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Originally posted by justamom
James wrote- Second: Why is an argument against children so much more terrible or such a rallying cry? Isn't it equally horrible if a house-wife is sodomized and killed? I think so . . or is only children being killed that y'all worry about?
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It's because in the case of children, they are completely unable to defend themselves-not a snowball's chance in hell.
Equal, but different in the sense that it is an incomprehensible act and we haven't been numbed to it by movies, new clips or such a frequency that it becomes a common occurrence...till this summer.
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In regards to the children case, I remember reading an article in the Atlantic Monthly that talked about how children and women are always brought up when someone wants to get their way. "Oh the poor children starving in Afghanistan and the women being oppressed..." vs. "There are many people in Afghanistan being denied their basic human rights...".
-Rudey
--Learn.