Jo -----Original Message----- I dont get why you think this is funny. This is not
meant to be taken seriously…just a laugh- -- -- -- -- |
- RE: [ozmidwifery] evil overlords Dean & Jo
- RE: [ozmidwifery] evil overlords Dean & Jo
- RE: [ozmidwifery] evil overlords Mary Murphy
- RE: [ozmidwifery] evil overlords Dean & Jo
