I find it absolutely amazing how some people are so completely ignorant. Let me tell you why I feel that ignorance is such a major problem in this world:
I was on Facebook & saw that there was a Suicide Awareness event, which is helping to prevent more suicides from happening. We as people are supposed to stick together & try to find a way to stop this tragedy from happening.
Well, I wasn't keeping up with the awful conversations that were being had on the wall of this event & when my boyfriend informed me about this, I was shocked. Here are a few of the many horrendous comments that were posted:
Ching Chang Chong writes, "post porn in honor of the fallen ones."
Joel Jacobz writes, "I vote we have a special Suicide Day for Pakis so they can all go around blowing themselves up, we could make a party out of it!"
So today, I wrote something on the event's wall: "This page is absolutely absurd. I cannot believe the comments that are being posted on a SUICIDE AWARENESS page. If you don't have anything supportive or heartfelt to say about this sore subject, don't comment. It is not okay for anyone of any race, gender, or sexuality to commit suicide. It is a tragedy & people should be trying to stop it-not post these awful comments. Why don't you all grow up & start helping instead of hurting? As a result of this immaturity, I'm officially going to put myself as Not Attending this event."
In a matter of seconds, I received 8 comments. I'll post a few:
Mc Alpha writes, "Ignorant. You are ignorant of the fact that suicide weeds out the week people. The people who don't deserve to live."
Michael Marrero writes, "tl;dr attention whore, no f**ks for you."
Then after that, pornography was posted on the wall.
I have a couple questions:
1. Why isn't the creator of this page shutting the page down? Was this the purpose of the page?
2. People have their pages shut down all the time for minor things. This is no "minor thing." This page contains porn along with verbally offense material. Facebook is not doing its job to monitor their site & this has to be taken care of.
If you are reading this, please spread the word. Suicide should be taken seriously. People in my high school as well as colleges have committed suicide & it is not a matter to be taken lightly. Moreover, DO NOT be involved in this Suicide Awareness Day event. As a matter of fact, try & stop it. Do your part & speak up.
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The Human Experience
I sometimes find that films like these have actors that really do not believe in their cause & they just want their few hours of fame. However, I was surprised when the actor/writer & actor/producer came on stage & actually spoke to us personally on their beliefs. They were very intelligent people who really do believe what they portrayed on screen. They want to save the world & make it a better place for everyone. I was able to take a picture with the writer/actor & the main character. I would definitely recommend this movie to everyone- especially people younger than 25 who are all about saving the world & finding their purpose. It is very inspiring & makes you want to go out & do something to help people in need. So definitely watch this film. The Human Experience comes out on DVD in March so make sure you keep an eye out for it!
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Until next time... ciao 💗
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Senioritis: DearJohn Don't Redefine Rape
“House Republicans’ New Definition of ‘Rape-Rape’” is an article from Jezebel.com discussing the attempt to eliminate abortion coverage for women under government health insurance in all cases except for forcible rape & when the pregnancy endangers the life of the mother through the Hyde Amendment to the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act. This redefinition of rape would eliminate coverage for abortions of pregnancies that result from statutory rape, incest, date rape, & sex during which the woman can not give consent because she is intoxicated or otherwise incapable of consenting. Though all of these types of rape can be as mentally & emotionally scarring & traumatizing for victims, House Republicans believe that pregnancies caused by forcible rape are the only ones that should be permitted to be aborted under Medicaid. A lawyer at the National Women's Law Center says, “This bill takes us back to a time when just saying 'no' wasn't enough to qualify as rape."
Not only is this an attempt to deal a giant blow to reproductive rights, but it further attacks the victims of what the GOP considers to be “non-forcible” rape, telling them that they did not go through enough physical & mental pain in order to be granted what it seems the GOP would call the “privilege” to abort the fetuses of their attackers. It is appalling to me that people still do not understand that rape is rape is rape is rape. It does not matter if your boyfriend, a friend of a friend, your father, or a stranger attacked you; it does not matter if you were underage, drunk, or had a knife held to your throat; if you were penetrated by a man without your express consent, you were raped. If that rape results in a pregnancy, you should have every right to abort that fetus. Would you want to have to raise a child while seeing the face of your attacker in that child every day, reminding you of that terrible attack? Unfortunately, most of the representatives who have signed on to support & try to pass this amendment don’t have to ask themselves this question; the vast majority of them are men. One of my good friends was gang-raped in her own driveway when she was fifteen & she got pregnant. This was a violent, forcible rape & she had private insurance, so she got an abortion, but it kills me to think about the case if she had been on Medicaid. Would she even be able to prove that it was forcible rape before the second trimester? That is another big question in this debate, as rape cases can go on for months, long enough for some fetuses to turn viable & be born. Don't go after the rape victims, House Republicans. They've been through enough & they do not need you to tell them that they haven't.
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Not only is this an attempt to deal a giant blow to reproductive rights, but it further attacks the victims of what the GOP considers to be “non-forcible” rape, telling them that they did not go through enough physical & mental pain in order to be granted what it seems the GOP would call the “privilege” to abort the fetuses of their attackers. It is appalling to me that people still do not understand that rape is rape is rape is rape. It does not matter if your boyfriend, a friend of a friend, your father, or a stranger attacked you; it does not matter if you were underage, drunk, or had a knife held to your throat; if you were penetrated by a man without your express consent, you were raped. If that rape results in a pregnancy, you should have every right to abort that fetus. Would you want to have to raise a child while seeing the face of your attacker in that child every day, reminding you of that terrible attack? Unfortunately, most of the representatives who have signed on to support & try to pass this amendment don’t have to ask themselves this question; the vast majority of them are men. One of my good friends was gang-raped in her own driveway when she was fifteen & she got pregnant. This was a violent, forcible rape & she had private insurance, so she got an abortion, but it kills me to think about the case if she had been on Medicaid. Would she even be able to prove that it was forcible rape before the second trimester? That is another big question in this debate, as rape cases can go on for months, long enough for some fetuses to turn viable & be born. Don't go after the rape victims, House Republicans. They've been through enough & they do not need you to tell them that they haven't.
Until next time... ciao 💗
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