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| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
I remember when this walk started. I was in high-school and some guy came to talk about it (like 8/9 years ago or something)...
I was opposed to it becuase it singled out *male* violence - when violence is a genderless, raceless problem. I was one of maybe 100 people out of 1500 in my high-school who didn't go to the event. Instead we each donated $20 to the united way.
Consider this: Immagine if there was a walk against jamacian violence?? Or immagine if there was a walk against german violence, american violence, russian violence, serbian violence...
Yes, there is violence against women - which is sick and disgusting - but for me all violence upsets me - which is why I can't support a walk against MALE violence - but I would support a walk agaist VIOLENCE.
So - to my point - has this walk changed any since I was first introduced to it so many years ago?
Admitedly, I was very bothered by the guy who came and spoke to us in grade 9. I left the assembly feeling like I came from a violence-mongering group (men).
Coming from a home where I had to boot out my step-father becuase he hit my mom when I was 16 I am all against violence - don't get me wrong. I just don't like feeling like a perpetrator when it isn't waranted (regardless of statistics. I could bring up race/crime stats (from the US) that would make people sick).
I -might- give money to this group - but only if they drop their anti-men attitude - and adopt an anti-violence view (of course a tax receipt would be required). |
Said very wisely !!!
Might aswell share my story
In grade 8 I got slapped by a girl... why .... cause some other girl lied to her that i called her a bi**h which was not true, since I actually liked the girl lol, anyway I would never hit a lady, so i let her slap my ten times in the face, now who was violent there the TEACHER saw this, students witnessed it, and the school done NOTHING, imagine if it was a guy hitting a girl, what would've happened.
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Last edited by djeso on May-14-2003 at 23:34
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