Comments on: Shorter Dawn Eden: Chill out, ladies, you’ve got all the silly rights you need!

By: Catholic Pillow Fight

Catholic Pillow Fight — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:39:50 +0000

Quote of the Day

“And bodily autonomy is a basic human right.” — Jill Fillipovic

By: Natalia Antonova

Natalia Antonova — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:12:34 +0000

[...] foghorn to the ear. In light of all this, idiots who claim that women in this country have “a [...]

By: zuzu

zuzu — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 04:07:20 +0000

In order to have substantive engagement, Dawn would have to offer some substance to engage.

But no, she offers tired talking points and lies.

By: Phoenician in a time of Romans

Phoenician in a time of Romans — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 03:53:27 +0000

What seems to be lacking, however, is substantive engagement.

Dude, we’ve had substantive engagement. We got banned on her blog because of it.

Now we’re just mocking her.

By: Tuomas

Tuomas — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 05:06:58 +0000

Ahem, Zuzu, wrong thread.

Oh, hey, golly gee gosh, people, did we so soon forget the rape camps in Serbia? The whole idea was that the Serbians, who were pretty much racially indistinct from the Bosnians yet culturally so, were going to “breed out” the Bosnians by raping and impregnating Bosnian women. In rape camps.

If it is not pointed out, it doesn’t mean that it is forgotten.

The example you point out is bit different rape as a tactic of war, as in your example, Serbs have essentially gained possession of the women, and thus can raise the babies as Serbs. In rape-run scenario, the babies might just as well be raised Albanians.

By: Tapetum

Tapetum — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:46:08 +0000

Cantemir – I would say rather, that it’s plain that you’re not going to be persuaded on the issue of parasitism. I maintain that it’s a pretty accurate image, but not one that I’m married to. Contrariwise the right to protect my life and health on my own terms is one I’ll fight for, and fight hard, and so not a topic I’m liable to drop under any circumstances. I’ve argued it repeatedly on Dawn’s blog, and will undoubtedly argue it again.

By: zuzu

zuzu — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 02:49:16 +0000

Oh, hey, golly gee gosh, people, did we so soon forget the rape camps in Serbia? The whole idea was that the Serbians, who were pretty much racially indistinct from the Bosnians yet culturally so, were going to “breed out” the Bosnians by raping and impregnating Bosnian women. In rape camps.

It hasn’t been so very long at all. Have we forgotten this yet somehow managed to remember WWII?

Tuomas, I know WWII is a particularly sensitive issue for the Finns, but surely you couldn’t have forgotten the far more recent example of rape as a war tactic right on your own continent.

By: donna darko

donna darko — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:55:41 +0000

Women always say they’ll go to England if they need an abortion post-Roe.

By: donna darko

donna darko — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:55:02 +0000

Is England pretty liberal wrt abortion?

By: PLN

PLN — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:19:51 +0000

re: Raincitygirl

Second lowest is Germany, with very similar social attitudes and easy access to abortion.

Germany is rather interesting, to my rather untutored self, because the laws actually look fairly strict on paper. The German constitution has expressly held fetal life to be a constitutional value; counseling is mandatory; only first-trimester abortions seem to be permitted 'on demand.' (See here, and here.) I'm honestly not sure what to take away from this--possibly optimism that a healthily liberal attitude towards contraception and sexuality can exist even within a constitutionally pro-life state? Pessimism that Europe isn't all that feminist either?