Ugh, I've never liked these type of arguments. It is simply impossible to affectively inject yourself into every single situation that exists involving an issue in which you feel strongly about. As a person, you can only do what you can do.
Arguing that someone's concern about a cause is bogus simply because their ability to affect that cause is limited....seems seriously flawed to me. > 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 ... >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Flash MX Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=57 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152362 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
