Amen. Even if it was long winded. :) Ray
At 12:31 PM 3/31/2005, you wrote: >Exactly! > >How do you feel about this statistic Terry Sciavo Obsessors: > >The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) reported an >estimated 1,400 child fatalities in 2002. NCANDS defines "child >fatality" as the death of a child caused by an injury resulting from >abuse or neglect, or where abuse or neglect were contributing factors. > > > >Why aren't you out there protesting limited funding for CPS, or aren't >these children "innocent and defenseless" enough for you. Better yet, >why aren't you volunteering your time to Child Advocates. When my >wife was a Child Advocate, she would tell me stories about the CPS >agents that she would work with. She told me that everyone she met >with was doing the job for the right reasons. They really wanted to >help protect children from these situations, but they usually had so >many cases that it was physically impossible to visit each case. She >also said that these case workers almost always left work with an >armful of case files that they'd review that night and try to figure >out which ones they could visit. These case workers are also not the >world's best paid people. > >Look around you people. There's a lot more suffering going on than >just Terri Schiavo. Yes Terri's situation was tragic. How can you >justify protesting and bemoaning her suffering and the travesty of >justice when there are more than enough causes that you really can >affect and improve. > >It really seems like people are lemmings. "Hey look, the news is >presenting this story, Ohhhh, I must get excited about this cause". >This is so similar to the Elizabeth Smart story. If it wasn't on the >news, would the story have drawn in so many people. People offereing >prayers, search help, donations, etc. In the end, did that have an >effect on anything. No! She was recovered by a police officer who >had been briefed by authorities already. How many children weren't >recovered during that time? > >Arrrrgh! Meanwhile, this will become a new platform issue for the >conservative vs liberal debate. That will be it's legacy............ > > >Someday, I'm going to try to not write in a "stream of conciousness" style :) > >marlon > > >On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:18:10 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Man, I hope not. I'd like to see the media go back to covering Iraq. How > > many innocents are dying there still, every day? > > > > It really irks me when I watch the local news at night. 10 or more minutes > > covering the Schiavo story, and absolutely NO mention of that silly War > issue. > > > > Don't get me wrong, it is "da Pope-a", and he deserves media coverage, but > > I feel like we are "forgetting" about too many other important issues when > > we obsess.... > > > > Ray > > > > At 10:13 AM 3/31/2005, you wrote: > > > > Ray wrote: > > > > Yea, now it's the Pope's turn to hog the headlines. > > > > > > > > > >I wonder if he has a living will? He is on a feeding tube now ... > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152359 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
